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LOS ANGELES/CUPERTINO, April 11: A number of titles from MGM’s catalogue, including Dances With Wolves and Rocky, are now available for purchase and download on Apple’s iTunes Store. Beginning today, iTunes customers will be able to purchase films such as …

NEW YORK, April 11: American Greetings Properties is aiming to expand its international business, coming to MIPTV with a lineup of content from established series such as Care Bears—which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year—to brand new properties like …

LONDON, April 11: The sale of British programming on the international market generated revenues of £593 million in 2006, up 20 percent on 2005, according to the British trade body Pact. According to the data, compiled by the Department for …

TORONTO, April 11: DECODE Entertainment will launch at MIPTV the new preschool series Bo on the GO!, which was commissioned by Canada’s CBC. Produced by Halifax Film, DECODE’s sister company in DHX Media Ltd., the series promotes an active lifestyle …

DARMSTADT, April 11: A range of NBC Universal content will be made available on a download-to-own basis in Germany via T-Home, T-Com’s IPTV service, with T-Com becoming the first digital retailer to offer a legal and secure download-to-burn option for …

LONDON, April 11: Zeal Television has secured the representation rights to the new musical game show format Singing Bee, which is currently in development for NBC. ITV in the U.K. has already picked up the rights and commissioned a 90-minute …

ATLANTA, April 11: Journalist and news executive Tony Maddox has been named the executive VP and managing director of CNN International, succeeding Chris Cramer. Reporting to Jim Walton, the president of CNN Worldwide, Maddox will have responsibility for a news …

LONDON, April 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is bringing its anime channel Animax to Central Europe by rebranding the existing A+ network, which SPTI acquired last year, and is in advanced negotiations to take the service to key European …

BUENOS AIRES, April 11: On April 16 at 6 a.m., National Geographic Channel in Latin America will launch Nat Geo & Me, a new preschool block. Airing daily for six hours, the block targets kids aged 2 to 5. Its …

NEW YORK, April 11: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has launched a new outreach initiative, the Ambassador Program. Ambassadors are active members who volunteer on behalf of the Academy to act as representatives in their respective countries. …