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NEW YORK, December 11: 4Kids Entertainment has launched two new subsidiaries, one targeting the trading card market and the other geared to developing multi-platform games. 4Kids will be the majority owner of the trading card company, TC Digital Games, marking …

NEW YORK/HONG KONG, December 11: CBS Interactive is working with Hong Kong-based Artificial Life for an avatar-based mobile game based on The CW's America's Next Top Model. Players will be able to select a virtual representation—an avatar—of his/her favorite and …

NEW YORK, December 11: Sesame Workshop is hailing its strong presence in the Middle East, with three localized versions of Sesame Street—in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine—slated to be on the air in 2007. "Sesame Workshop is involved in a long-term …

NEW YORK, December 11: here! has been added to the Verizon FiOS TV pay-TV service as a 24/7 subscription premium network, alongside the company’s VOD offering. Verizon is offering here! in every market where it provides its fiber-optic FiOS TV …

TORONTO, December 8: Diane Williamson has joined marblemedia as its VP of interactive. Williamson will lead the company’s interactive efforts and oversee a group of in-house designers and programmers. She will manage and help develop future projects across all digital …

BEIJING, December 8: Chinese authorities have banned any new foreign investment in television and film companies, according to a report in the Financial Times. In an interview with the FT, Zhu Hong of the State Administration of Radio, Film and …

NYON, December 8: UEFA has unveiled new broadcast deals in the U.S., Asia, the Middle East and Latin America for EURO 2008, which is being held June 7 to June 29, 2008, in Austria and Switzerland. "We will have [a …

WATERBURY, December 8: American teens spend more than 72 hours per week online, on their mobile phones, watching television, listening to music or playing video games, according to the Harrison Group’s recently released VNU Teen Trend Report, which surveyed 1,000 …

LONDON, December 8: British media regulator Ofcom has said that ten percent of U.K. households will not have access to DTT service Freeview’s full suite of channels following the 2012 analogue switch off. Three of the six Freeview “bundles” will …

SÃO PAULO, December 8: TV Globo has secured the Brazilian broadcast rights for the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Brazilian broadcaster has been airing the World Cup for more …