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SANTA MONICA, January 10: American Idol judge and recording artist Paula Abdul has joined the creative team of Bratz: The Movie, the first live-action feature based on Bratz, the popular brand of fashion dolls manufactured by MGA Entertainment. Abdul will …

HOLLYWOOD, January 10: The Jim Henson Company has acquired the rights to The Skrumps, the vinyl toys created by John Chandler and made popular by his line of collectible figures and illustrated storybooks, for a multiplatform property that will encompass …

NEW YORK/TORONTO, January 10: DECODE Entertainment has pre-sold its new animated science-fiction comedy series Gizmo, developed by Singapore’s Scrawl Studios and the Media Development Authority of Singapore, to Canada’s YTV. DECODE, which is co-producing the series with YTV and Hong …

TORONTO, January 10: CanWest Global Communications Corp. and GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co., today announced a deal to acquire Alliance Atlantis Communications for C$2.3 billion ($1.96 billion). CBS will take over international distribution …

PARIS, January 10: Franck Firmin-Guion, previously the manager of light entertainment and magazine programming at TF1, has joined Adventure Line Productions as managing director. Firmin-Guion will work alongside the head of ALP, Denis Mermet, to accelerate ALP’s growth in its …

LAS VEGAS, January 10: CBS Corporation’s president and CEO, Leslie Moonves, touted the company’s digital strategy with his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, during which he also announced new alliances with YouTube and Sling Media. "There's no such thing …

UNIVERSAL CITY, January 10: NBC Universal Television Studio has promoted Richard Rothstein to senior VP of cable programming. In his new position, Rothstein reports to Angela Bromstad, the president of NBC Universal Television Studio. He was previously VP of cable …

LAS VEGAS, January 10: Speaking at Citigroup’s annual media, entertainment and telecommunications conference in Las Vegas, Peter Chernin, the president and COO of News Corporation, said that the company is working hard not to “Fox-ify” or “screw up” the popular …

LOS ANGELES, January 10: David Heath has been promoted to VP of program sales for Canada at Twentieth Century Fox/Incendo Television Distribution. A joint venture of Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and Incendo Media, Fox/Incendo licenses English- and French-language programs …

BURBANK, January 10: Warner Home Video has unveiled its “Total Hi Def” disc, which plays the HD DVD format on one side and the Blu-ray Disc format on the other. The disc was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in …