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Eurocinema Takes First Run Features Titles

October 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES, October 18: The video-on-demand service Eurocinema has signed an exclusive deal with independent film distributor First Run Features, with titles like La Petite Lili and Kira's Reason launching on the platform in December. In making the announcement, Larry …

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TVE Announces MIPCOM Deals

October 18, 2006

MADRID, October 18: TVE (Television Española) secured a range of deals at MIPCOM last week, including licensing the serial Ana and the Seven Kids to Kanal D in Romania and the documentaries Nearby Paradises and Enchanted Planet to ERT in …

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Genius to Release BKN Kong Title

October 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES, October 18: Genius Products will release the DVD of BKN’s new animated feature Kong: Return to the Jungle in the U.S. on November 21. The 3-D CGI feature was produced by Rick Ungar and was inspired by the …

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L&M Promotions at 4Kids

October 18, 2006

NEW YORK, October 18: 4Kids Entertainment has upped Julie Dill to VP of marketing and licensing and Alyssa J. Tucker to SVP of marketing and licensing sales, as the company begins the multiplatform rollouts of its new brands Viva Piñata …

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ProSiebenSat.1 Invests in Online Community

October 18, 2006

MUNICH, October 18: ProSiebenSat.1 Group has acquired a 30-percent stake in Lokalisten media, which operates Lokalisten.de, a leading social-networking site in Germany that has about 325,000 members. The deal follows the German broadcasting group’s September acquisition of the user-generated-content site …

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Time Warner Cable Files for IPO

October 18, 2006

NEW YORK, October 18: Time Warner Cable is planning an initial public offering, wire reports indicate, applying to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TWC. According to the AP, the platform, the second-largest cable …

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Showtime Programming Joins Amazon Unbox Lineup

October 18, 2006

SEATTLE, October 18: A number of titles from Showtime, including the critically acclaimed drama The L Word and the pilot for the new show Dexter, have joined the lineup on the digital content download service Amazon Unbox, which launched in …

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Image Board Members Reelected

October 18, 2006

LOS ANGELES, October 18: Image Entertainment has won its proxy battle with Lionsgate, with all seven of the home entertainment outfit’s board members reelected, defeating the independent studio’s nominees. Lionsgate holds a 19-percent stake in Image and has been trying …

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Lifestyle, Kids’ Gemini Awards Presented

October 18, 2006

TORONTO, October 18: The 21st Annual Gemini Awards were presented yesterday in the lifestyle, children’s and youth categories in the second part of a three-day awards-fest that will see the drama, variety and comedy winners presented at a ceremony in …

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Nick Teams with Sanrio for Japanese Blue’s Clues Launch

October 18, 2006

TOKYO/NEW YORK, October 18: Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products has entered into a partnership with Sanrio, which owns the rights to the Hello Kitty brand, to develop the Blue's Clues property in Japan. The co-licensing deal will see the two …