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BURBANK: Brenda Bisner has joined Cookie Jar Entertainment as senior manager of domestic consumer products, and will be based in the company’s Burbank office.  Bisner will be responsible for developing licensing programs for Cookie Jar’s consumer brands and entertainment properties …

LONDON: Five new game-show formats from TV Asahi of Japan have been added to the catalogue of Outright Distribution. The shows are Pressure Study, Pressure Relay, Cooking in a Foreign Language, Survival Web Search and Right Turn Only. Pressure Study …

LONDON: ITV Global Content and 19 Entertainment’s Simon Fuller have struck a co-production deal to develop television formats for the worldwide market. ITV will work with the American Idol creator on six projects for broadcasters in the U.K. and worldwide.Teams from both …

LOS ANGELES: Television veteran, investment banker and new-media executive Max Goldenson has formed MWG Entertainment, a multiplatform global digital production company, and will serve as its president and executive producer. Goldenson is the daughter of ABC Network founder Leonard Goldenson. MWG …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: Comedy Central’s digital comedy network Atom.com has a development roster for 2009 that features the comedic talents of, among others, Andy Dick, A.D. Miles, Nick Thune and Steve Agee. On the slate are Nick’s Big Show, a …

NEW YORK: Lost, Saturday Night Live and Grey’s Anatomy are among the most-viewed shows from U.S. network online video players, according to data from The Nielsen Company. Surveying usage on the broadcast networks’ websites and embedded players, Nielsen reported that Lost had …

LONDON: Pioneer Productions has received a fast-track commission from Channel 4 for an hour-long documentary looking at this month’s unusual snowfall in the U.K.  Tentatively titled Snowstorm: Britain’s Big Freeze, the project follows the devastation brought on by the largest …

LOS ANGELES: The American Idol Experience, a new attraction based on the hit series on FOX, has opened at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The destination was developed by Walt Disney Imagineering in conjunction with FremantleMedia Enterprises and …

NEW YORK: Fred’s Head, How She Move, Instant Star and Sticks and Stones have been selected as finalists for the $50,000 Shaw Rock Prize, which recognizes the year’s best in Canadian youth programming. Fred’s Head, from Spectra Animation, is a comedy …

MIAMI: Tatiana Rodriguez has been promoted to senior VP of programming and creative strategy for Nickelodeon Latin America. Rodriguez most recently served as VP of programming and creative strategy, and will continue to oversee the operations and programming for the …