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REDMOND/LOS ANGELES: The company founded by former U.S. network execs Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman has launched its long-awaited entertainment and celebrity content destination, Wonderwall, with MSN. Wonderwall focuses on pop culture stories, personalities and trends, with celebrity information, photos, videos …

BURBANK: ABC’s new half-hour comedy series Surviving Suburbia, starring Bob Saget and Cynthia Stevenson, will launch on April 6 at 9:30 p.m., following Dancing with the Stars. Saget (Full House) and Stevenson (Men in Trees) play Steve and Anne Patterson, …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime’s new reality series DietTribe, about a group of friends who commit to lose weight together, has been renewed for a second season of eight, one-hour episodes. Premiering this summer, the show will follow the tribe as they …

NEW YORK: Time Warner has recorded a fourth-quarter loss of $16 billion, from the year-ago profit of $1 billion, and a full-year loss of $13.4 billion from the 2007 profit of $4.4 billion, as a result of one-time $24.2 billion …

BURBANK: At The Walt Disney Company, first-quarter 2009 revenues fell 8 percent to $9.6 billion, while net profit took a 32-percent hit, falling to $845 million. "We faced a challenging first quarter with many of our businesses impacted to various …

NEW YORK: FOX Business Network (FBN) has launched on DISH Network to 4 million subscribers, while its sister FOX News Channel (FNC) has renewed its carriage agreement with the satellite TV provider.  The financial news channel FBN now has distribution …

PAWTUCKET: The Jim Henson Company has granted Hasbro a four-year license to introduce an array of toys and games for the educational preschool property Sid the Science Kid.   The educational animated series, airing daily on PBS KIDS, uses comedy …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has launched the premium movie channel TV1000 Russian Kino to Time Warner Cable customers in the New York City region.  Broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, TV1000 Russian Kino airs original Russian movies, ranging …

LONDON: HIT Entertainment and MV Sports have extended their licensing partnership through three new deals across the preschool properties Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder and Fireman Sam.  MV Sports renewed its Thomas & Friends license in the wheeled-toy category. MV Sports …

LONDON: The piglet duo from The Pinky and Perky Show are set to take the stage in 2010/2011 for a slate of live theater performances.  The West End theater production company Fiery Light will present the live-action stage performances. The Pinky and Perky Show has been …