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NEW YORK, June 4: Dave Sharat has been named the VP of marketing and licensing for Asia Pacific at 4Kids Entertainment, based in Hong Kong. Sharat will manage the company’s licensing and marketing activities throughout Asia, including India, responsible for …

LOS ANGELES, June 4: The Internet television service Veoh Networks has received an additional round of funding led by Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation, and joined by Adobe Systems Incorporated and Gordon Crawford, the senior VP …

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4: National Geographic Ventures, in partnership with Broadmedia Corporation, has debuted a local-language version of its web portal in Japan. The site features content such as photo galleries and videos, as well as localized news and events …

LONDON, June 4: British commercial broadcaster ITV is set to launch its high-definition service on June 7, kicking off with live coverage of Euro 2008. The HD service will initially be available to viewers watching on Freesat, the free, digital …

MONTREAL, June 4: Interactive entertainment company Ludia has launched a Hell’s Kitchen USA downloadable game, based on Granada America’s hit series for FOX that stars celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. The game recreates the show’s intense competitions, featuring a series of …

LOS ANGELES, June 4: MSN has inked a deal with the production venture set up by ex-network chiefs Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun to develop a celebrity-focused website, according to published reports. The as-yet-unnamed venture from MSN and BermanBraun is …

LONDON, June 4: Turner Broadcasting has appointed British interactive company Two Way Media to create 16 games over the next two years for BT Vision’s IPTV platform, based on kids’ properties like Ben 10 and Scooby Doo. The games will …

NEW YORK, June 4: Yahoo! has agreed to host and stream entertainment content from CBS to its consumers on a free, ad-supported basis. As part of the deal between CBS Interactive and the Internet search engine giant, Yahoo! TV will …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, June 4: Canadian writer-producer Kathy Slevin has aligned with executive producer Phyllis Platt of Platt Productions, responsible for the CBC’s Booky family TV-movie trilogy, and Cathy Malatesta and Bryan Taw of Los Angeles-based Lawless Entertainment, for the production …

STOCKHOLM, June 4: Clara Scherman, the head of acquisitions at Sweden’s TV4 Group, shares insight into what piqued her interest at the L.A. Screenings. The TV4 Group, with nine channels, takes much of its acquired content from British and American …