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LONDON, May 7: World Media Rights (WMR) has acquired the complete catalogue and production business of Nugus/Martin Productions, which totals more than 800 programs and 3,000 hours of archive footage dating back to 1895. WMR will be investing in future …

PHILADELPHIA, May 7: PBS KIDS Sprout is adding the original afternoon block The Let's Go Show to its lineup on June 25, featuring an emphasis on encouraging preschoolers to ask questions, be curious about the world around them and participate …

SAN MATEO, May 7: Universal Studios is working with the mobile entertainment company I-play for a streaming video service offering the most memorable scenes from its catalogue of blockbuster movies to mobile subscribers in the U.S. Movie Minutes delivers scenes …

LOS ANGELES, May 7: The digital packaging firm Ubiquity Partners has reached an exclusive partnership with Twisted Pictures—producer of the Saw horror-movie franchise—and the male-skewing online entertainment channel Break.com for the development of The Internet Killer, an online series of …

NEW YORK, May 4: Microsoft and Yahoo! are said to have resumed discussions about a possible merger, according to the Wall Street Journal. The two companies have discussed combining in the past, as both look to take on Google’s dominance …

MONTEREY, May 4: A new report from SNL Kagan shows that cable television currently dominates the European multichannel landscape— accounting for 69 percent of the total multichannel subscriber base—and predicts that the number of multichannel television households in Europe will …

LOS ANGELES, May 4: Gilmore Girls, the saga of an independent mother and daughter that helped strengthen the fledging The WB network, will end its run after seven seasons, airing its final episode on May 15 at 8 p.m. The …

HILVERSUM, May 4: The Maltese Courts have ruled in Endemol International’s favor in its proceedings against the broadcasters and producers of L-iSpjun, a Big Brother knockoff. On March 20, Endemol filed a judicial protest against the broadcasters and producers behind …

WEST PALM BEACH/NEW YORK, May 4: At its first upfront presentation in New York as ION Media Networks, the broadcasting group unveiled a multiplatform programming slate targeted at the “baby boomer” demographic, headlined by new content from its partnership with …

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4: VIZ Media has secured a deal to make its anime series Death Note available for digital download-to-own via Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment’s digital retail store, starting from May 10. The subtitled version of the series will be …