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LOS ANGELES, May 21: Jetix Latin America has acquired the cable TV rights from Televix Entertainment for the second season of the animated adventure series Chaotic, and has also picked up the latest installment of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back …

MONTREAL, May 21: Skeye Inflight Entertainment has been named the exclusive airline distributor of Sesame Workshop’s children’s programs and will offer them as part of its catalogue in multiple languages. Aside from its various local versions of Sesame Street, Sesame …

TORONTO, May 21: Cuppa Coffee Studios has closed a deal with SBS Television in Australia for the soon-to-debut stop-motion comedy series Life’s a Zoo.tv. The 20-episode series was first commissioned by TELETOON, set to premiere in its post-9 p.m. Detour …

SAN BRUNO/KNOXVILLE, May 21: Scripps Networks has reached a deal with YouTube to launch branded channels for its stable of lifestyle networks—HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network—on the online video-sharing site. These new YouTube channels will offer …

NEW YORK, May 21: The boards of directors at Time Warner and Time Warner Cable have approved an agreement to separate the two companies. Time Warner will exchange its 12.4 percent interest in TW NY Cable Holding, a subsidiary of …

LONDON, May 21: Sam Neill, Sean Bean and Joss Ackland have joined the cast of Crusoe, a 13-part series co-produced by Power, Muse and Moonlight based on Daniel Defoe’s classic novel. Written by Stephen Gallagher (Eleventh Hour) and directed by …

NEW YORK, May 21: WSN INC., the publisher of World Screen, has made a series of hires to support the expansion of its Spanish-language publications, which include TV Latina and Diario TV Latina. Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari joins the group as editor …

LOS ANGELES, May 21: Mini Movie International Channel, a multiplatform new-media company, has launched its English-language website, which offers up a selection of international short films and original comedy programming for streaming. Located at www.minimovie.com, Mini Movie aims to offer …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, May 21: DISH Network has agreed to provide interactive advertising capabilities to NBC Universal’s 14 television networks and ten NBC owned-and-operated stations, which will allow the satellite platform’s subscribers to request more information from advertisers via their remote …

LONDON, May 21: Mahesh Ramachandra has been appointed as Galleon Holdings’ global director of entertainment, overseeing the company’s convergent media strategy. Ramachandra will monetize the company’s portfolio of entertainment properties across multiple platforms and territories, including the recently launched multiplatform …