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LOS ANGELES: Adness Entertainment has teamed up with Namco Bandai Games to create video games for the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight property for handheld and console platforms. The games will be published throughout North and South America by Namco Bandai’s …

SANTA MONICA: Just under six months since reaching a deal to acquire TV Guide Network and its accompanying website from Macrovision Solutions Corporation, Lionsgate is giving up a 49-percent stake in the venture to One Equity Partners for $123 million. One Equity …

TORONTO: CBC has commissioned an additional 15 11-minute episodes of Animal Mechanicals from Halifax Film to be distributed by DECODE Enterprises. In further deals for Animal Mechanicals, DECODE scored a home-entertainment agreement with Phase 4 Films for English- and French-speaking …

LOS ANGELES: FOX, FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment are defending the outcome of the American Idol finale, after reports raised questions about actions by AT&T that may have influenced the vote. The New York Times yesterday reported that AT&T, a lead sponsor …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON: ITV is rebranding its U.S.-based production entity Granada America as ITV Studios, Inc., effective immediately. The move aligns the branding of the Los Angeles-based venture, led by Paul Buccieri as CEO, with its parent company, ITV Studios. The announcement was made by Lee …

TORONTO: Comedies, game shows, dramas and unscripted fare are all in the mix on Citytv’s schedule for the summer, among them Law & Order UK, which makes its Canadian debut. Hitched or Ditched launched in its first season, taking a …

LONDON/NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has created two senior executive roles in the U.S. in an effort to grow its sales and co-production and children’s activities in the territory. Matt Forde will relocate from London to join BBC Worldwide’s New York-based sales …

LOS ANGELES: AmericanLife TV Network (ALN), a U.S. network targeted to the baby-boomer generation, has been sold to ComStar Media Fund, which invests in outfits that deliver "family values" content and is headed up by Reverend Robert A. Schuller, the former host …

MONTREAL: The Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) is embarking on what it is describing as the largest study to date on Canadian youth programming, to be led by the Centre for Youth and Media Studies at the Université de Montréal. The initiative, which …

NEW YORK: As part of the 25th anniversary celebration for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 4Kids Entertainment and Mirage Studios have given the go-ahead for the development and construction of the first-ever theme-park ride for the classic property, in South …