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HARRINGTON PARK, August 3: Janson Media has announced the worldwide DVD release of Ingrid Bergman Remembered, which explores the tumultuous life of the legendary actress. Originally produced by Wombat Productions for Lifetime, Ingrid Bergman Remembered takes viewers into the life …

LONDON, August 3: Parthenon Kids, the children’s programming division of British producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment, will be screening a four-minute pilot of a new preschool series at this year’s Cartoon Forum. The series, Kat and C.a.T, is targeted at …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: JoeCartoon, an online animation company recently acquired by Endemol USA, has re-launched its online portal JoeCartoon.com, dedicated to showcasing humorous videos on the Internet. The revamped website offers an enhanced user-friendly interface that includes a video …

BEVERLY HILLS, August 3: News Corporation’s mobile division, Jamster, has announced the promotions of Craig Vaughan, Miriam Holzman and Beth Kearns. Vaughan is now VP of business development for Fox Mobile Entertainment, a Jamster division, after serving as executive director. …

NEW YORK, August 3: Bravo has promoted Cori Abraham to VP of development and production from her previous position as the director of development and production. Since joining Bravo in April 2004, Abraham has developed and executive produced shows such …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Edie Lauw has been promoted to VP of worldwide television finance at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from her previous position as the executive director of worldwide television finance. In her new position, based in the company’s headquarters in …

LOS ANGELES, August 3: Industry veteran Rose Adkins has been named global president of marketing and distribution for FarCor Studios, based in Los Angeles. Reporting to co-presidents and founders Ralph Farquhar and Dwayne Corbitt, Adkins will be responsible for developing …

BUENOS AIRES, August 3: Claxson has completed the sale of IberoAmerican Radio Chile to Spain’s Grupo Prisa for $74.6 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Prisa’s Unión Radio takes control of all of the radio networks of IberoAmerican Radio …

SUNNYVALE, August 3: Yahoo! aims to revamp its video strategy by year-end in order to better compete against YouTube, according to published reports, with plans to ramp up TV, movie and music content available on the site. Mike Folgner, Yahoo's …

HAMILTON, August 2: Central European Media Enterprises has reported its results for the second quarter, with revenues up 38 percent to $216.3 million and a net income of $34.6 million, triple the $8.5 million recorded in Q2 last year. For …