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KUWAIT, December 13: Kuwait-based Teshkeel Media Group has partnered with Cartoon Network to publish Arabic- and English-language versions of Cartoon Network Magazine for distribution in the Middle East and North Africa. Under the terms of the agreement, Teshkeel will publish …

HOLLYWOOD, December 13: HBO led the pack of nominees for the 65th annual Golden Globes with 18 nods, while FX Networks’ freshman drama Damages and the HBO/Granada/Channel 4 co-production Longford scored four nominations each and the feature film Atonement received …

BURBANK, December 13: Thomas Gewecke has been appointed president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, where he will be responsible for extending Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group’s digital strategy across current and emerging platforms. In his new role, Gewecke will report …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, December 13: Discovery Communications’ shareholders, Discovery Holding Company and Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership, are set to combine their stakes in the company and take it public, it was announced today. DHC owns about 67 percent of Discovery, with the …

NEW DELHI, December 13: Turner International is teaming with Alva Brothers—the parent company of the New Delhi-based production house Miditech—to launch an entertainment channel in Hindi and other Indian languages. Turner and the Alva Brothers will each own 50 percent …

HOLLYWOOD, December 13: Paramount Pictures has unveiled plans to make its new offering Jackass 2.5 the first-ever studio-backed feature to be streamed in its entirety online for free, ahead of its DVD release. The film will be made available for …

LONDON, December 13: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and broadband service Tiscali TV have launched a new SVOD service, Screen Gems, featuring a range of classic American television series. Screen Gems will be rolling out as an on-demand service across …

LONDON, December 13: Virgin Media Television’s recently launched entertainment channel Virgin 1 has secured the exclusive premiere rights in the U.K. for the NBC drama series Chuck, from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. Virgin 1 has announced that the series …

LONDON/SYDNEY, December 13: Granada International has reached an exclusive long-term agreement to deliver its television programming to Australia’s Seven Network. Granada International, part of British commercial broadcaster ITV, has a catalogue that includes programs like Prime Suspect and A Touch …

LONDON, December 13: HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia have announced that JimJam, their new 24-hour preschool channel, is launching across Central Europe, adding an additional 1.4 million subscribers to its reach. JimJam will now be carried on UPC Broadband in Poland, …