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LOS ANGELES, November 30: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG), on behalf of producers Juma Entertainment and The Gurin Company, has concluded a number of licensing agreements for toy and game product lines based around the NBC variety competition series The …

LOS ANGELES, November 30: During negotiations between the striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), yesterday the AMPTP, representing the studios, made a proposal regarding compensation for new-media content, but the …

WELLINGTON/LONDON, November 30: New Zealand-based Weta Productions and London’s Chapman Entertainment have partnered to develop a range of animated children’s television properties. Weta Productions and London’s Chapman Entertainment are working on a selection of 2-D and CGI animated properties that …

SINGAPORE, November 30: As the Asia TV Forum wrapped in Singapore today, with about 4,700 participants in 50 countries in attendance, many participants predicted that co-productions with media companies in the region will increase. With burgeoning production sectors region-wide, co-productions …

LOS ANGELES, November 30: Twentieth Century Fox’s licensing and merchandising division has named Grant Kahn as the VP of international licensing, who will focus on the Asia-Pacific region as an area of growth. Kahn comes to the position with more …

LOS ANGELES, November 30: As the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike drags on, NBC has decided to add three hours of reality programming in January, with the weekly schedule set to feature at least six hours of unscripted content, …

LONDON, November 30: Entertainment Rights (ER) has named Adam Selly to the newly created position of head of sales, excluding the U.S. Canada and Japan. Selly will be responsible for generating and maximizing revenue across the ER group’s television and …

MUNICH, November 30: Due to consolidation of the SBS Broadcasting Group and to a one-time fine to the Federal Cartel Office, German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 reported an increase in revenues of 55 percent to 668.4 million euros and a decline in …

UNIVERSAL CITY/LOS GATOS, November 30: The online movie rental service Netflix has scored a deal with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution to make available to its subscribers downloads of current episodes of Heroes. The deal, which comes as NBC Universal’s …

HONG KONG/NEW YORK, November 30: STAR has entered into a deal with KyLinTV, an IPTV service targeting Chinese audiences in the U.S. and Canada, to expand its North American distribution. As of December 1, KyLin TV will offer up the …