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TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, August 15: Bejuba! Entertainment has licensed the 2-D and Flash-animated action-comedy series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers to VOOM HD Networks’ Animania all-animation channel in the U.S. The 26×30-minute series has also been licensed to Cartoon Network in Europe …

CENTENNIAL, August 15: AZN Television, the Comcast-owned channel for Asian Americans, has secured the Japanese action film Shinobi from distributor FUNimation for premiere this September. AZN will air the original 2005 film in Japanese with English subtitles. The acquisition follows …

CHICAGO, August 15: The two-hour television special Land of Lincoln, based on Andrew Ferguson’s book of the same name, will be produced by Chicago-based Tower Productions and will be ready in time for the Lincoln Bicentennial in 2009. Ferguson, the …

LONDON, August 15: The British DVD rights to season one of the animated series Skunk Fu! have been licensed to Warner Music Group by Galleon Holdings. The 52×13-minute property, targeted to children aged 6 to 12, follows the adventures of …

NEW YORK, August 15: Kelleigh Dulany has been promoted to VP of public responsibility for MTV Networks Entertainment Group’s Comedy Central and Spike TV, based in New York. In her new position, where she will report to COO John Cucci, …

HONG KONG, August 15: Liza Newnham has been tapped as the senior VP and general manager of English-language channels for STAR. In this newly created role, based in Hong Kong, Newnham will be responsible for managing the business operations of …

NEW YORK, August 15: The digital entertainment studio Worldwide Biggies, founded by former Nickelodeon and Spike TV chief Albie Hecht, has formed a new senior management team led by former Nickelodeon executive Scott Webb as chief creative officer. As chief …

EL SEGUNDO, August 14: Just two weeks since recalling 1.5 million Fisher-Price toys manufactured in China, Mattel has announced the recall of 436,000 Cars die-cast vehicles over “impermissible levels of lead,” as well as more than 18 million magnetic toys. …

ATLANTIC CITY/LOS ANGELES, August 14: TLC has reached a multiyear deal with the Miss America Organization for the telecast rights to the Miss America Pageant through 2010. The rights were previously held by Viacom-owned CMT, which picked up the pageant …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, August 14: The Africa Channel, a U.S.-based cable and satellite network featuring content about and from the African continent, has expanded into the international market, inking a carriage deal with BSkyB. The Africa Channel will launch on Sky’s …