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NEW YORK, September 6: For its sixth year on the air, 4Kids TV is positioning itself as “The Game Station”, with its weekly four-hour Saturday morning kids block on FOX set to feature returning favorites as well as three new …

HOLLYWOOD, September 6: The Jim Henson Company and the PBS West Coast flagship station KCET have partnered to produce What’s the Big Idea?, a new educational series beginning production this fall to debut on PBS KIDS in 2008. The series …

TORONTO, September 6: Production has wrapped on the first 26×3-minute episodes of 9 Story Entertainment’s animated-comedy series Futz!, which will be presented to buyers at MIPCOM. The property is a TELETOON original production, scheduled for its world premiere as part …

MEXICO CITY, September 6: TV Universal de Honduras’s Canal 30 has bagged the rights to air Bellezas Indomables, a new telenovela from Mexico’s TV Azteca. Bellezas Indomables centers around three beautiful and courageous sisters, who, after the death of their …

EL SEGUNDO, September 5: Mattel has announced yet another recall of China-made toys—its third in just over a month—over impermissible levels of lead found in Barbie- and Fisher-Price-branded products, for a total of 530,000 items in the U.S. and 318,000 …

LOS ANGELES, September 5: Veoh Networks, the Internet video site backed by former Disney chief Michael Eisner, is being sued by Universal Music Group for copyright infringement, according to wire reports. According to Bloomberg News, Universal filed the complaint against …

NEW YORK, September 5: Steven Rosenberg, former president of HBO International, has reached an out-of-court settlement with the premium pay-TV service stemming from his dismissal from the company in 2004. Late in 2004, Rosenberg as well as Alejandra Solett, then …

TORONTO, September 5: Canada’s TELETOON is preparing for the October 1 launch of its new digital specialty channel dedicated to classic cartoons, TELETOON Retro. TELETOON Retro will offer a nostalgic throwback to timeless cartoons, including classic characters like Bugs Bunny, …

NEW YORK, September 5: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has inked a licensing deal for the Scripps-owned Fine Living TV Network to air the third season of The Martha Stewart Show in prime time, beginning September 10. The “how-to” series will …

LONDON, September 5: In a multiyear deal, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has licensed a selection of new and library feature films and series to Croatian broadcaster Nova TV. Nova TV, owned by Central European Media Enterprises, has picked up …