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MEXICO CITY, February 13: BabyTV, a 24-hour commercial-free network targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, has launched in Mexico on Cablevision’s basic-channels tier, in a fully localized Spanish version. BabyTV in Mexico was launched by Fox …

TORONTO, February 13: Producer Jon Plowman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 29th Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF), taking place at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada, June 8 to 11. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes …

MADRID, February 13: The Walt Disney Company Iberia (TWDCI) has acquired a 20-percent interest in Net TV, a division of the Spanish media company Vocento that holds one of six issued digital terrestrial television (DTT) licenses. The move is part …

LONDON, February 13: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is setting up its own DVD label, FHE Australia, to manage its home-entertainment content in Australia and New Zealand, which will be distributed via destra vision. FHE Australia will be run by a local …

LOS ANGELES, February 13: Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks, together with their Latin American distributor, Ledafilms, will hold a screenings event on May 15 in Los Angeles. Few details have been released about the event, scheduled for the “early afternoon” of …

CHICAGO, February 13: Oprah Winfrey has revealed the 61st Oprah’s Book Club selection, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, and will join the author to teach a 10-week webcast series of classes on Oprah.com. For the first time ever, readers …

STAMFORD, February 13: According to alternative media research firm PQ Media, spending on branded-entertainment marketing grew 14.7 percent to a high of $22.3 billion in 2007, and is projected to expand another 13.9 percent in 2008 to $25.41 billion. The …

ATLANTA, February 13: Bakugan, the hit anime series that has been successful in Japan and Canada, is making its U.S. debut on Cartoon Network on February 24 at 9 p.m. Furthermore, Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) has been appointed as the …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, February 13: After voting overwhelmingly to end the strike yesterday, the members of the Writers Guild of America were able to return to work today, as the networks scramble to salvage what’s left of the current season. …

VANCOUVER, February 13: Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei have launched the Canadian-based animation studio Big Bad Boo Studios, and have tapped industry veteran Glen Kennedy, who has worked for Cartoon Network and Walt Disney Television, among others, as the company’s …