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BURBANK, February 6: DIC Entertainment has launched Horseland-branded girls’ merchandise across Europe, with a product line spanning a diverse range of consumer goods. The products are debuting alongside the company’s announcement that it has greenlit 26 new half-hours of the …

LONDON, February 6: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a slew of international broadcast deals for The Orange British Academy Film Awards, bringing the total number of territories in which the event will air to more than 100. The event will air …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, February 6: Shaftesbury Films has entered into a representation agreement with the William Morris Agency (WMA), expanding the Canadian producer’s reach into the U.S. market. The deal follows a recent sale secured by WMA for Shaftesbury’s new one-hour …

OTTAWA, February 6: Amberwood Productions has licensed an additional 26 half-hour episodes of its animated children’s series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear to Poland’s HAGI for various Eastern European territories. The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is targeted at …

DANVILLE, February 6: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has been named by Reveille and MGM Consumer Products as the licensing agency for both the latest American Gladiators series and the classic original. JTMG will launch products in such key consumer …

NEW YORK, February 6: For 2007, Time Warner delivered revenues of $46.5 billion, a 6-percent gain on the year-ago period, while the fourth quarter saw revenues rise 2 percent to $12.6 billion. Announcing the results, CEO Jeff Bewkes noted: “I’m …

PARIS, February 6: France24.com, the online portal of the French international news channel France 24, attracted 3.8 million unique visitors in December 2007, with the U.S. representing the largest share of the traffic. According to NetRatings Nielsen/Médiamétrie, France24.com drew 1,352,000 …

BURBANK, February 6: Revenues at The Walt Disney Company were up 9 percent to $10.5 billion for the first quarter, but net income dropped 26.5 percent to $1.25 billion. “We’ve started off 2008 with another outstanding quarter, marked by strong …

LONDON, February 6: Diverse, the factual television producer acquired by the Zodiak group of companies in 2006, has appointed Hannah Wesson as its development executive. Wesson arrives at Diverse from Silver River, where she recently completed work on the forthcoming …

LONDON, February 6: For the six months ended December 31, 2007, BSkyB’s revenues rose 11 percent to £2.5 billion, but the platform recorded a loss of £112 million, versus the £246 million profit in the comparable period in 2006, as …