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BURBANK, May 23: Disney-ABC Television Group’s Stage 9 Digital Media and Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television have formed an exclusive partnership to give students an opportunity to develop original short-form content for the recently launched new-media studio. …

SINGAPORE, May 23: Next month, MOBTV.sg, MediaCorp’s subscription video-on-demand platform, will make its original TV drama, A Mobile Love Story, available to its customers for free online streaming ahead of its scheduled free-to-air telecast this September. The first ten episodes …

MUNICH/LONDON, May 23: Your Family Entertainment has acquired a 3-percent stake in TV-Loonland’s issued share capital. The new shareholder is Your Family Entertainment/Dr. Stefan Piech/Film & Medien Beteiligungs. A statement from Your Family Entertainment noted: “We are of the opinion, …

NEW YORK, May 23: Boris Krutonog, a Russian-born actor who says he created the A&E reality series Dog the Bounty Hunter, has sued the show's producers for at least $5 million that he claims they owe him in royalties, salary …

LONDON, May 23: UKTV Food has commissioned Eagle Media Productions to produce James Martin’s French Road Trip, a new series that follows British chef James Martin in his culinary travels across France, retracing the journey he made as a student …

HILVERSUM, May 23: Endemol has teamed up with Destination Software Incorporated (DSI) for the release of a new video game based on its game-show franchise 1 vs. 100 for the portable Nintendo DS system. The deal between DSI and Endemol …

VICTORIA, May 23: Chello Zone’s Extreme Sports Channel has acquired the broadcast rights to the reality series Backpackers for several European territories from Australia’s World Wide Entertainment. Extreme Sports Channel has picked up the broadcast rights to the series for …

BOSTON/VANCOUVER, May 23: WGBH Boston and Studio B Productions have appointed Lindberg Licensing & Promotions (LLP) as the exclusive North American licensing agency for their animated co-production Martha Speaks. Lindberg Licensing & Promotions will develop the Martha Speaks licensing and …

NEW YORK, May 22: AOL is taking its online video portal to the international market, with launches in Canada, India and Taiwan, to be followed by the U.K., France and Germany in the fall. The international launches of AOL Video …

LONDON, May 22: Cake Distribution has sold the interactive animated reality sitcom Total Drama Island to a range of broadcasters in Europe, including Jetix Benelux. Cake Distribution has also licensed the series to Canal + Family in France, Noga Israel, …