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HONG KONG, November 13: While ad revenues in the Asia Pacific are forecast to rise by 5.6 percent to $91.1 billion this year, the rate of growth will drop to 2.5 percent in 2009, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), …

LOS ANGELES, November 13: Lawless Entertainment has secured another three-year deal for Sony's Plaza Style to license the Suzy's Zoo brand in Japan and Taiwan. More than 85 licensees are on board for the baby and toddler brand, which has …

LONDON, November 13: In an e-mail to BBC staff, the public broadcaster's director-general, Mark Thompson, has called for additional savings across the group in order to cope with a £140 million shortfall in finances over the next five years. In …

LONDON, November 13: Four new roles are being added to BBC Entertainment and Events Production's in-house team, aimed to help bring production and development departments closer together in a push for more commissions. Martin Scott has been appointed head of …

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 13: Children Now, a nonpartisan research and advocacy organization, has released a report on "substantial deficiencies" in kids' educational TV on the broadcast networks in the U.S., calling into question "broadcasters' commitments to the nation's children." Educationally/Insufficient? …

NEW YORK, November 13: BET Networks has made two new leadership appointments to its programming team, both of whom will report to Debra Lee, the company's chairman and CEO. As president of programming, Loretha Jones will oversee original programming, news, …

WINNIPEG, November 13: With a view to reducing annual costs by C$61 million, Canwest Global Communications Corp. has announced a planned reduction in its workforce of about 560 positions—5 percent of its total employee base. The reduction will be achieved …

LOS GATOS, November 13: Netflix has tasked Gregory Peters with bringing a range of devices to market from leading consumer electronics manufactures that are capable of streaming content from the online movie rental service directly to consumers' TVs. In the …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, November 13: For the year ended September 30, 2008, revenues at Jetix Europe were down 18 percent to 136.9 million euros, with net profit falling 44 percent to 21.3 million euros. Channel and online revenues fell by 15 percent …

LONDON, November 13: BBC Worldwide has appointed Matt Wills as sports sales manager for BBC Motion Gallery, the company's international clip licensing arm, responsible for sales across the Asia-Pacific, Americas, U.K. and Ireland, Benelux, Scandinavia and the Northern Mediterranean regions. …