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LOS ANGELES, April 6: PorchLight Entertainment heads to MIPTV this month with its new 26×12-minute 3-D animated children’s series FARMkids, created by children’s educational expert Scott Strachan. PorchLight holds the exclusive worldwide distribution rights for the series, excluding Asia, Australia …

SHERMAN OAKS, April 6: GRB Entertainment has announced a slate of new deals, including licensing some 60 hours of content into the U.K. Marielle Zuccarelli, the senior VP of international sales for GRB Entertainment, commented: “We are off to a …

NEW YORK, April 6: Tim Gunn will return for the fourth season of Bravo’s Emmy-nominated fashion design reality series Project Runway as its mentor, along with a panel of judges that includes designer Michael Kors, ELLE magazine fashion director Nina …

TORONTO, April 5: At MIPTV this month, 9 Story Entertainment will focus on pre-sales for three of the company's new animated comedic properties, Almost Naked Animals, Bash Boys and SuperEwe. Almost Naked Animals, a comedy series targeting 6 -11-year olds, …

VANCOUVER, April 5: Thunderbird Films has wrapped up production on the third season of its half-hour live-action children’s series Zixx, for premiere on YTV in Canada in summer 2008. Zixx has also been sold to Cartoon Network in the U.S. …

LOS ANGELES, April 5: To manage its increased production and acquisition activity, MarVista Entertainment has appointed a number of new executives, including Beatrice McMillan and Vanessa Goglio as sales VPs. The new hires are due to a more aggressive production …

LONDON, April 5: Cineflix has appointed three key executive staff to its management team: Rob Carey as the head of factual entertainment, Nick Godwin as executive producer and Gavin McGarry as the VP of digital media. In his new role, …

NEW YORK, April 5: Equator HD, part of the Rainbow-owned VOOM HD Networks, has upped Ali Hossaini to executive producer from director of acquisitions, reporting to Bill Roberts, the VP of programming for the channel. In his new role, Hossaini …

TORONTO, April 5: Shareholders of Alliance Atlantis Communications have approved the sale of the company to CanWest Global Communications Corp for C$53 per share. The deal was approved by 99.7 percent of the votes cast by holders of Class A …

MEXICO, April 5: Former Comarex executive Ernesto Ramírez has joined the Mexican TV, video and theatrical distributor Quality Films. Ramírez joins Quality Films as its head of TV and new media, with a view to helping the company build its …