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NEW YORK, February 15: The Shaw Rocket Prize has named its three finalists for this year’s C$50,000 prize: Johnny Test, Life with Derek and Roll Play, with the winner to be announced April 30 in Toronto. The Shaw Rocket Prize …

TORONTO, February 15: Following its launch in the U.S. and Norway, CCI Entertainment’s Ghost Trackers has been picked up by Nick Germany. Ghost Trackers features real kids in haunted locations as they investigate and compete to become the ultimate Ghost …

ERFURT, February 15: According to a recent survey by Icon Kids & Youth and PSYMA, KI.KA, owned by German pubcasters ARD and ZDF, is Germany’s “best children’s channel,” with a brand awareness of more than 90 percent among the region’s …

TORONTO, February 14: Online broadcaster JumpTV has said it is realigning its business model, increasing its focus on high-end sports events and content for Hispanic audiences. In the last quarter, JumpTV streamed more than 5,500 sporting events comprising more than …

BUENOS AIRES, February 14: Dori Media Group successfully launched its new romantic comedy series Lalola to Latin American buyers at NATPE last month. The series, produced by DMG and based on an idea by Sebastian Ortega for Underground Contenidos, has …

ATLANTA, February 14: TNT has ordered 13 episodes of Electric Entertainment’s new drama series Leverage, slated for a premiere later this year. Starring Oscar winner Timothy Hutton and executive-produced by Dean Devlin and John Rogers, the series follows a team …

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, February 14: Internet giant Yahoo!, after concluding that the Microsoft takeover bid “substantially undervalues” the company, is said to be in talks for an alliance with News Corporation. Earlier this week, Yahoo!’s Board of Directors unanimously rejected …

LONDON, February 14: Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel LIVING has picked up a new competition reality series, Strictly Come Dieting, from Mentorn. The eight-part series watches ten amateur dancers, who are in need of losing a few pounds, pair up …

PARIS, February 14: Employees at France’s state-owned TV and radio broadcasters were on strike today, protesting President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to remove advertising from the nation’s public-broadcasting outlets. Unions called for employees at Radio France, RFI, France Télévisions and TV5 …

STOCKHOLM, February 14: Sweden’s TV4 Group has signed a new two-year distribution agreement that will provide Canal Digital’s subscribers access to its new channel TV4 Science Fiction, which will launch on February 29. The distribution deal applies to all of …