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LOS ANGELES, February 20: The multimedia lifestyle company GOOD will debut a five-part investigation series, On Skid Row, on MySpace TV and MySpace Impact 24 hours before the videos are available on GOODMagazine.com and the Kenneth Cole Productions’ Awearness Blog. …

LOS ANGELES, February 20: FOX has put many of its current series back into production, including Bones, Back to You and House, which will join the network’s spring lineup. Back to You will air original episodes on February 26 and …

NEW YORK, February 20: IMG Entertainment has appointed Nathalie Wogue to the newly created role of VP of formats, based in the company’s Paris office. In her new role, Wogue will oversee the exploitation of all IMG-owned formats around the …

LOS ANGELES/TEL AVIV, February 20: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired the rights to develop an American version of Dori Media Group’s hit telenovela Lalola, which has been licensed to 30 markets in the last year. Produced by Dori Media …

TORONTO, February 20: JumpTV, an online streaming broadcaster of sports and international television, has hired three new executives and promoted Nada Usina, formerly the president of JumpTV Sports, to president. Blair Baxter will serve as chief financial officer beginning in …

LAS VEGAS, February 19: According to the Nielsen Company, more than 13 million U.S. households with television sets that can only receive analogue broadcasts are currently unprepared for the all-digital transition that is scheduled for February 18, 2009, with another …

NEW YORK, February 19: Nickelodeon will develop its animated preschool series Dora the Explorer into a live-action, prime-time TV movie. The TV movie will feature Dora as a 10-year-old live-action Latina heroine, with all new adventures enhanced by CG special …

STRASBOURG, February 19: At the end of 2007, there were 258 video-on-demand services operating in 24 countries across Europe, up from 142 at the end of 2006, according to a study commissioned the European Audiovisual Observatory and the French government's …

LONDON, February 19: Entertainment Rights (ER) has named 3DBA as its sales partner for the delivery of key brands into themed attractions, with George of the Jungle and Casper attractions currently in development and being showcased at trade shows throughout …

WAYNE, February 19: Sony’s Blu-ray has won out in the high-definition DVD format war, with Toshiba announcing today that is discontinuing the sale of HD DVD players. Toshiba America Consumer Products said the decision was made “as a result of …