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BURBANK, April 12: DIC Entertainment has formed a Global Brand Management division that will work across the TV, home entertainment and consumer products divisions, reporting to Nancy Fowler, the company’s head of global sales. The Global Brand Management division will …

LONDON, April 12: Cartoon Network in the U.S. will launch The Mr. Men Show, a new 52×11-minute animated sketch comedy series for kids from Chorion, in January 2008. Cartoon Network will also co-produce the series, which is based on the …

LONDON, April 12: In a format deal with Reveille International, Sky One has secured the rights to develop a version of Mark Burnett Productions’ hit FOX game show Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? under the title Are You …

ROME, April 12: Boris, the first scripted series produced by Fox Channels Italy, launches on the FOX channel on SKY Italia on Monday, April 16, at 11 p.m. The series will also be available on FoxOne, the mobile DVB-H channel …

LONDON, April 12: Entertainment Rights has licensed all 80 15-minute episodes of Postman Pat to CCTV in China for premiere this year as part of the children’s block, CCTV-kids. This marks the first time that Postman Pat will appear on …

ATLANTA, April 11: Journalist and news executive Tony Maddox has been named the executive VP and managing director of CNN International, succeeding Chris Cramer. Reporting to Jim Walton, the president of CNN Worldwide, Maddox will have responsibility for a news …

LONDON, April 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is bringing its anime channel Animax to Central Europe by rebranding the existing A+ network, which SPTI acquired last year, and is in advanced negotiations to take the service to key European …

BUENOS AIRES, April 11: On April 16 at 6 a.m., National Geographic Channel in Latin America will launch Nat Geo & Me, a new preschool block. Airing daily for six hours, the block targets kids aged 2 to 5. Its …

NEW YORK, April 11: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has launched a new outreach initiative, the Ambassador Program. Ambassadors are active members who volunteer on behalf of the Academy to act as representatives in their respective countries. …

SEOUL/TOKYO, April 11: Korea’s KBS is teaming with Japan’s NHK to co-produce the six-part documentary series Asian Corridor in Heaven, set to be completed this fall. It will air in September on KBS-1 in Korea, followed by a Japanese rollout …