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HARRINGTON PARK, February 11: Jack Lemmon: America’s Everyman, the sixth title released from Janson Media’s Hollywood Collection, is now available for all television, home-entertainment and new-media markets worldwide. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon himself, the profile includes interviews with Lemmon’s …

LOS ANGELES, February 11: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) leadership has approved a deal with the Hollywood studios and is asking the organization’s members to vote tomorrow on whether or not to end the strike, pending ratification of the …

LONDON, February 11: Chris Kerwin and Scott Jeffrey have joined Five as part of an expansion of the British terrestrial’s digital media team. Kerwin has been appointed to the newly created role of digital controller, in which he oversees the …

BEVERLY HILLS, February 11: In another blow to supporters of the HD DVD format developed by Toshiba, online movie rental service Netflix announced that it will move toward stocking high-definition DVDs exclusively in Sony’s Blu-ray format. Since the first high-definition …

SEATTLE, February 11: CBS and RealNetworks have teamed up to offer viewers exclusive 24/7 online access to live video feeds inside the Big Brother house for the eighth season of the hit reality series, which is scheduled to premiere tomorrow …

HOLLYWOOD, February 11: Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures has announced the creation of a new business unit, Paramount Mobile Entertainment (PME), which is charged with developing mobile entertainment and alternative distribution models for the studio. The new global unit will operate under …

NEW YORK/BURBANK, February 11: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing has joined forces with Starz Media to develop and produce a series of Raggedy Adventures movies, based on the publisher’s Raggedy Ann and Me! books. The company has hired writer Joe …

LONDON/NEW YORK/NÜRNBERG, February 11: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) and 2K Play have expanded their current handheld and console video-game licensing agreement for the company’s multiple preschool properties in the U.S. to cover 28 additional territories throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, …

NEW YORK, February 11: The 6-month-old entertainment studio and new media platform My Damn Channel is premiering three new series today: Horrible People, Cookin’ with Coolio and Carnival of Stuff. Horrible People is a soap opera with an evil, comedic …

LONDON, February 11: Entertainment Rights (ER) has appointed Andrew Kerr as the executive director of consumer products and marketing for its international operations, effective March 26. Kerr will report to Jane Smith, ER’s chief commercial and creative director. In his …