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NEW YORK, January 9: Elias Arts has joined forces with the Pangea Day organizers, opening up its extensive music library to filmmakers around the world as they prepare their short-film submissions for the one-day global event. Elias Arts has announced …

BASKING RIDGE/LOS ANGELES/LAS VEGAS, January 9: TOKYOPOP has launched a mobile video channel featuring anime and other Asian content on the Verizon V CAST platform. The channel features manga videos and anime clips and other Asian entertainment. Fifteen to 20 …

NEW YORK, January 9: The American music cable network fuse has secured the rights to Planet Rock Profiles from Ireland’s Monster Distributes for launch as part of a major programming revamp. The initial agreement will bring 55 Planet Rock interview …

ATLANTA, January 9: Brenda Freeman has been named to the newly created position of chief marketing officer for Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media group. In her new role, Freeman will provide overall vision and leadership in the …

NEW YORK, January 9: Lightworks Enterprises has appointed Barbara Ann Toffolo as its new marketing director. Based in the New York office, Toffolo will oversee all marketing and communications for Lightworks’ businesses, which include Lightworks Program Distribution, Lightworks Producing Group, …

LAS VEGAS, January 9: NBC Universal has aligned with several companies, including Microsoft and AT&T, to develop a set of anti-piracy measures for online content, according to the Financial Times. The FT reports that NBC Universal has approached Apple about …

SAN JOSE, January 9: After receiving financing from Sony Pictures Entertainment in December, the web-based teen destination Gaia Online has secured an investment by Time Warner. Time Warner made the investment in a Series B funding round. Gaia Online is …

LONDON, January 9: ITV has appointed Peter Iacono, previously with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, as president and managing director of ITV Worldwide, the British commercial broadcaster’s international sales, distribution, merchandising, publishing and licensing arm. ITV Worldwide is part of …

LOS ANGELES, January 9: CBS and Showtime will partner to roll out a second installment of Big Brother: After Dark next month, for broadcast on the premium cable network’s SHO2 multiplex channel as a live three-hour feed from midnight to …

LAS VEGAS, January 9: NBC.com announced a new slate of content for midseason, including a partnership with iVillage on a Lipstick Jungle-related property, the launch of a new chapter in Heroes Evolution and a slew of online sites for television …