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SEATTLE: RealNetworks has agreed to cease supporting its RealDVD software and will shell out $4.5 million to settle lawsuits with the Hollywood studios and the DVD Copy Control Association. In October 2008, the MPAA, on behalf of the studios, filed suit against …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the feature film Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, the first movie in a series based on the books of the same name by Lois Leppard. Through the deal with …

NEW YORK: Shine Group’s chairman and CEO, Elisabeth Murdoch, was interviewed by World Screen‘s group editorial director, Anna Carugati, at NATPE this year.     Want to see the complete keynote address and interview with Elisabeth Murdoch during NATPE 2010? …

LONDON: The game-show format Cash at Your Door joins the slate of ALL3MEDIA International, which already has pre-launch options secured for the show. Developed by Israel’s Matar Productions, the series literally knocks at the door of potential contestants’ homes. If …

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media has reported improved results for 2009, with a fourth-quarter profit of 113.4 million, as compared with a 170 million euros loss in the year-ago period, and a full-year profit of 144.5 million euros, versus the 129.1 million …

NEW YORK: Jeff Gomez and Nathan Mayfield will be hosting a session at the MIPTV Producers’ Forum—a two-day initiative organized in association with World Screen—about developing stories and concepts across multiple platforms. The first thing you need to know about …

LOS ANGELES: The Paley Center for Media has tapped Steve Mosko, Tony Vinciquerra and Dick Lippin to serve as co-chairs of a planning committee that will explore the creation of an awards show. Mosko, president of Sony Pictures Television; Vinciquerra, the chairman …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television has struck a deal to launch Sony Entertainment Television (SET) on BT Vision’s digital on-demand TV service in the U.K. This is the first U.K. launch for SET, which offers top U.S. dramas such as Damages …

LOS ANGELES: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) and Rubicon Group have announced the launch of Pink Panther & Pals, the first new series in the iconic franchise in 17 years, on Cartoon Network on March 7 at 7:30 a.m. Pink Panther & …

LONDON: CAKE Entertainment has licensed the live-action tween comedy series Cartoon Gene to the BBC and Germany’s ZDF. The pickups follow on a successful pilot produced last year by Galakids. Canada’s TELETOON, which licensed the original pilot, is also considering …