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LONDON, December 5: The IPTV service BT Vision in the U.K. is working with Hiro Media to supply free feature film downloads, featuring un-skippable ads, to its users. British consumers will be able to access Mischief Night, Played and The …

ATHENS, December 5: According to a report released by the Peabody Awards, “television is in a state of transition and confusion,” with narrowcast niche channels and the Internet fragmenting once-massive viewing audiences. The report is drawn from the inaugural University …

LONDON, December 4: BKN New Media SL, the Spanish subsidiary of BKN International, has announced a 1.3 million euros agreement with Italy’s Cartoon One for the co-production Stone Age. As part of the deal, Cartoon One paid 1.3 million euros …

ARLINGTON, December 4: PBS KIDS is kicking off a multiplatform children’s health initiative to help combat the increasing rate of childhood obesity. Two key goals of the PBS KIDS children’s health initiative are the development of health-related guiding principals for …

SINGAPORE, December 4: Tales Alive, a series of English-language animated shorts based on nine original children's storybooks published under the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative (FTWIPI), launched today on MediaCorp TV 12 Kids Central …

LONDON, December 4: ALL3MEDIA International has announced new sales in Sweden and Norway for its drama, sports and factual entertainment programming. In Sweden, TV4 has acquired several properties, including Torn, a 3×1-hour TXTV drama produced for ITV1 that follows the …

VICTORIA, December 4: Australian-based factual distributor Looking Glass International has launched a branded channel on Joost featuring an initial lineup of 15 hours of content. Looking Glass Television promises to deliver documentaries from around the world, as well as a …

MANCHESTER, December 4: Cosgrove Hall Films has inked a deal to exclusively produce a series of 10 one-minute interstitials, Eddie Retractorhead, for Nickelodeon UK. The interstitials will begin airing in 2008 and, if successful, Cosgrove hopes Eddie Retractorhead will evolve …

LUXEMBOURG, December 4: Bertelsmann is considering the acquisition of the remaining 10 percent it doesn’t already own in the RTL Group, its most profitable division. Bertelsmann confirmed today that it is considering taking full ownership of RTL Group, but noted: …

SAN FRANCISCO/BOSTON, December 4: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has been named the exclusive licensing representative for three WGBH brands: Antiques Roadshow, PEEP and the Big Wide World and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Working under the guidance of David Bernstein, …