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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, …

LONDON, February 8: Disney Channel UK announced that its premiere of the animated comedy series Phineas and Ferb on Friday, February 1, has become the most successful animation launch for the channel in history, ranking number one in its time …

WASHINGTON, February 8: National Geographic Channel (NGC) in the U.S. will air a new series exploring the world of product design and manufacturing, beginning March 13 at 8 p.m. In Who Knew? With Marshall Brain, viewers are taken on a …

LONDON, February 8: Entertainment Rights (ER) has announced that its stop-frame and 3-D CGI-animated series Rupert Bear—Follow the Magic is already ranked as one of the highest-rated preschool shows on the German broadcaster Super RTL, following its premiere in early …

TORONTO, February 8: The Canadian multi-faith and multicultural network VisionTV is altering its Saturday lineup to better serve South Asian viewers by introducing weekly feature films from Bollywood. The new schedule has been given its own distinct brand: Desi Vision, …

NEW YORK, February 8: MTV’s president, Christina Norman, is reportedly leaving the company, with Van Toffler, the current president of MTV Networks Music and Logo Group, tapped to fill the role of overseeing day-to-day operations in the interim. Local reports …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, February 8: Jetix Europe has upped Monika Oomen to deputy managing director for the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Middle East (ME) markets. Oomen will be responsible for the management of sales and marketing strategies for more …

NEW YORK, February 8: Univision Communications has named Hearst-Argyle Television executive Terry Mackin as president of its television station group, effective March 1. In his new role, based in New York, Mackin will oversee Univision’s and TeleFutura’s 64 television stations. …

MIAMI, February 8: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Ramon Garcia, the current director of sales for Latin America, to executive director of distribution for Mexico. In his new role, Garcia will relocate from Miami to Mexico City, where …