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NEW YORK, August 8: AG Properties, American Greetings' recently launched intellectual property and outbound licensing division, has named Sony Wonder, the children's and family division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, as the exclusive home entertainment partner for its new Holly …

LONDON, August 8: Zonemedia has made its first acquisition from British independent Wall to Wall Media, securing the rights to the reality show Spy for its Zone Reality feeds in Latin America and Asia. The 10×1-hour BBC commission sees participants …

NEW YORK, August 8: NBC Universal has expanded its interactive television team, hiring Dan Berkowitz as manager of iTV product development, and Alexandra Morrison as producer of iTV product development. Both executives report to Jon Dakss, the director of iTV …

MANCHESTER, August 8: Cosgrove Hall Films has appointed Wes Wood as development producer, effective the beginning of next month, as it looks to ramp up the production of its own content. Wood most recently worked for puppet-makers MacKinnon & Saunders. …

EL SEGUNDO, August 8: Second quarter profit at The DIRECTV Group more than doubled to $458.7 million, on revenues of $3.52 billion, a 10-percent gain on the year-ago period. For the first half of the year, meanwhile, revenues rose from …

LONDON, August 8: After weeks of speculation, ITV’s chief executive, Charles Allen, has announced that he will step down on October 1, with finance director John Cresswell tapped as interim CEO until a permanent successor has been chosen. Allen has …

MOUNTAIN VIEW/LOS ANGELES, August 8: Google will be the exclusive search and keyword-targeted advertising sales provider for Fox Interactive Media’s network of web properties, including MySpace, as part of a multiyear agreement that will see Google making a guaranteed revenue …

LONDON, August 8: Production has begun on Five Days, a five-part crime thriller that the BBC is co-producing with HBO. Slated to air on BBC One, the limited series, penned by Gwyneth Hughes, tracks five days following the abduction of …

NEW DELHI, August 8: Tata Sky, the long-awaited DTH platform owned by the Indian conglomerate TATA and News Corporation’s Asian arm STAR, launched today in 300 cities across India. The venture, 80 percent owned by TATA and 20 percent by …

CHICAGO, August 8: Playboy Enterprises has reported a second quarter loss of $3.3 million, versus last year’s profit of $4.6 million, on revenues that were down $2.3 million to $80.5 million. At the entertainment segment, revenues were down 3 percent …