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NEW YORK, April 22: Today, on Earth Day, Nickelodeon has launched The Big Green Help, the network’s new multiplatform pro-social campaign focused on empowering kids to participate in eco-friendly and energy-saving daily activities. Throughout the day, Nickelodeon will air green-themed …

LOS ANGELES, April 22: TV Guide Network has rebranded its ad-supported video-on-demand service, TV Guide SPOT, as TV Guide Network On Demand, and will ramp up its slate of original programming. The company believes that the new name better reflects …

BURBANK, April 22: Disney-ABC Television Group has relaunched SOAPnet.com in a beta version with an expanded focus, covering not only the world of daytime, but also a range of entertainment, stars, pop culture, beauty and fashion news in an editorial …

NEW YORK, April 22: Sundance Channel has acquired 11 films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), including three feature documentaries and eight animated short films. The feature documentaries include The Wild Horse Redemption, which is directed by Academy …

TORONTO, April 22: CCI Entertainment’s 2-D digital comedy series Frankenstein’s Cat, which was recently awarded Best Television Series for Children at this year’s Cartoons on the Bay festival, has been sold to KI.KA in Germany and to MNET South Africa. …

TORONTO/LONDON, April 22: Nick Jr. in the U.K. has taken on the preschool property Super WHY!, produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises, from DECODE Enterprises, which holds the worldwide TV rights to the series outside of the U.S. Super …

CHICAGO, April 22: Towers Productions is developing a new half-hour reality TV series, It Takes a Parent, featuring Betsy Hart, a syndicated columnist and talk radio host. It Takes a Parent will be based around Hart's Chicago radio show of …

PARAMUS, April 21: The Italian American Network (I A Net), a new ad-supported multiplatform media company, has been created to provide Americans with a daily window into the Italian and Italian-American experience. The new company has just launched its English-language …

LONDON, April 21: ITV’s stock price peaked at 70.2 pence today, rising some 9.7 percent during the day, following a weekend report that the RTL Group and Haim Saban are eyeing the acquisition of a stake in the commercial broadcaster. …

LONDON, April 21: Nuts TV will broadcast the 2008 PDC U.S. Open on May 17-18 as part of a package of darts programming on the male-skewing channel. In May, Nuts TV’s coverage will focus on live darts at the Mohegan …