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LONDON: The Endemol reality series The Gap Year is relaunching simultaneously across Bebo, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube. The show originally launched just on Bebo. The Gap Year: Challenge New Zealand has now successfully launched on a range of sites, with nearly 12,000 fans across …

NEW YORK: CBS Vision is allowing clients of media agency OMD access to its Television City research facility, housed in the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, as part of a new venture called Communications Lab@OMD. CBS’s Television City incorporates traditional …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has inked new deals with Bravado and Half Moon Bay to develop product ranges inspired by the classic days of Doctor Who.  With artwork inspired by the fourth and fifth Doctors, the retro lines will feature some …

BURBANK: Adding to its 25 Days of Christmas programming event, ABC Family will air the first four installments of the Harry Potter film series over the weekend of December 4.  On December 4, the Harry Potter weekend kicks off with …

TORONTO: A string of new international broadcasters have signed on for CCI Entertainment’s 3-D animated series Erky Perky. The series has just been sold to Pop TV in the U.K., SVT Sweden, NRK Norway, TRT Turkey, M-Net South Africa and …

MANHATTAN BEACH: Following a strong debut in Cartoon Network’s Saturday morning lineup, The Super Hero Squad Show has secured a spot in the channel’s prime-time schedule.  The Super Hero Squad Show, which debuted September 19 on Cartoon Network, was the …

DUBLIN: Viacom Brand Solutions has been appointed by Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) as its exclusive ad sales representative in Ireland for E! International Network. The channel first launched in Ireland in August 2003. E! International Network, targeted at females 15 to …

MOSCOW: CTC Media has filed a lawsuit against its former president and CEO and a current non-executive member of its board of directors, Alexander Rodnyansky. CTC is claiming that Rodnyansky has been involved in the business of one of the company’s competitors in Russia …

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate reported revenues of $393.7 million for its second quarter, an increase of 3 percent compared to last year, driven by strong growth in television production revenues and new revenue of $27.7 million from TV Guide Network and …

LUXEMBOURG: For its third quarter, RTL Group posted a 22.7-percent increase in EBITA to 92 million euros, on revenues that were down 5 percent to 1.13 billion euros. This growth in EBITA was driven by higher contributions from Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, …