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LONDON, July 1: Chorion has named NSR as the new master toy licensee for its preschool property Noddy, along with signing new product distributors for the brand in the U.K., France and Benelux. Spin Master will handle all product distribution …

LOS ANGELES, July 1: As its contract expired yesterday, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) received the “final offer” from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which maintains that the industry is already in a “de facto strike, …

NEW YORK/SANTA MONICA, July 1: JWT is on board as the sponsor for the first season DVD release of Lionsgate’s critically hailed AMC series Mad Men, with the agency including a branded ten-second spot in the boxed set, which hit …

ALEXANDRIA/NEW YORK, July 1: While online viewing is on the rise, 94 percent of cable/satellite TV subscribers in the U.S. still prefer watching content on traditional TV sets, according to study conducted by The Nielsen Company for the Cable & …

NEW YORK, July 1: Chello Zone secured a representation deal with VOOM HD Networks to distribute the action-sports channel RUSH HD into Europe, Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. While Chello Zone will represent RUSH HD throughout much …

NASHVILLE, July 1: TNA Wrestling has secured an extended pay-TV agreement with Virgin Media Television’s Bravo channel, along with a new deal to supply a raft of its wrestling programming to BT Vision’s recently launched VOD service, effective through December …

NEW YORK, July 1: Spike TV has acquired the first season of the unscripted series Read Vice Cops Uncut, which is produced by Associated Television International (ATI). The show, filmed on location in Memphis and Orlando, features ride-along access with …

NEW YORK, June 30: With its takeover of CNET Networks complete, CBS Corporation’s CBS Interactive becomes the eighth-largest web network worldwide in terms of monthly unique visitors, with Quincy Smith tapped to lead the merged operation as CEO and Neil …

NEW YORK/LONDON, June 30: News Corporation is privatizing its majority-owned public subsidiary NDS in a deal with investment firm Permira. Following the $3.6-billion transaction, Permira will own 51 percent of NDS, with 49 percent held by News Corp., which currently …

LONDON, June 30: ZenithOptimedia forecasts that global advertising expenditure will rise 6.6 percent this year to $517.5 billion, driven by gains in the Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and other developing markets. The research firm has downgraded …