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COPENHAGEN, February 8: Zodiak Television World has licensed the format rights to its prime-time entertainment series Stars On Stage from MTV Mastiff Sweden to Record TV Network in Brazil and has secured a renewal with ANTV in Indonesia. Record is …

NEW YORK, February 7: Sesame Workshop is partnering with NDR and Ki.Ka in Germany and Five’s preschool block Milkshake! in the U.K. to produce two seasons of The Adventures of Bert and Ernie, a claymation spin on two of Sesame …

PALO ALTO, February 7: Facebook, a California-based social networking site, and Comcast Interactive Media’s Ziddio.com, a multiplatform user-generated video site, have partnered to allow Facebook users to create and share user-generated videos and possibly be a part of a new …

NEW YORK, February 7: Despite revenue growth of 18 percent, News Corporation’s second quarter profits dropped 23.5 percent to $822 million from $1.08 billion last year, when the company recorded a one-time gain of $381 million. The company delivered consolidated …

NEW YORK, February 7: Nickelodeon’s new mockumentary series The Naked Brothers Band reached a total of 4.7 million viewers on February 3, making it the network’s highest-rated series premiere with kids 6-11 since the launch of Caitlin’s Way in 2000. …

MUNICH, February 7: Germany’s Commission on Concentration in the Media (KEK) has cleared the purchase of ProSiebenSat.1 Media by the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Permira. The greenlight from the German competition authorities follows yesterday’s …

FLORENCE, February 7: Cartoons on the Bay—The International Festival on Television Animation is moving from Positano to Salerno, Italy, for its 11th edition, taking place April 19 to 22. The competition, organized by Rai Trade, introduces a new Pulcinella Award …

EL SEGUNDO, February 7: The DIRECTV Group’s fourth quarter revenues increased 16 percent to $4.18 billion and net profit more than doubled to $356 million. “Fourth quarter results point to the continuing progress and operating strength at DIRECTV U.S. highlighted …

BURBANK, February 7: NBC Universal Television Group has entered into a new creative arrangement with Ben Silverman with a two-year deal that allows NBC and NBC Universal’s cable networks a first-look on all scripted and unscripted projects from Reveille. Besides …

NEW YORK, February 7: On his first day as president and CEO of NBC Universal, Jeff Zucker criticized YouTube, accusing the Google-owned file-sharing site of failing to adequately protect copyrighted material. “YouTube needs to prove that it will implement its …