Top Stories

NEW YORK, December 4: Entertainment studio and new-media platform My Damn Channel has inked deals with hip-hop recording artist Coolio, comedian A.D. Miles and sketch comedy writer Steve Kerper for the rollout of new online video channels and the creation …

MEXICO CITY, December 4: The international content distribution arm of Mexico’s Grupo Televisa is changing its name, effective January 1, 2008, to Televisa Internacional. As of the beginning of next year, Televisa Estudios will be known again as Televisa Internacional. …

HALIFAX, December 4: DHX Media, the parent company of DECODE Enterprises, has acquired Vancouver-based animation house Studio B Productions for an undisclosed sum. DHX Media is the parent company of distributor DECODE Enterprises and production houses DECODE Entertainment and Halifax …

LONDON, December 4: BKN New Media SL, the Spanish subsidiary of BKN International, has announced a 1.3 million euros agreement with Italy’s Cartoon One for the co-production Stone Age. As part of the deal, Cartoon One paid 1.3 million euros …

ARLINGTON, December 4: PBS KIDS is kicking off a multiplatform children’s health initiative to help combat the increasing rate of childhood obesity. Two key goals of the PBS KIDS children’s health initiative are the development of health-related guiding principals for …

SINGAPORE, December 4: Tales Alive, a series of English-language animated shorts based on nine original children's storybooks published under the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative (FTWIPI), launched today on MediaCorp TV 12 Kids Central …

LONDON, December 4: ALL3MEDIA International has announced new sales in Sweden and Norway for its drama, sports and factual entertainment programming. In Sweden, TV4 has acquired several properties, including Torn, a 3×1-hour TXTV drama produced for ITV1 that follows the …

BURBANK, December 3: NBC has reportedly reached a deal for a prime-time programming block featuring unscripted content from Original Productions’ Thom Beers, whose credits include Discovery Channel’s popular Deadliest Catch. According to the New York Times, NBC will air at …

TOKYO, December 3: NBC Universal has appointed Shigeo Yushita as the channel director in Japan for Global Networks Asia, where he will oversee the rollout of pay-TV channels in the country. Based in Tokyo, Yushita will be responsible for launching …

LAS VEGAS/NEW YORK, December 3: The heads of the U.S. Hispanic broadcasters Univision and Telemundo will take part at NATPE 2008, each in separate conversations with Anna Carugati, the executive VP and group editorial director of WSN INC., the publishing …