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LONDON, January 11: The BBC has released the minutes of the organization’s board meeting in the wake of the Hutton Report revealing why then Director-General Greg Dyke was asked to resign. The BBC has been keeping the documents secret since …

SILVER SPRING, January 11: The Learning Channel’s (TLC) My Life As A Child, launching next month, is being billed as the cable network’s first “user-generated” series, allowing 20 children to document their lives on digital video. The series, featuring kids …

LOS ANGELES, January 11: Gail Berman, the president of Paramount Pictures, has stepped down after just 18 months at the Viacom-owned studio. Berman left FOX, where she was president of entertainment, in March 2005. She was lured to the studio …

NEW YORK, January 11: 4Kids Entertainment will offer 52 new episodes of its colorful hi-definition animated television series Viva Piñata to buyers at NATPE next week, with the series already being picked up by broadcasters in Canada, France, Germany, Norway, …

WINNIPEG, January 11: CanWest Global Communications Corp., which yesterday announced a deal with GS Capital Partners to acquire Alliance Atlantis Communications, has reported a first quarter profit of C$66 million, versus last year’s C$30 million. The company's consolidated revenues for …

LOS ANGELES, January 11: A daily sleep-themed series for toddlers, Shushybye Baby, will debut on BabyFirstTV in the U.S. in the first quarter of this year. Shushybye Baby airs as part of BabyFirstTV’s nighttime programming, and is designed to serve …

TORONTO, January 10: Driven by gains in its broadcasting division, Corus Entertainment has posted a 7-percent rise in revenues, to C$209.2 million, and a 17 percent increase in net profit to C$36.7 million. "The positive momentum of last year has …

LOS ANGELES, January 10: Twentieth Century Fox has inked a deal with Israeli cable platform HOT to make both new releases and classic library films available to subscribers on an on-demand basis. This is Fox’s first video on demand deal …

LONDON, January 10: Via a deal between BBC Worldwide Australasia and TVNZ, more than 40 hours of drama, natural history and factual titles will air on New Zealand’s TV ONE and TV2 this year. The package deal is led by …

NEW YORK, January 10: The online brand Heavy.com, whose male-skewing content is being rolled out globally by Fireworks International, has closed a $20 million financing round from Polaris Venture Partners. This is the second round of funding from Polaris, which …