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NEW YORK, March 11: LimeLife and NBC Universal have teamed up to launch Law & Order: Celebrity Betrayal, a mobile-game extension for NBC’s long-running crime drama. Law & Order: Celebrity Betrayal will draw players into a complex murder mystery where …

BELFAST/NEW YORK, March 11: Next month, BBC Two Northern Ireland is set to debut Sesame Tree, a new-media project aimed at encouraging children to explore and appreciate the world around them. Launching on April 5 and 6 at 7:15 a.m., …

MAINZ, March 11: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has inked a deal with ZDF Enterprises for the exclusive licensing and merchandising rights to the hit Australian live-action property H2O—Just Add Water in the U.K. and France. NVCP will represent …

TORONTO, March 11: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the award-winning feature film A Lobster Tale, and will launch the title on the international market at MIPTV. The company has already concluded sales of the …

NEW YORK, March 11: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed its animated adventure series Chaotic to broadcasters in Europe, Australia and Asia. Scheduled to launch this spring, Chaotic has bulked up its roster of broadcasters with TEN Network in Australia, RTBF in …

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, March 11: Nickelodeon has announced plans to bring the tour for “Dora the Explorer Live! Dora’s Pirate Adventure” to the Asia-Pacific region beginning next month. The live show will be performed in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, …

COLOGNE, March 11: The Largardere Group in France has picked up the mobile, TV and Internet rights to ohm:tv’s made-for–mobile drama series My Story for its girl-skewing channel Filles TV. Additionally, Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom has launched My Story on …

LONDON, March 11: BBC Worldwide has promoted Marcus Arthur to its board as the managing director of global brands, effective March 31. Arthur is currently the managing director of BBC magazines (London) and digital delivery. In his new role, he …

NEW YORK, March 11: Jeffrey Immelt, the chairman of General Electric, has confirmed to the company’s shareholders that NBC Universal is not for sale. According to The New York Times, in a message to shareholders in GE’s annual report, which …

BUENOS AIRES, March 11: As part of MTV Networks Latin America’s regionalization strategy in South and Central America, Paula Guerra has been promoted to senior VP and managing director of MTV Networks Argentina. In the newly-created post, Guerra will oversee …