Top Stories

CHATSWORTH, August 14: Image Entertainment has signed a ten-year output agreement to distribute theatrical motion pictures from Relativity Media on home video—including DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc—and digital formats. Relativity most recently provided financing and co-produced or executive produced with …

LONDON, August 14: Cartoon Network Too in the U.K. will launch a preschool block, called Cartoonito, on September 4, airing daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cartoon Network EMEA’s VP of programming, acquisitions and presentation, Cecilia Persson, has already …

MONACO, August 14: With two months to go, SPORTELMonaco has sold 85 percent of its floor space for this year’s event, set for October 16 to 19 at the Grimaldi Forum. Confirmed exhibitors include Alfred Haber Distribution, BBC Worldwide, the …

NEW YORK, August 14: In an exclusive multi-year deal with Touchstone Television, Gameloft has picked up the rights to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on ABC's Lost and Desperate Housewives. "Both Lost and Desperate Housewives have loyal and …

MAINZ, August 14: ZDF Enterprises will represent the NBC News Archive and license its footage in German-speaking territories beginning this month. ZDF Enterprises will offer up material from the NBC News Archive to clients in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking …

SYDNEY, August 14: The Australia Network, the international cable and satellite channel operated by pubcaster ABC, has stocked up on a number of titles from Southern Star International for its Asia-Pacific footprint. The channel, formerly ABC Asia Pacific, took seasons …

MEXICO CITY, August 14: The new Televisa sitcom My Darling (Amor Mio) launches tonight at 8 p.m. on Mexico's El Canal de las Estrellas. The 160×30-minute show stars Vanessa Guzman and Raul Araiza as a stepbrother and stepsister sharing an …

LONDON, August 14: BBC Daytime has commissioned Celador Productions to produce a new daytime quiz for BBC Two, Perfect Strangers. The 25×30-minute show brings together eight total strangers and puts them into random pairs to compete as a team for …

HILVERSUM, August 11: JCP (Jetix Consumer Products), the licensing division of Jetix Europe, has been tapped to manage the merchandising rights to SEGA’s classic Sonic The Hedgehog video game character for a number of product categories across Europe. JCP is …

LONDON, August 11: Bhavneet Singh has been promoted to deputy general manager of MTV Networks International’s emerging markets group in Europe, overseeing a portfolio of channels in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Singh will be responsible for …