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NEW YORK/BLOOMINGTON, March 1: The Minnesota-based Mall of America has teamed up with Nickelodeon for the construction of the first-ever Nickelodeon-themed park, featuring new rides and attractions inspired by properties such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and Avatar: The …

LONDON, March 1: Howard Myers and Steve Wynne, who previously handled international production efforts at Buena Vista International Television and Warner Brothers International Television, respectively, have joined forces to launch the new British independent Rival Media. Myers was previously the …

LONDON, March 1: LIVING has acquired the new 22×1-hour supernatural crime thriller Blood Ties from Fireworks International for launch in the U.K. this summer. Blood Ties is set to launch on Lifetime in the U.S. this month and is expected …

HONG KONG/LONDON, March 1: Granada International’s regional office in Hong Kong has secured sales of its programming to a number of broadcasters in Korea, including a substantial package of dramas and feature films for the free-TV broadcaster EBS. EBS has …

SAN JOSE, March 1: In a multiyear distribution deal, over 150 independent films from the Cinequest Film Institute will be made available on the content platform Jaman.com, including the Emmy Award-winning Amargosa, the multiple award-winning Awful Normal, and the political …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, March 1: The Los Angeles-based independent distributor Liberation Entertainment has appointed James Belsham as director of international television sales, based in London, and has recruited Bill Peck as a consultant. Prior to joining Liberation Entertainment, Belsham formed gel-grow …

NEW YORK, March 1: Viacom today reported a 271 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit to $480.8 million, thanks in part to the addition of DreamWorks, which Viacom acquired last year. Revenues for the quarter rose 32 percent to $3.6 …

LOS ANGELES, March 1: Fox Broadcasting Company today announced plans to make several of its prime-time series available on a download-to-own and free streaming basis on its affiliates’ websites, expanding the Fox on Demand platform to more than 200 stations. …

LONDON, March 1: BSkyB’s five basic channels were pulled from Virgin Media last night after the two companies were unable to come to an agreement on the terms of a new carriage deal. As a result, Virgin Media’s 3 million …

BURBANK, February 28: NBC’s midseason replacements Andy Barker, P.I. and Raines will stream on NBC.com prior to their broadcast debuts. In the case of Andy Barker, P.I., all produced episodes will be available prior to their broadcast dates. For Raines, …