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ATLANTA, August 16: The Toonami Jetstream broadband anime platform operated by Cartoon Network and VIZ Media has delivered more than 9.5 million video streams since launching on July 14, attracting an average of more than 725,000 unique visitors each week. …

MIAMI, August 16: Nickelodeon Latin America has debuted a new on-air look, including more than 60 vignettes per feed (North, South and Brazil), an animated Nickelodeon logo and a new mascot called Cubito. The vignettes feature kids from Argentina, Mexico …

LONDON, August 16: Estelle Hughes has stepped down as the controller of ITV’s kids’ channel CITV to work in the independent production sector. According to BBC News, Hughes will now work as a consultant to production companies. Her decision to …

SANTA MONICA, August 16: Former Sky Networks executive Jamie Roberts is joining GSN as senior VP of programming, effective August 21, reporting to Rich Cronin, the network’s president and CEO. Roberts is charged with overseeing GSN’s production, development, acquisitions and …

JERSEY CITY, August 16: Monarch Films has sold the documentary America Rebuilds II: Return to Ground Zero to NHK in Japan and Taiwan’s Public Television Service, with other sales pending. The one-hour documentary will air on PBS stations in the …

ORLANDO, August 15: Florida-based i.d.e.a.s. Entertainment and Ohio’s The Team: Sports, Entertainment & Media have entered into a joint venture to produce original sports and entertainment programming for television and new media broadcast. Based in Columbus, Ohio, The Team: Sports, …

NEW YORK, August 15: Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp has acquired its first website since hiring former Channel 4 chief Michael Jackson earlier this year to boost its online content offerings, picking up a 51-percent stake and full voting control of Connected …

OTTAWA, August 15: HAGI, the current rights holder in Poland for Amberwood Entertainment’s The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, has licensed the television and DVD rights to the series for a number of other territories. The expanded deal will see …

EL SEGUNDO/NEW YORK, August 15: DIRECTV, USA Network and the USTA are teaming to deliver to the satellite platform’s subscribers a range of interactive features surrounding this year’s US Open. Free to DIRECTV customers, the interactive service will expand USA …

BURBANK, August 15: As part of a wide-ranging reorganization at Disney’s home entertainment operations, Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Buena Vista Home Entertainment International will be integrated into one global division, Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment (BVWHE), headed up by …