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TORONTO: CCI Entertainment has struck a deal with Cotiplas that sees a full range of Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs toys hitting shelves in Brazil as early as April 2010. The line will include plastics, plush, talking dinosaurs, …

NEW YORK: Despite the emergence of new viewing devices and media, TV is still the dominant platform among all children ages 2 to 11, according to Nielsen, with usage at an eight-year high when including DVR playback or timeshifted viewing.  …

NEW YORK: Lorber HT Digital holding company Hidden Treasures has acquired Kino International, merging to form Kino Lorber, with a combined library of more than 600 titles. Richard Lorber, the president and CEO of Lorber HT Digital, and Donald Krim, …

NEW YORK: Time Warner’s share price rose this morning following the completion of its separation from AOL; the Internet company, meanwhile, saw its stock price dip in the morning trading session. By noon today, Time Warner’s share price had risen …

CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Television has scooped up the rights to this year’s Video Game Awards for broadcast on its Animax channels across Asia, Central Europe, Latin America, Brazil, Africa, Spain and Portugal. The event is set to reach more than …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has signed a first-look development and distribution agreement with British indie producer Ruby Television.  The multi-year agreement provides ITV Studios Global Entertainment with exclusive international TV distribution rights on all-new productions created by Ruby Television, which is led by …

SILVER SPRING: Beth Hoppe, the former head of New York-based Optemen Productions, has been named as an executive producer of Discovery Channel’s ambitious upcoming project Curiosity: The Questions of Life. The 60-episode series is slated to premiere in February 2011 …

LONDON: Natalka Znak, the controller of factual entertainment at ITV Studios in the U.K., is stepping down in April to relocate to Los Angeles. Znak is leaving the British broadcasting group to become executive VP of RDF Media USA. Lee …

BURBANK: Conveyor Belt of Love, a dating special that watches as five women select from 30 men who pass by them on a moving conveyor belt, will debut on ABC on January 4, following the season premiere of The Bachelor: …

SANTA MONICA: VH1 and High Noon Entertainment have teamed up for a new docu-soap, Secrets of Aspen, which follows six single women who live in the resort town of Aspen, Colorado. Premiering January 3 at 10 p.m., the 8×30-minute series …