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NEW YORK, June 22: HIT Entertainment is planning a range of events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its successful global brand Barney, kicking off this September with a 20-city national Purple Bus Tour, sponsored by JAKKS Pacific and in …

MEVASSERT ZION, June 22: Israel’s Armoza Formats has licensed 36 episodes of the dating format Foreplay—which originally aired on Israel’s Channel 10—to the Romanian channel Romantica. Foreplay will premiere on July 2 at 10 p.m. on Romantica, and air daily …

LONDON, June 22: Channel 4 International (C4I) has sold more than 15 hours of factual and comedy programming to German broadcaster RTL II. RTL II has picked up two big-budget productions from Pioneer Productions: Animals in the Womb and Miracles …

TORONTO, June 22: This July, Canada’s TELETOON will launch the animated tween reality series Total Drama Island, from Fresh TV, the creators behind the award-winning series animated series 6Teen. The half-hour series launches on TELETOON on Sunday, July 8, at …

NEW YORK, June 22: MTV Networks' Entertainment Group has promoted Erik Flannigan to executive VP of digital media and Jon Slusser to senior VP of Spike digital and video games. Flannigan, formerly senior VP of digital media for Comedy Central …

NEW YORK, June 22: General Electric and Pearson have decided not to pursue the acquisition of Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, pushing News Corporation’s $5-billion bid for the company closer to success. In a statement, …

LOS ANGELES, June 22: ABC News claims it was outbid by NBC News for Paris Hilton’s first post-prison interview; NBC executives, meanwhile are denying that the network offered the heiress a reported $1 million for an exclusive appearance on the …

TORONTO, June 22: FUN Technologies, which specializes in online gaming and fantasy sports content, is forming an independent committee to consider a buyout offer from Liberty Media. Liberty Media currently owns 53 percent of the company and has offered to …

BETHPAGE, June 22: Cablevision Systems Corp. has announced that by the end of this year, it will have the capability to carry more than 500 channels of HD programming on its advanced fiber-optic network, led by the addition of 15 …

ATLANTA, June 22: TBS has acquired the rights to NBC’s highest-rated sitcoms, My Name is Earl and The Office. The deal with Twentieth Television brings My Name is Earl to the cable network in September 2009. Also included in the …