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LUCERNE/TORONTO, January 13: The Honorary Rose at this year’s Rose d’Or Festival, taking place May 2 to 5 in Lucerne, Switzerland, will be given to Sheena Macdonald of the Canadian Film Centre and George Anthony of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. …

BOSTON, January 13: APT Worldwide has secured the international representation rights for The Linguists, a new documentary from Ironbound Films that follows "language hunters." Shot on location in Siberia, Bolivia, India and the U.S., the film follows two modern-day adventurers …

LONDON, January 13: Upper Deck International has been appointed by 4Kids Entertainment to handle the distribution of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s toys in Europe and South Africa. Upper Deck will distribute product from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s master toy licensee Playmates Toys in the …

MUMBAI, January 12: Sony Entertainment Television in India has commissioned BBC Worldwide Productions India to produce seasons three and four of the local edition of Dancing with the Stars. The Indian version of the successful format, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, reaches …

UNIVERSAL CITY, January 12: The hit kids’ property SpongeBob SquarePants turns ten this year, and Nickelodeon has lined up a range of events and specials to celebrate, including the launch of a new online site. Today, the new vertical SpongeBob …

BONN, January 12: A range of hit programming from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television will become available online in Germany through Videoload within one day of the German television premiere. ABC Studios series like season five of Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy, season …

SILVER SPRING, January 12: Discovery Communications is expanding the reach of Animal Planet HD with a new launch on the Canal Digital platform in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland on February 3. The hi-def channel will showcase a variety of …

NEW YORK, January 12: Verizon has reached retransmission-consent and program-carriage deals to bring a range of CBS programming to its television and wireless customers. With the retransmission consent deal for CBS’s owned and operated stations, Verizon will continue to offer …

LONDON, January 12: The European venture-capital firm Balderton Capital, whose investments include Setanta Sports, has raised $430 million for its new technology and media fund. This is the company’s fourth fund, after having raised $550 million in December 2006, $375 …

STAMFORD, January 12: In a move that will result in annual savings of about $8 million, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is cutting about 10 percent of its staff. The cuts will be made across all areas of its global operations. …