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STAMFORD, April 25: World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) WrestleMania XXIV will be the first sports title to be released in the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Canada. The Blu-ray double-disc WrestleMania XXIV set will be available …

LONDON/SYDNEY, April 25: Turner Broadcasting has commissioned British outfit Darrall Macqueen to produce a local version of the Australian kids’ series Hi-5 for the U.K., for launch on its preschool channel Cartoonito this year. Forty half-hour episodes of the British …

LONDON, April 25: The British men’s entertainment channel Bravo has acquired seasons one through five of The A Team from NBC Universal for a daytime slot. Premiering next month, The A Team follows four ex-Vietnam soldiers on the run after …

BRISTOL, April 25: Tigress Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 in the U.K. to produce a new 4×1-hour factual business-themed series with the working title Around the World in Eighty Trades. The new show sees city economist Conor Woodman …

VANCOUVER, April 25: Studio B Productions has inked broadcast deals for its animated series Martha Speaks, targeted at kids 4 to 8, with three educational networks in Canada: TVO, Knowledge Network and SCN. TVO, British Columbia pubcaster Knowledge Network and …

SAN MATEO, April 25: Jaman.com has announced a content partnership with indie film and DVD distributor Arts Alliance America, which will deliver titles such as the Morgan Spurlock Presents… series to the online download service. In addition to Morgan Spurlock’s …

LOS ANGELES, April 25: SaysMe, a provider of political-based, consumer-driven television advertising, has closed its Series A financing by Intel Capital, which led the round, and Prime Capital, with participation by Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Films, outdoor-media advertising titan Bill Apfelbaum …

LOS ANGELES, April 24: A new study from research firm Frank N. Magid Associates reveals that 25 percent of U.S. households—28 million—now have at least one HDTV set, up from a penetration of 20 percent in September 2007, with 5.5 …

ABERDEEN, April 24: Scottish independent Tern Television has been commissioned by ITV1 to produce The Diamond Geezers, a one-hour documentary that tells the story of the foiled Millennium Dome diamond robbery. The documentary will explore the truth behind the attempted …

NEW YORK, April 24: CBS Corporation has acquired International Outdoor Advertising Group (IOA), a leading out-of-home advertising company in South America, for $110 million in cash. International Outdoor Advertising Group (IOA) has more than 17,000 advertising faces in Argentina, Brazil, …