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LOS ANGELES, August 7: Taffy Entertainment has completed licensing deals for new product based on the 2-D and 3-D CGI-animated series Code Lyoko, including a music CD, video games and T-shirts. EMI/Caroline Records recently released the CD Code Lyoko—Featuring The …

MIAMI, August 7: Dolphin Entertainment has sold the live-action Nickelodeon tween series Zoey 101, targeted at girls aged 8-12, to Televisa in Mexico, Ecuavisa in Ecuador and Antena 3 in Spain. The series has already been licensed into more than …

NEW YORK, August 7: TBS is launching two new original projects on its website’s broadband video player based on the series The Bill Engvall Show and My Boys. Ask Bill, tied to The Bill Engvall Show, will feature a collection …

HELSINKI/REDWOOD, August 6: Nokia has licensed Microsoft’s PlayReady digital rights management (DRM) technology for use in its S60 and Series 40 mobile device platforms in a bid to expand the use of wireless content worldwide. PlayReady is a new content …

NEW DELHI, August 6: India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared Television Eighteen Group’s (TV18) acquisition of a 50-percent stake in MTV Networks India for Rs. 200 crore ($50 million), local press reports indicate. The move comes after Viacom’s …

SEOUL, August 6: Korean broadband operator KT has announced the commercial launch of its online on-demand platform Mega TV, with content protection solutions being provided by NDS, delivering programming from the terrestrial TV broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS. NDS VideoGuard …

SINGAPORE, August 6: In an effort to boost the production of animated short films in Singapore, the Singapore Film Society (SFS) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have launched the Animated Short Film Initiative (ASFI). The initiative encourages …

LONDON, August 6: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) will launch TVComedyClassics.com, a new web portal that will make a selection of comedy programming from its archives available to consumers for download to own or rent. Launching this month, TVComedyClassics is powered by …

AMSTERDAM, August 6: National Geographic Channels International has acquired Camels, Courts, and Concubines: The Adventures of Ibn Battutah, a three-part travelogue from Endemol International following in the footsteps of Ibn Battutah, a pioneering 14th century Moroccan scholar. The series begins …

NEW YORK, August 6: New York-based Animation Collective and Canada’s Fatkat Studios are working together on a new 26×30-minute animated series, Three Delivery, set in Chinatown and slated to air on Nicktoons Network, YTV and the BBC. The series was …