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BELLVUE: Pokémon USA, based in Seattle and New York, and London-based Pokémon UK, are unifying their operations under the banner of The Pokémon Company International. Overseeing the company’s business outside of Asia is Kenji Okubo, the president of The Pokémon Company International, reporting to the …

LONDON: RDF Kids & Family has sold Yo Gabba Gabba! to Channel 4 in the U.K., set to air as part of the T4 block later this spring. The first 20×30-minute series of the live-action series will launch within T4. …

MUNICH/LONDON: TV-Loonland has racked up a number of sales with international broadcasters for its animated series Leon, which follows one of the world’s unluckiest lions. In Europe, the series has been licensed to Disney Spain for its DTT channel, and …

PARIS: French lawmakers today rejected tough new laws to combat Internet piracy, which were supported by President Nicolas Sarkozy as well as by the film and music industries. The proposed legislation, called the “Création et Internet” law, was expected to be approved …

LONDON: A new Microsoft report, Europe Logs On: Internet Trends of Today & Tomorrow, predicts that the Internet will overtake traditional TV as the most-consumed form of media in the region in June 2010, averaging 14.2 hours per week, versus 11.5 …

BURBANK: The Bachelorette, Here Come the Newlyweds and Wipeout are among the series returning to ABC’s schedule this summer, alongside a trio of new shows. The Bachelorette will kick off with a special two-hour premiere on May 18 at 9 …

LONDON: For the first time in the U.S., BBC Worldwide is making content from its natural-history slate available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store, under the newly launched brand BBC Earth. BBC Earth encompasses the BBC’s natural-history content …

LONDON: Former Playhouse Disney executive Paula Rosenthal has been appointed senior VP of creative for Chorion, responsible for managing a production slate and creating new content. She joins Chorion’s senior creative team, working with Diana Manson, the executive VP of …

LOS ANGELES: A third season of the reality series High School Reunion has been picked up by TV Land, which will launch the new installment in the third quarter of 2009 in its TV Land PRIME programming block. Set on …

BURBANK: Production has begun on the new sci-fi adventure feature Skyrunners, the first original movie for the newly branded platform Disney XD. Skyrunners features Kelly Blatz, who can also be seen in the title role of the network’s flagship series …