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CALGARY, November 9: The Shaw Rocket Fund has announced that it is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Shaw Rocket Prize, which awards C$50,000 to the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program. This year, the Shaw Rocket Prize …

BURBANK, November 9: Fiscal 2007 profit at The Walt Disney Company rose 39 percent to $4.7 billion, while profit for the fourth quarter was up 38 percent to $877 million. “We’ve delivered another year of outstanding financial results, powered by …

BEIJING, November 8: In an effort to curb the rampant DVD piracy in China, Warner Home Video (WHV) has inked a deal to sell “competitively priced” DVDs from Paramount and DreamWorks Animation on the mainland, beginning this month. WHV will …

STUDIO CITY, November 8: Crown Media Holdings’ third-quarter loss has fallen from $84.3 million last year to $37.8 million, with a 17-percent gain in net revenue to $55.3 million, led by increases in advertising and subscriber fee revenues for the …

BURBANK, November 8: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) has entered into an agreement to acquire TT Games, a British game developer and publisher. “TT Games is very successful and respected in the game development and publishing world,” said Barry …

LOS ANGELES, November 8: BabyFirstTV, a 24/7 commercial-free television channel for babies and toddlers, has entered into carriage agreements with Panama’s CTV Telecom and Columbus Communications Trinidad to expand the service into Central America and the Caribbean. CTV will offer …

NEW YORK, November 8: Verizon FiOS TV has added Discovery Channel HD to its high-definition lineup, with plans to include HD simulcasts of TLC, Animal Planet and The Science Channel next year. The new offerings join Discovery’s standalone high-definition service, …

MOSCOW, November 8: Discovery Networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has tapped Video International Group as the exclusive representative for the sale of Discovery Channel’s advertising airtime in Russia. Airtime will be available from December this year. Discovery …

PALO ALTO, November 8: PBS has agreed to provide a selection of its programming on a download-to-own basis through the broadband entertainment platform Vuze. Vuze will offer PBS programs such as History Detectives, NOVA, and Scientific American Frontiers; PBS KIDS …

HAMILTON, November 8: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has optioned The Kids Are All Right, a game-show format from Endemol-owned Initial, for all six of its territories: the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Romania and the Ukraine. The deal …