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Cookie Jar Brings Top Properties, New Series to Licensing Show

June 19, 2007

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, June 19: At the Licensing Show, Cookie Jar Entertainment will showcase top-rated children’s properties such as The Doodlebops, and launch new series like the multiplatform Magi-Nation, which is based on a successful trading card game. Two of Cookie …

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Semel Steps Down as CEO at Yahoo!

June 19, 2007

SUNNYVALE, June 19: Terry Semel has stepped down as the CEO of Yahoo! amid shareholder dissatisfaction with the company’s performance; his successor is the Internet giant’s co-founder, Jerry Yang. Semel, who has been chairman and CEO, will assume the position …

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BC Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Intelsat

June 19, 2007

PEMBROKE, June 19: BC Partners, a private equity firm, is acquiring a 76-percent stake in Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of commercial satellites, for $5.03 billion. BC will assume Intelsat’s $11.4 billion debt. The current shareholders of Intelsat, including Apax …

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Regent Reveals DISCOP Lineup

June 19, 2007

LOS ANGELES, June 19: At DISCOP this week, Regent Worldwide will be offering Central and Eastern European buyers a slate of new TV movies, led by the action disaster film Nuclear Hurricane. Among Regent’s other offerings are Home by Christmas, …

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Disney Predicts $26 Billion in Retail Revenues

June 19, 2007

NEW YORK, June 19: Speaking at the Licensing Show in New York today, Andy Mooney, the chairman of Disney Consumer Products (DCP), announced that the company is on track to bring in $26 billion in retail sales this year, a …

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Big Idea to Launch Licensing Program for VeggieTales Movie

June 19, 2007

NASHVILLE, June 19: Big Idea, a subsidiary of Entertainment Rights, will launch an extensive licensing program to support the winter release of Universal Pictures’ The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything—A VeggieTales Movie, including the rollout of movie-themed toys, apparel and …

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CanWest to Retain TEN Stake

June 19, 2007

WINNIPEG, June 19: CanWest Global Communications has opted to retain its stake in Australia’s Network TEN, after announcing in October that it was exploring the sale of the broadcast outlet. "We have spent the last several months considering our strategic …

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Southern Star Producer Joins ABC TV in Australia

June 19, 2007

MELBOURNE, June 19: Amanda Higgs, previously with Southern Star Entertainment, has been appointed as the new executive producer of drama at ABC TV in Australia, effective immediately. Higgs will be based in Melbourne. Prior to her appointment, she was with …

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NBC Hails Success of Online Video Player

June 19, 2007

BURBANK, June 19: NBC.com says it has delivered more than 300 million video streams from its online video player since October 2006. Making the announcement, Vivi Zigler, the executive VP of NBC Digital Entertainment and New Media, noted: "The entertainment …