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NEW YORK/SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, March 11: Nickelodeon has announced plans to bring the tour for “Dora the Explorer Live! Dora’s Pirate Adventure” to the Asia-Pacific region beginning next month. The live show will be performed in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, …

COLOGNE, March 11: The Largardere Group in France has picked up the mobile, TV and Internet rights to ohm:tv’s made-for–mobile drama series My Story for its girl-skewing channel Filles TV. Additionally, Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom has launched My Story on …

BETHESDA, March 10: According to a study by independent research firm Grunwald Associates, television no longer captures the undivided attention of kids in the U.S., with 64 percent of kids going online while watching television, and Internet activity becoming a …

STOCKHOLM, March 10: Johan Mardell, the head of production at Scandinavian outfit Svensk Filmindustri (SF), will leave the company as of April 1. The recruitment of a new head of production for SF is in progress. Upon leaving SF, Mardell …

LOS ANGELES, March 10: Saban Capital Group (SCG), Haim Saban’s private-investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries, has named Craig Cooper as its managing director and head of its new digital-media investments group. In his new role, …

SANTA MONICA, March 10: Lionsgate is partnering with Apple to offer buyers of select DVDs and Blu-ray discs an additional digital copy of the film in an iTunes format. The first Lionsgate DVDs to debut with iTunes Digital Copy will …

LONDON, March 10: Granada International has announced that Nadine Nohr will step down as managing director of the company. Nohr has agreed to stay on for three months as a consultant to help with a smooth transition. Appointed as the …

NEW YORK, March 10: HBO will partner with The Weinstein Company (TWC) and the BBC for The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, based on Alexander McCall Smith’s international bestselling book series. Grammy Award-winner Jill Scott (Tyler Perry’s Why Did I …

LOS ANGELES, March 10: Showtime has renewed the lesbian drama The L Word for a sixth and final season, with the last eight episodes airing early next year. The L Word follows a group of Los Angeles-based friends as they …

WASHINGTON D.C., March 10: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) will present the first-annual Nat Geo Wild Rising Star Student Prize at this year’s Wildscreen Festival, the world’s largest wildlife and environmental film festival, set to take place in Bristol, U.K., …