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TORONTO: CCI Entertainment is teaming with with Musicartoon in Italy and Agogo in Hong Kong for Marfy of Dreams, with production on the pilot, developed with RAI, now complete. The TV distribution and licensing for the 26×30-minute series will be …

NEW YORK: American children aged between 2 and 5 are spending more than 32 hours a week in front of a television, while 6- to 11-year-olds are spending about 28 hours a week on average, according to new research from …

NEW YORK: Michael Smith has been named as the general manager of the Cooking Channel, Scripps Networks’ new service that takes the place of FLN in the third quarter of next year.  Smith is a Food Network veteran, having led the …

NEW YORK: The comedy series Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35 have been given cast-contingent pilot orders from TV Land.  Marking TV Land’s foray into scripted comedy, the shows are being developed for TV Land PRIME, the network’s programming …

LONDON: JimJam has secured carriage with Israeli satellite broadcaster YES, which will launch the preschool channel as a 24-hour service in January 2010.  The channel will be included as part of the platform’s basic tier, reaching 560,000 subscribers. JimJam will …

MILAN: A Milan court has ruled that Mediaset engaged in "unfair competition" in refusing to accept advertising from SKY Italia but will not compel the Italian media giant to immediately begin running ads from its pay-TV rival. Last month, News …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Babelgum is expanding its comedy channel with the addition of a new sci-fi/horror block of programming, which will launch with four new series that have been exclusively created and produced for the mobile and online destination.  Among the …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Ricky Gervais will host the upcoming 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, set to air on NBC on January 17, airing live across the U.S. at 5 p.m. PST and 8 p.m. EST. This is the first time since 1995 …

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts today announced the nominees for the 2009 EA British Academy Children’s Awards, taking place in London on November 29, hosted by comedy duo Dick and Dom.  In addition to presenting awards in categories like …

LAUSANNE: Through an extension of its existing sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Visa will continue as the exclusive payment card and the official payment system for the Olympic Games through to 2020. The announcement was made at a signing ceremony held …