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NEW YORK: Univision Communications, the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S., has posted losses for both the fourth quarter and full year 2008. For the fourth quarter of 2008, net revenue declined 7.8 percent to $502.1 million from $544.3 …

CANNES: Saku Tuominen joins Zodiak Entertainment as the new chief creative officer of its entertainment group. Tuominen will head up the entertainment central creative unit of Zodiak, reporting to Giorgio Gori, the senior VP. Tuominen was previously the chief creative …

CANNES: ITV Global Entertainment has expanded the global reach of the MTV series Old Skool, while also taking on the distribution rights to a new series for the Viacom-owned channel, called How’s Your News? How’s Your News?, from South Park’s Trey Parker …

TORONTO: Picture Box Distribution’s X-Weighted has continued to notch up international sales, with new deals including TV5 in Finland. TV5 in Finlad, TV4 in Sweden and Turner in Latin America have all signed up for the series. BSkyB in the …

CANNES: The Jim Henson Company and BIG Communications are showcasing the all-new CG-animated series Dinosaur Train, centered on a preschool-aged T Rex, for buyers in Cannes. Dinosaur Train is produced by The Jim Henson Company with Singapore’s BIG acting as …

CANNES: Indian animation studio DQ Entertainment is producing a new CGI take on The Jungle Book, with ZDF and ZDF Enterprises on board as co-producers on the project, budgeted at about 9 million euros. ZDF and ZDF Enterprises will be full co-producers on the series, with …

CANNES: As the director of international media development/special projects for Metan Development Group, Jennifer Moravitz will look to forge business alliances and strategic media partnerships within the global entertainment community. Moravitz joins Metan from ABC Network News, where she worked …

CANNES: A trio of appointments have been made within FremantleMedia, including Vasha Wallace being promoted to senior VP of format acquisitions. Wallace was behind the acquisition of Hole in the Wall and Let’s Dance, and will expand her responsibilites to …

NEW YORK: Fitz Roy Media has taken on the local format rights for Armoza Formats’ Revenge of the Geeks, for production and distribution in the U.S. and Canada. The format, recently broadcast in Israel on Channel 10, can be produced …

NEW YORK: AOL’s former chief executive, Jonathan Miller, is said to be joining News Corporation this week to oversee all of the company’s digital initiatives, reporting directly to chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. According to the FT, Miller’s appointment as …