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LOS ANGELES, June 23: Scott Sternberg Productions has formed a new documentary division, which will produce one to two feature-length docs a year under the Scott Sternberg Productions banner. The division will be headed by Scott Sternberg, the president and …

NEW YORK, June 23: Exim Licensing Group has closed a deal with Chorion to represent its Mr. Men & Little Miss publishing-based brand for merchandising and promotions in Latin America, the Caribbean and Hispanic Puerto Rico. The Mr. Men & …

STUDIO CITY, June 23: Crown Media Holdings has signed a multi-year agreement with Cox Communications for the rights to distribute the high-definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel. Cox currently distributes Hallmark Channel and the standard-definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel. …

CULVER CITY, June 23: John Weiser will continue as the president of distribution for Sony Pictures Television (SPT), overseeing all of the company’s U.S. sales operations. Weiser also directs all distribution of SPT product to the Spanish-language networks serving U.S. …

SAN DIEGO, June 23: MediaFLO USA, ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go will provide comprehensive live coverage of championship tennis from Wimbledon on the FLO TV service, starting today. Available to AT&T subscribers as AT&T Mobile TV …

LOS ANGELES, June 23: Comcast-owned Fandango has acquired Movies.com, a movie content site previously owned by The Walt Disney Internet Group, and will now provide online ticketing for Movies.com users, with access to more than 15,000 screens across the U.S. …

NEW YORK/LONDON, June 23: IMG Worldwide’s sports production and distribution arm has reached a deal to exclusively represent all of Fox Sports International’s (FSI) programming outside of the U.S. IMG Sports Media will assume full distribution responsibilities for FSI’s catalogue …

MONTREAL, June 20: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will feature seven animated shorts on YouTube’s new channel The Screening Room. The NFB shorts launch on The Screening Room today with Oscar-winner The Danish Poet by Torill Kove. The …

NEW YORK, June 20: Showtime is collaborating with former Friends star Matthew Perry and Peter Tolan, the co-creator and executive producer of the FX drama Rescue Me, on a new dark comedy, The End of Steve. According to published reports, …

NEW YORK, June 20: CBS News is marketing an international version of the 40-year-old newsmagazine 60 Minutes, according to Reuters, combining two pieces from the U.S. edition with a segment done by a local crew. 60 Minutes already airs in …