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LONDON, July 25: BKN is creating a new studio facility dedicated to producing high-quality animation in digital high definition, with the comedy Stone Age the first project to roll out in late 2008. There will be a fixed capital investment …

LONDON, July 25: Granada International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour documentary David Beckham: New Beginnings, which tracks the British football player’s recent move to Los Angeles. Produced by Simon Fuller’s 19 TV, the documentary follows Beckham …

LONDON, July 25: BabyTV, targeted at infants and toddlers under the age of 3, will launch its 24-hour commercial-free channel in Canada on Personal TV from Rogers. The 24-hour service was recently approved by Canada’s CRTC regulatory body for distribution …

BEIJING, July 25: The Swedish production company Bringiton is developing a new shopping-based game show for the Mandarin-language channel China Entertainment Television (CETV), marking the broadcaster’s first acquisition of a title from a Western European firm. Launched in 2001, the …

SAN FRANCISCO, July 25: Ubisoft will develop and publish a video game based on Twentieth Century Fox's Avatar, the upcoming feature film written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron. The game is expected to be released in conjunction …

BRISTOL, July 25: Aardman Animations and the British digital agency Enable Interactive have teamed up for the design and development of WebbliWorld, a new online portal for children. Located at www.webbliworld.com, the portal is designed to provide children with a …

TORONTO, July 25: Shaftesbury Films has sold the half-hour live-action kids’ series Life with Derek to broadcasters in Portugal, Netherlands and Norway. Life with Derek will air on Disney Channel in Portugal, Zapp/Zappelin in the Netherlands and NRK 3 in …

CAPE TOWN/MIRAMICHI CITY, July 25: Strika Entertainment of Cape Town, South Africa, has signed a deal with the Canadian animation outfit Fatkat to produce a soccer-themed animated series based on a popular comic book. Supa Strikas is centered on Shakes, …

NEW YORK, July 25: Atlanta-based restaurant chain Chick-fil-A and HIT Entertainment have announced an agreement to begin a promotional campaign for Bob the Builder. Under the agreement, Chick-fil-A will begin offering today one of five different Bob the Builder board …

LONDON, July 24: Jalipo has reached an agreement to host content from the 24-hour British news channel Sky News. Sky News broadcasts will be available in three different quality streams at www.jalipo.com via Jalipo’s pre-pay J:Credits system, which is a …