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LOS ANGELES, October 9: A Los Angeles judge has rejected a challenge to News Corp.’s 2005 purchase of MySpace.com, the popular social networking site, according Fox Interactive Media. The suit had been filed by Intermix Media’s former CEO Brad Greenspan. …

LOS ANGELES, October 9: Former IDT Entertainment Sales executive Andrew Berman has been named as the executive VP and general manager of TMS Entertainment USA, the U.S. arm of the SEGA-owned Japanese animation producer and distributor. Berman will oversee TMS’s …

CANNES/LONDON, October 9: Fremantle International Distribution has announced a slate of deals on The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, a reality series featuring the former supermodel that aired on Oxygen in the U.S. Ahead of its MIPCOM launch this week, the …

CANNES, October 9: MoonScoop and Classic Media announced in Cannes today that they are teaming to produce and distribute a new Casper the Friendly Ghost animated series, with India’s DQ Entertainment on board as a co-production partner and TF1 as …

LONDON, October 9: The British outfit Galleon Entertainment is working with Sony BMG Music Entertainment (U.K.) to develop and launch a multi-platform global entertainment property, Apollo's Pad. Slated for a summer 2007 launch, the property fuses music downloads and animated …

RIO DE JANEIRO, October 6: Globo TV International will be in Cannes next week with three telenovelas—America, Belíssima and Soul Mate—and two mini-series, JK and Mad Maria. “Europe is a strategic market for Globo TV International,” said Raphael Corrêa, the …

HOLLYWOOD, October 6: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) is bringing LUX Entertainment’s VIP Passport, a 13-episode lifestyle series, to MIPCOM. “The world is obsessed with the lives of today’s socialites,” said Jon Helmrich, the founder and president of IBC. “VIP Passport …

LONDON, October 6: Cineflix has expanded its production team with the appointment of executive producer Peter Jamieson to the company’s factual entertainment unit. Jamieson will join Philip Whelan in overseeing the company’s factual entertainment lineup. “Peter’s experience in documentary film …

LONDON, October 6: A slate of features from the Lionsgate library, including Dirty Dancing and Reservoir Dogs, will be made available on a VOD basis on BT’s next-generation TV service, BT Vision, which launches this fall. Other titles in the …

LONDON, October 6: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s youth-oriented, user-generated content network Current TV has made its first international deal, securing a slot for a localized version of the channel in the U.K. and Ireland on BSkyB. Current TV …