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HAWORTH: The new Global ImageWorks (GIW) website features more than 10,000 videos available for viewing and download, along with advanced search options and improved site functionality. GIW has chosen to digitize entire sequences averaging 3 to 5 minutes in length. The company …

NEW YORK: Bravo has signed up Picture This Television, behind the hit Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, for a new multi-project development deal aimed at creating unscripted series and specials. Picture This Television’s co-owners, Bryan Scott and Lisa …

TORONTO: Peter Miller has stepped down as the COO of Canada’s S-VOX, the parent company of VisionTV, with Mark Prasuhn, the company’s chief content officer, adding that role to his mandate. Miller joined S-VOX a year ago and led the …

LONDON: Set to join the ITV Global Entertainment catalogue is the drama We’rewolves, from British indie Wide-Eyed Entertainment (WEE). The 90-minute special begins with the discovery of a mutilated body, which leads investigating detectives into a complex world inhabited by …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company’s net profit in the second quarter dropped 46 percent to $613 million, on revenues that were 7-percent lower at $8.09 billion, largely as a result of a weaker performance at the studio entertainment division. "We …

ATLANTA: CAKE and Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) have entered into a partnership for the exclusive North American licensing rights for the hit Fresh TV franchise Total Drama, covering Total Drama Island and its new iteration, Total Drama Action. Through the agreement, …

NEW YORK: Ahead of the L.A. Screenings, TVLatina.tv, World Screen‘s market-leading Spanish-language website, has produced a special video report, Focused on the Future (Enfocados en el futuro), about the growth strategies of several Latin American companies. To see the report, …

CHATSWORTH: Music and music-related urban programming from Image Entertainment’s portfolio will be distributed in Europe, Africa, South America and the Middle East by Universal Music Group, with a five-year agreement signed. The deal includes the entire Image Entertainment catalogue of …

HARRINGTON PARK: A new agreement with Korean production company Korea Cinetel will see Janson Media take on responsibility for sourcing content for the new HD channel WiseTV. Janson will acquire between 60 and 80 hours of hi-def content for WiseTV, …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels has acquired a slate of British movies from NBC Universal International Television Distribution, including Love Actually and Notting Hill, for BBC Entertainment in Poland. The package of Working Title films, which covers the exclusive basic cable rights in Poland, also includes About …