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NEW YORK, January 4: According to CNN, CBS is asking for $2.6 million per 30-second spot during the Super Bowl on February 4, up from last year’s record-breaking $2.5 million per spot on ABC. John Bogusz, the executive VP for …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: Brainytoys Limited, an Australian-based toy and game development company, will roll out a range of merchandise based on PorchLight Entertainment’s successful preschool production Jay Jay the Jet Plane. The licensing agreement allows Brainytoys to produce and …

SANTA CLARA/MARINA DEL REY, January 4: Via an alliance between Intel Corporation and CinemaNow, users of Intel technology-based media PCs, such as those with Intel Viiv technology, can legally download and record major motion picture movie content to DVD discs …

NEW YORK, January 4: iD Distribution has brokered several new deals for Rainbow Media’s Mag Rack video-on-demand content with international broadcasters in the U.K., Sweden, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Mag Rack, which was launched in …

NEW YORK, January 4: Next New Networks, a new online entertainment company co-founded by former Nickelodeon president and MTV Networks vice chairman Herb Scannell, has received $8 million in funding from Spark Capital, a digital media venture capital firm. The …

VALBY, January 4: Nordisk Film TV has established a new international division under Karoline Spodsberg, who was most recently program manager for TV3 Denmark. The move is part of a new strategy for the company put in place by former …

LOS ANGELES/BUENOS AIRES, January 4: Fox International Channels has partnered with Ernesto Sandler, the founder of the cable channel Utilísima, for a new company dedicated to the production of Spanish-language content. As part of the alliance, Sandler will serve as …

HOLLYWOOD, January 4: Mike Baron has been appointed to the position of director of brand licensing and business development at Twentieth Century Fox. Baron will be in charge of key Fox licensing properties, including Fox Sports, Speed Channel and IGN’s …

LOS ANGELES, January 4: Comedy Central’s RENO 911! and Chappelle's Show will be the first programs to be syndicated by MGM under the studio’s new strategic relationship with New Line. Both series are available for syndication for fall of 2007, …

SÃO PAULO, January 4: According to wire reports, a Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to cease operations until it removes a celebrity sex video involving model Daniela Cicarelli, the ex-wife of soccer star Ronaldo. Cicarelli filed suit against the Google-owned …