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SÃO PAULO: Rogers OMNI Television has taken the telenovela Little Missy from Globo TV International for broadcast in Canada. In Little Missy, set in 1886, the young daughter of the largest slave and land owner falls instantly in love with …

ATLANTA: Chris Waldron has been promoted to the newly created position of VP of gaming operations for Cartoon Network, based in Atlanta. Waldron takes on responsibility for overseeing Cartoon Network’s game development studio, game production and overall games strategy for …

PHILADELPHIA: First-quarter results from Comcast Corporation show a 5-percent increase in revenues to $8.4 billion, and a 5-percent profit increase to $772 million. Brian L. Roberts, the chairman and CEO of Comcast, said: "Our results for the first quarter mark …

ARLINGTON: A new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reveals that 14.5 million U.S. consumers are considering the purchase of an Internet-enabled television set in the next 12 months. According to Net-Enabled Video: Early Adopters Only?, about half of prospective …

HOLLYWOOD: With nine comedy sketches already released online, and another 20 in preproduction, the entertainment outfit The Casual Mafia is comprised of a team of writers, directors, producers and executives, aimed at creating next-generation comedic content. Officially launched April 6, the …

LONDON: The toddler-focused network BabyTV has launched on ADD in the Middle East, available in a complete Arabic-language version.  Found on the ART Family, Pehla Basic and FirstNet Basic packages of ADD’s service, BabyTV is now available to more than …

LOS ANGELES: After weeks of speculation, The Walt Disney Company has confirmed that it is joining NBC Universal, News Corporation and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner and equity owner of Hulu. The deal brings a slate of Disney content to …

LONDON: British drama producer Greenlit Rights has entered into a first-look deal with film and TV writer and director Alex Holmes, who most recently penned the HBO and BBC production House of Saddam. Greenlit, owned by Target Entertainment Group, is behind such productions …

NEW YORK: Time Warner’s first quarter profit fell 14 percent to $661 million, a result that was better than Wall Street expectations, on revenues of $6.9 billion, reflecting a 7-percent decline, largely as a result of AOL and the publishing and …

TORONTO: Andy Warhol’s Factory People, Planet Luxury and The Bully’s Mark are among the titles Canamedia has closed recent deals on. The three-part arts/biography title Andy Warhol’s Factory People was sold into Australia, Spain and Denmark, which the one-hour culture …