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LONDON: Five has joined the BBC, ITV and BT as a partner on Project Canvas, the British broadband initiative to deliver Internet content to television sets. The proposed platform will bring broadband content to television sets for Freeview and Freesat …

KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL: At the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival Promotion Plan (SPP), Malaysian animation production company Centraline Animation and Korean media content producer ToonZip announced the joint-production of a 3-D adventure comedy, Robot ARPO. The 52-episode animation series tells …

LONDON: Sky will launch the U.K.’s first 3-D channel next year, following the tremendous growth of its Sky+HD service. Sky+HD is the only HD platform in the U.K. capable of broadcasting 3-D services. Its base now stands at 1.3 million …

LONDON: Two new appointments have been made within FremantleMedia’s worldwide drama division: Donna Wiffen as senior VP of production and network, and Sarah Hoeflich as the first to take on the newly created post of senior VP of editorial. Wiffen …

LONDON: Microsoft is set to launch the MSN Video Player in the U.K. next week, delivering more than 300 hours of content online. The service will stream full-length episodes for free, supported by advertising. Initial content suppliers are BBC Worldwide …

LOS ANGELES: David Simon, an industry veteran who has held senior-level executive roles at DreamWorks Animation, Fox Television Station Group and Disney, has been named to the advisory board of Israeli content creation and new-media outfit The Box. Simon, who …

LONDON: Channel 4’s high-definition service is set to join Virgin Media’s HD offering, which today added FX HD, MTVNHD and National Geographic HD to its lineup. 4HD, delivering programming like Skins, Shameless and Desperate Housewives in high-definition, will launch on the service …

TEL AVIV: Since launching Upgrade at MIPTV, Armoza Formats has landed deals in 15 countries on the format, including a multi-territory deal with FremantleMedia that includes Germany and France. A group deal was also secured with Zodiak Entertainment for the …

TOKYO/CULVER CITY: While Sony Pictures Entertainment delivered an operating profit of $19 million in the first quarter, on revenues of $1.8 billion, parent company Sony Corporation posted a net loss in the period of 37.1 billion yen ($386 million), with …

LONDON: Carl Hall has taken sole control of Parthenon Entertainment Group, after its majority stakeholder, private-investment firm Arkaga, went into administration. In November 2007, Arkaga Fund acquired Parthenon Entertainment and combined it with Entara. Arkaga has now gone into administration. Hall, …