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SANTA MONICA, January 7: In a deal with American Greetings Properties, Lionsgate has scored the North American home-entertainment rights to an assortment of titles based on the Care Bears brand. Lionsgate has been representing Care Bears properties in the home-entertainment …

SINGAPORE/BONN, January 7: Deutsche Welle is expanding its TV services in Asia, launching DW-TV ASIA+, effective March 2, delivering content on European lifestyle, culture, arts, business and politics, most of it in English. Deutsche Welle already operates DW-TV ASIA, with …

EMERYVILLE, January 7: MobiTV has added a number of full-length episodes and clips from CBS Mobile, including hits such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, CSI: NY and The Young and the Restless, to its service. Full episodes featured on …

SÃO PAULO, January 7: The Latin American Internet company Terra has launched Atom, its new portal housing an assortment of professional and user-generated content, alongside social-networking tools. According to Fernando Madeira, the general director of Terra for Latin America, Atom, …

NEW YORK, January 7: Univision Communications has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with cable giant Comcast Corporation, covering the flagship Univision network, plus Galavision and TeleFutura. The deal includes carriage of Univision's owned-and-operated broadcast stations and affiliated stations owned and …

BERLIN/LONDON/NEW YORK, January 7: Andreas Niedergesäss  has been appointed to lead Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products’ (NVCP) team in Germany, responsible for the management and development of activities across all brands, including Nick, MTV, Viva and Comedy Central. In the …

BURBANK, January 7: Disney will launch its new boy-focused, girl-inclusive entertainment brand Disney XD as a 24-hour basic cable network on February 13, with an online and mobile-game component to follow. The online and mobile-game experience DisneyXD.com will feature games, …

CHICAGO, January 6: In reorganizing its current business lines, Towers Productions will now operate as three stand-alone companies, with separate entities for TV production, post-production and media services and equipment rentals. Towers Productions will now focus solely on the production …

SINGAPORE, January 6: Tan Tong Hai has been appointed COO of StarHub, effective January 15, reporting to Terry Clontz, the company's CEO. Tan has more than 20 years of experience in the regional IT, Internet and e-commerce industries. He was …

HONG KONG, January 6: Celestial Pictures has secured an exclusive pay-TV deal with Viasat Broadcasting to air Shaw Brothers kung-fu movies in 15 territories across Russia, the CIS and the Baltic States. Titles such as Come Drink With Me, The …