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LOS ANGELES, January 9: Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the Scooby-Doo character, has died from heart failure at the age of 81. Over the course of six decades, Takamoto assisted in the designs of numerous animated features and television …

LAS VEGAS, January 9: The Blu-ray Disc Association has declared victory in the high-definition DVD format war over the HD DVD standard, based on studio support and shipment of Blu-ray-equipped Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) units. Since June 2006, more than …

OVERLAND PARK, January 8: Sprint becomes the first U.S. carrier to announce more than one million customers with mobile video capability across its Power Vision and Vision networks spanning 8,700 cities and communities nationwide. In 2003, Sprint was the first …

TORONTO, January 8: Rogers OMNI Television, the multicultural Canadian broadcaster, is working with Beijing-based Western Movie Group and Toronto’s Goldspin on the Mandarin-language drama series Once Upon a Time in Toronto. With production set to begin next month, the 20×1-hour …

OTTAWA, January 8: Amberwood Productions has licensed its hit animated series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear to Denmark’s DRTV. The Danish broadcaster licensed all 39 half-hour episodes of the series, which was commissioned by Canada’s Family Channel and has …

LAS VEGAS, January 8: The high-definition DVD format war continues, with HD DVD supporters claiming that its movie title sales will exceed $600 million in North America this year. The North American HD DVD Promotional Group also noted that more …

NEW YORK, January 8: In preparation for a range of new print and online services in the coming months, WSN INC., the publishing group behind World Screen, has announced four new hires and one promotion in its editorial and marketing …

SAN DIEGO, January 8: MediaFLO USA, a QUALCOMM subsidiary, used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to announce a raft of deals for its TV-quality mobile entertainment service launching in the first quarter of this year with Verizon …

NEW YORK/LONDON, January 8: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has made several key appointments in its Viacom Brand Solutions (VBS) Global team, in an attempt to extend and strengthen the company’s global relationships with U.S.-based clients. The new additions include Mark …

PARIS, January 8: MIPTV is now taking entries for Content 360, its competition for mobile and broadband content held in concert with the BBC, the Korean Broadcasting Commission (KBC), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and a new partner, …