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Power Closes New Deal with TV Azteca

August 15, 2007

LONDON, August 15: Power has sold a package of more than 120 hours of prime-time mini-series and drama to TV Azteca in Mexico. The package of both new and established programming includes nearly 60 mini-series and movies, including a range …

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Bennett Media Scores Record Number of Deals in July

August 15, 2007

LOS ANGELES, August 15: Bennett Media Worldwide (BMW) concluded a record-breaking number of deals in July, with its programming now reaching 140 countries, a 100-percent increase in international coverage. Among the key deals are Playboy Latin America Channel acquiring the …

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Bejuba! Secures HD Deal for Amazing Adrenalini Brothers

August 15, 2007

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, August 15: Bejuba! Entertainment has licensed the 2-D and Flash-animated action-comedy series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers to VOOM HD Networks’ Animania all-animation channel in the U.S. The 26×30-minute series has also been licensed to Cartoon Network in Europe …

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AZN Acquires Japanese Action Film from FUNimation

August 15, 2007

CENTENNIAL, August 15: AZN Television, the Comcast-owned channel for Asian Americans, has secured the Japanese action film Shinobi from distributor FUNimation for premiere this September. AZN will air the original 2005 film in Japanese with English subtitles. The acquisition follows …

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Tower Productions to Produce Land of Lincoln TV Special

August 15, 2007

CHICAGO, August 15: The two-hour television special Land of Lincoln, based on Andrew Ferguson’s book of the same name, will be produced by Chicago-based Tower Productions and will be ready in time for the Lincoln Bicentennial in 2009. Ferguson, the …

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Galleon Inks DVD Deal on Skunk Fu!

August 15, 2007

LONDON, August 15: The British DVD rights to season one of the animated series Skunk Fu! have been licensed to Warner Music Group by Galleon Holdings. The 52×13-minute property, targeted to children aged 6 to 12, follows the adventures of …

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Comedy Central Exec Upped in Public Responsibility Role

August 15, 2007

NEW YORK, August 15: Kelleigh Dulany has been promoted to VP of public responsibility for MTV Networks Entertainment Group’s Comedy Central and Spike TV, based in New York. In her new position, where she will report to COO John Cucci, …

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Third Season for The Saddle Club

August 14, 2007

TORONTO, August 14: Crawford Productions and Protocol Entertainment are producing a third season of the kids’ series The Saddle Club, with 26 new half-hour episodes being filmed on location in Australia. The live-action TV series, based on the best-selling books …

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Global Ad Revenues to Rise 6 Percent in 2007

August 14, 2007

LONDON, August 14: A new report from WPP’s GroupM estimates that global advertising revenues will rise 6 percent this year to $433 billion, accelerating to 7-percent growth in 2008, when ad spending will reach $462 billion. According to This Year, …

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New U.K. Licensing Manager for HIT

August 14, 2007

LONDON, August 14: HIT Entertainment has named Jo Adamson as licensing manager of hard goods in the U.K., based in the London office and reporting directly to Laura Clarke, the director of licensing of hard goods. Previously, Adamson worked at …