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LONDON, September 11: TV-Loonland has teamed up with The Illuminated Film Company to produce two exclusive seasonal specials for the preschool property Little Princess that will launch on Five’s Milkshake! block for fall/winter. The special Harvest Festival will debut on …

LONDON, September 11: BBC Worldwide, ITV and Sky have signed up to use the new TV Lounge, which features high-quality audio visual equipment in an exclusive dedicated area to showcase properties, at this year’s Brand Licensing Europe. Richard Hollis, the …

RIO DE JANEIRO, September 11: BBC Worldwide Americas has secured three new sales for the natural-history series Planet Earth to broadcasters in Latin America. Announced at BBC Showcase Latin America, the latest broadcasters to sign up for the 11-part series …

LONDON, September 11: CBBC and political commentator Jonathan Dimbleby will lead a nationwide search across the U.K. to find the next great leader among the country’s youth in the new series tentatively titled Election. Ten children will have their leadership …

LONDON, September 10: Former ITV chief Charles Allen has joined Virgin Media’s board of directors, as has U.S. cable veteran John Rigsby. Allen was in the news earlier this week when Goldman Sachs Capital Partners tapped him as an advisor, …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 10: Verizon Wireless has ramped up the content offerings on its V CAST mobile service, including making available full-length TV episodes from MTV Networks and NBC Universal. The MTV Networks deal includes a broad selection of titles …

PORT WASHINGTON, September 10: Revenues from toy sales worldwide hit some $72 billion in 2007, the NPD Group has revealed, with a projection of $86.3 billion by 2010. The strong growth estimates come amid a slowdown in the U.S. economy …

LONDON/SYDNEY, September 10: FremantleMedia has picked up a 19.99-percent equity stake in the Australian producer and distributor Beyond International for an undisclosed sum. Beyond, led by managing director Mikael Borglund, has built up a significant business in North America, with …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, September 10: Programming from the NBC Universal bouquet of networks has returned to the iTunes Store with a flexible pricing model in which consumers can opt to pay a higher price for content in high definition. NBC …

BURBANK, September 10: Disney-ABC Television Group has named three new executives to its digital media senior management team: Karin Timpone, Lauren DeVillier and Beth Johnson. Timpone joins as the senior VP of product strategy and marketing for the digital media …