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LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, February 6: Shaftesbury Films has entered into a representation agreement with the William Morris Agency (WMA), expanding the Canadian producer’s reach into the U.S. market. The deal follows a recent sale secured by WMA for Shaftesbury’s new one-hour …

OTTAWA, February 6: Amberwood Productions has licensed an additional 26 half-hour episodes of its animated children’s series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear to Poland’s HAGI for various Eastern European territories. The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is targeted at …

DANVILLE, February 6: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has been named by Reveille and MGM Consumer Products as the licensing agency for both the latest American Gladiators series and the classic original. JTMG will launch products in such key consumer …

NEW YORK, February 6: For 2007, Time Warner delivered revenues of $46.5 billion, a 6-percent gain on the year-ago period, while the fourth quarter saw revenues rise 2 percent to $12.6 billion. Announcing the results, CEO Jeff Bewkes noted: “I’m …

PARIS, February 6: France24.com, the online portal of the French international news channel France 24, attracted 3.8 million unique visitors in December 2007, with the U.S. representing the largest share of the traffic. According to NetRatings Nielsen/Médiamétrie, France24.com drew 1,352,000 …

BURBANK, February 6: Revenues at The Walt Disney Company were up 9 percent to $10.5 billion for the first quarter, but net income dropped 26.5 percent to $1.25 billion. “We’ve started off 2008 with another outstanding quarter, marked by strong …

LONDON, February 6: Diverse, the factual television producer acquired by the Zodiak group of companies in 2006, has appointed Hannah Wesson as its development executive. Wesson arrives at Diverse from Silver River, where she recently completed work on the forthcoming …

LONDON, February 6: For the six months ended December 31, 2007, BSkyB’s revenues rose 11 percent to £2.5 billion, but the platform recorded a loss of £112 million, versus the £246 million profit in the comparable period in 2006, as …

NEW YORK, February 5: MTV has named Verizon FiOS TV as the exclusive on-demand provider for full episodes of its new series Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew, which will become available 24 hours after its initial on-air broadcast. …

NEW YORK, February 5: NBC Universal’s Bravo Media has started rolling out video content and an original online series on its satirical television commentary site, TelevisionWithoutPity.com. The first series on the site is This Week Without Pity, which has already …