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LOS ANGELES, February 7: E! Networks has boosted its Eastern European presence with a carriage deal with Poland’s leading DTH platform, Cyfrowy Polsat. E! will launch on the service this month as part of the "Pakiet Familijny” basic package. Launched …

NEW YORK, February 7: Animation Collective has appointed Picture Box Distribution and Small Screen Distribution to represent its series Ellen’s Acres, which has been acquired by Cartoon Network in the U.S. and the U.K. Ellen’s Acres is an adventure comedy …

NEW YORK, February 7: CBS Corporation has formed a new division, CBS Mobile, within its CBS Interactive business. The operation is dedicated to building the company's mobile operation across its various properties, including CBS Entertainment, CBS Sports and CBS News. …

LOS ANGELES, February 7: Cookie Jar Entertainment has appointed Josette Bonte to the newly created position of VP of digital media. Based in Cookie Jar’s Los Angeles offices, Bonte will report to Ken Locker, the senior VP of digital media. …

ALVISO/SEATTLE, February 7: TiVo has teamed up with Amazon.com for a soon-to-be-launched service that will allow subscribers to rent and purchase movies and television shows from the Amazon Unbox download platform and download them directly to a TiVo box for …

SALT LAKE CITY, February 7: Move Networks, which facilitates the provision of long-form video over the Internet, has received $11.3 million in first-round venture capital funding. This funding round, led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, will be used to expand …

MIAMI, February 7: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) have reached a deal for SPTI Advertising Sales, Latin America, to handle advertising sales for HBO and Cinemax in Brazil, the only territory where both channels air advertising. Headquartered in Miami, SPTI …

LONDON/NEW YORK, February 7: Nickelodeon has partnered with a range of animation producers from around the world to develop five projects that will comprise Nickelodeon’s first-ever international development slate: Hiro, Oasis, Bacon and Bunk, Super Charlie and Super Lauren and …

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 …