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TORONTO, April 16: CCI Entertainment’s hit preschool property Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs launched its live tour in the U.K. and Canada last month, and its success has led to an extended tour. Due to the demand of …

LOS ANGELES, April 16: BabyFirstTV, a 24/7 commercial-free channel aimed at babies, toddlers and their parents, will debut in the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Bermuda through an exclusive distribution agreement with Caribbean Cable Cooperative. Launched in May 2006, BabyFirstTV is …

BEIJING, April 16: The Chinese government is demanding an apology from the Time Warner-owned CNN following so-called “vicious remarks” by commentator Jack Cafferty. Cafferty made the comments last week while on the Wolf Blitzer-hosted The Situation Room. “We’re in hock …

NEW YORK, April 16: The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has teamed up with Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP) to launch the Flying Solo TV Pilot Contest, which invites female college seniors to audition for the chance to have their …

STOCKHOLM, April 16: Modern Times Group (MTG) will launch the Viasat Ukraine DTH satellite platform on Monday, April 21, which will become the first licensed digital premium satellite operator in the country. Vision TV will roll out the Viasat Ukraine …

LOS ANGELES/SYDNEY, April 16: The Australian platform FOXTEL has secured the rights to a host of programming from U.S. cable network Bravo, as well as its signature “Watch What Happens” branding campaign, under new deals with NBC Universal International Television …

TAIPEI, April 16: According to a new study by the Cable Broadband Institute in Taiwan (CBIT) and Media Partners Asia (MPA), a healthy regulatory environment will be key to the growth of the Taiwanese pay-TV market, where an 80-percent digital …

BURBANK, April 16: Ollie Johnston, a veteran Walt Disney animator who contributed to the studio’s classic films like Fantasia and Cinderella, has passed away from natural causes at the age of 95. Johnston was the last surviving member of Walt …

LONDON/WARSAW, April 16: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) is expanding its footprint in Central and Eastern Europe with the launch of Nickelodeon Poland, which will air as a Polish-language channel, on June 1. The localized channel, aimed at kids 2 to …

NEW YORK, April 16: The telco Verizon has filed an application with the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) for its FiOS TV to be expanded across the entire city of New York. Time Warner Cable …