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HONG KONG, June 21: Animax Asia has entered into a long-term output deal with the Japanese animation studio GONZO, whose credits include Samurai 7, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Hellsing. “We are delighted to have a strong partner like …

LONDON, June 21: British animation outfit Cosgrove Hall Films has been tapped by the BBC to recreate two of the more than 100 Doctor Who episodes missing from its archives, in advance of a planned DVD release in November of …

VANCOUVER, June 21: Cartoon Network has scooped up Nerd Corps’ Storm Hawks for the U.S., U.K., France and Latin America, with MGM taking North American merchandising rights and select TV and video rights and Spin Master coming on board as …

TORONTO, June 21: Canada’s Cuppa Coffee Studios is working with E! Entertainment Television in the U.S. on a stop-frame animation tentatively titled Starveillance. Created by Eric Fogel, the creator of Celebrity Deathmatch, the show promises a unique look at celebrities. …

NEW YORK, June 21: A PricewaterhouseCoopers report released today predicts that the global media and entertainment industry will rise at a 6.6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to $1.8 trillion in 2010. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2006-2010 …

LOS ANGELES, June 21: The gay/lesbian network programming service here! is currently developing a new television movie, In the Name of Love, co-written by Chastity Bono and Garth Belcon. The film tells the tale of an influential Hollywood lesbian who …

LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY, June 21: The Televisa-led consortium of investors looking to acquire U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision missed THE bid deadline, the New York Times reports, in part because Carlyle Group dropped out at the last minute in a dispute …

AMSTERDAM, June 20: Ahead of the Sunny Side of the Doc documentary market, Off the Fence has confirmed the sale of a number of nature documentaries. France 5 has acquired the rights to Appalachia—The Endless Forest and Death Valley, both …

REDWOOD CITY, June 20: San Francisco-based global online broadcaster MediaZone has announced a partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club for live, on-demand broadband coverage of over 250 Wimbledon games. Wimbledon Live, available at http://www.wimbledon.org/live, will feature live commentary, …

NORWALK, June 20: Hubbard Broadcasting’s ReelzChannel has acquired all seven seasons of CABLEready’s The Directors in advance of its September 27 U.S. rollout. The series, first launched on Starz Encore, profiles Hollywood’s top filmmakers, among them Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, …