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NEW YORK, August 24: Celebrating Barney’s 20th birthday, HIT Entertainment and Franco Apparel have partnered to release a new clothing line for infants and toddlers featuring the purple dinosaur, scheduled for launch in spring 2008. The new line of apparel, …

NEW YORK, August 24: In continuing its commitment to provide quality niche programming to women, WE tv has announced a slate of new content, original and acquired, about all things “royal.” This includes the renewal of American Princess, produced by …

TORONTO, August 24: Anna Olson has been tapped to host a new series for Food Network Canada, Fresh with Anna Olson from Peace Point Entertainment Group, premiering early 2008. Each episode will feature the eponymous host preparing three recipes for …

BETHPAGE, August 24: Cablevision has added the iO Chinese package featuring three in-language networks—The Chinese Channel (Sino TV), ET Global NY, and CCTV-4—to its iO International digital cable service. Available across Cablevision’s service area in New York, the iO Chinese …

NEW YORK, August 24: Genius Products and ImaginAsian Home Entertainment will bring the controversial Korean film Green Chair to DVD on September 25. From director Park Chul-soo, Green Chair is a sexually charged drama about a forbidden love between a …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: In an effort to expand its slate, Associated Television International has named James Romanovich as president of worldwide media and entertainment and Justin Pierce as senior VP. Romanovich will head up all areas of distribution including …

HONG KONG, August 24: STAR has appointed Anthony Day as executive VP of strategy and development, a newly created position in which he will be responsible for expanding the group’s broadcasting activities and spearheading new opportunities. Based in Hong Kong, …

NEW YORK, August 24: The Nielsen Company has estimated that the total number of television households within the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) will increase by 1.3 percent to reach 112.8 million by January 1, 2008, with much of the …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: New Mexico’s attorney general has reopened an investigation into CBS’s new reality show Kid Nation over allegations that the series violated child-labor laws. The series was shot in New Mexico, where 40 kids between the ages …

LOS ANGELES, August 24: A comedy writer has filed suit against The Walt Disney Company, maintaining that he came up with the premise for the Disney Channel tween hit Hannah Montana. The AP reports that Buddy Sheffield, whose writing credits …