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NEW YORK: Global ImageWorks has been named the exclusive worldwide clip-licensing representative for the iconic series Soul Train by Direct Holdings Americas. The deal includes the clip licensing of more than 1,100 weekly Soul Train episodes, 20-plus Soul Train award …

LONDON: CAKE Entertainment is in the works on a live-action/CG hybrid tween comedy pilot for Cartoon Gene, co-produced with Galakids and TELETOON Canada. Cartoon Gene follows the life of a teenage human boy who has cartoon DNA. Gene’s mom is a computer-generated …

MUNICH/LONDON: TV-Loonland has secured a pan-European deal with Bandai Europe for capsule vending-machine toys for its comedy series Pat & Stan, which landed the Jury’s Special Prize for Best TV Series at the Annecy Animation Festival last week. A further …

SILVER SPRING: Reel Impact, a programming block dedicated to films about human impact on the environment, will air from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Saturday on Planet Green. The block will repeat Thursdays at 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. …

LOS ANGELES: Jeff Pryor, the former executive VP of corporate communications for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), is returning to Priority PR to head up the marketing and publicity agency, which he founded in 1990. Pryor is bringing on MGM as a …

GENEVA: Rights-management collection organization AGICOA has appointed Paul Duggan as its CEO, effective immediately. Duggan was previously CEO of consultancy firm Intermedia Partners, and for the last ten years has advised corporations and governments in Europe, Asia and the Middle …

SAN FRANCISCO: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has appointed Lisa Napolitano as director of sales and retail and Heather Cavalli as product development and administration coordinator. Napolitano joins JTMG with a background in strategic marketing, licensing and retail business development …

TORONTO: David Weitzman has joined the ole Los Angeles team as director of business development. Over the last eight years, Weitzman has been music supervisor on a variety of programs, including Party Monsters for E! Networks; Rob and Big, Runs …

LOS ANGELES: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn continues to increase his holdings in Lionsgate, now controlling 16.9 percent, for a total of 19.8 million shares. This is nearly double the 10.8 million shares Icahn held at the beginning of the year. …

HONG KONG: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has released new data on Asian Satellite demand, reporting a 9-percent market growth in 2008-2009 with some 1,370 transponders currently in use across the region. The "Video in Demand" …