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NEW YORK, February 19: According to a new report from TNS Media Intelligence, marketers have spent more than $650 million during the past decade to advertise during the live network TV broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony. Total ad spend …

LONDON, February 19: Cake Distribution has licensed its comedic action series Eliot Kid to Cartoon Network for its EMEA channels. Sales already secured for the series include TF1, BBC, ABC in Australia, Disney Channel in France, Italy, Spain and Germany; …

LONDON, February 15: Virgin Media Television’s entertainment channel Virgin1 has acquired the documentary series Death Defying Rescues from Darlow Smithson Productions, an IMG Media company. The 20×30-minute series will kick off at the end of February in Virgin1’s prime-time schedule …

NEW YORK, February 15: The Shaw Rocket Prize has named its three finalists for this year’s C$50,000 prize: Johnny Test, Life with Derek and Roll Play, with the winner to be announced April 30 in Toronto. The Shaw Rocket Prize …

TORONTO, February 15: Following its launch in the U.S. and Norway, CCI Entertainment’s Ghost Trackers has been picked up by Nick Germany. Ghost Trackers features real kids in haunted locations as they investigate and compete to become the ultimate Ghost …

ERFURT, February 15: According to a recent survey by Icon Kids & Youth and PSYMA, KI.KA, owned by German pubcasters ARD and ZDF, is Germany’s “best children’s channel,” with a brand awareness of more than 90 percent among the region’s …

LOS ANGELES, February 15: The Hollywood studios are expected to go ahead with their screenings for international buyers this May, according to sources in Los Angeles. The three-month-long strike by the Writers Guild of America had put the annual L.A. …

MILAN, February 15: Atlantyca Entertainment has launched a licensing division based on the success of its Geronimo Stilton title, and has named Elisa Pezzutti as the head of the new unit. In the role of manager of licensing and communications, …

LONDON, February 15: A new report from research firm Datamonitor predicts that the global broadcast market will experience significant revenue growth from $284.1 billion in 2007 to $326.2 billion by 2010, but says that traditional broadcasters must address issues such …

HILVERSUM, February 15: Telescreen, the children’s producer-distributor based in the Netherlands, has scored a number of TV and home-entertainment deals across Europe for series such as Moomin, Miffy, Little People and Lizzie McGuire. For television, Danish channel TV2 has renewed …