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TORONTO: marblemedia has picked up the North American format rights to produce a version of the Cartoon Network U.K. series Skatoony for TELETOON Canada to air in spring 2010.  Currently in its third season on Cartoon Network, the successful television …

LOS ANGELES: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied an attempt by the head of the Screen Actors Guild to reinstate the union’s ousted chief negotiator, clearing the way for resumed talks with Hollywood producers. Alan Rosenberg, the president …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Washington Unplugged, a new 15-minute webcast on CBSNews.com, will feature highlights of the week’s biggest political stories, hosted by Bob Schieffer. Schieffer is CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent and moderator of Face the Nation. In the new weekly …

LOS ANGELES: Martin Pompadur, a former News Corporation senior executive, has teamed with E! Entertainment Television co-founder Larry Namer and Amerilink founder Jean Zhang to set up a new venture focused on developing and distributing content for the Chinese market. Metan …

LOS ANGELES: HBO has given a fourth-season renewal to Big Love—for a 2010 premiere—just a few weeks after the launch of season three. Production on the new season begins later this year. The show focuses on Salt Lake City native Bill Henrickson, …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The pilot for Caprica, the highly anticipated SCI FI Channel prequel to Battlestar Galactica, will be made available on DVD and via digital download this April, well ahead of its TV premiere in 2010. The limited-edition DVD will hit retail on April 21 courtesy of Universal Studios …

SANTA MONICA: Talk-show veteran Ricki Lake will serve as the new headmistress of VH1’s third installment of Charm School.  Charm School 3 with Ricki Lake, slated to premiere this summer, will feature the girls from Rock of Love Bus with …

NEW YORK: An $8.4 billion impairment charge at News Corporation has resulted in the company posting a second quarter loss of $6.4 billion, versus the year-ago profit of $832 million. Total revenues at the company fell 8 percent to $7.8 billion, …

LONDON: Parthenon Kids has signed an exclusive worldwide TV and DVD distribution deal with Norwary’s CreaCon to launch the new property City of Friends at this year’s MIPTV. Created by Carl Christian Hamre, the CEO of CreaCon Entertainment, City of …

LONDON: BSkyB has been awarded a fifth package of Premier League games, shelling out a total of £1.6 billion for the matches for the next three seasons, with the final package being awarded to Setanta. After being awarded four packages …