LONDON, July 20: BBC Worldwide has awarded Rainbow Designs the master toy license for the preschool brand Wibbly Pig.

TORONTO, July 20: Portfolio International has announced deals in Israel, Asia and the U.K. for titles from its lifestyle and factual catalogue, including Chef Abroad and Campus Vets.

The series is distributed by Beyond Distribution and was created by National Wildlife Federation.

The event takes place September 13 to 15 in Santa Monica, California.

The director of future media and technology at the BBC.

LONDON, July 19: ZenithOptimedia is forecasting a 3.5 percent increase in global ad revenues this year to $447.5 billion, up from a previous projection of 2.2 percent, with a 1.3-percent increase in the developed markets of North America, Western Europe and Japan and an 8.6-percent growth in the rest of the world.

LONDON, July 19: Apple chief Steve Jobs has moved to the number one position on the MediaGuardian 100 annual list of the most powerful people in media, bumping Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page to the number two spot.

NEW YORK, July 19: Paula Kerger, the president and CEO of PBS, will serve as the Gala Chair for this year's International Emmy Awards, taking place November 22 in New York City.

AMSTERDAM, July 19: BlazHoffski Group, the producer behind such hit formats as Hello Goodbye, has acquired fellow Dutch outfit Dahl TV for an undisclosed sum.

NEW YORK, July 19: Syfy is aligning with games developer THQ for a two-hour movie pilot based on the Red Faction video game franchise, with broadcast slated for March 2011.

BURBANK, July 19: On August 3, The CW will launch 18 to Life, a CBC comedy that is represented worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

LOS GATOS, July 19: Netflix plans to launch its subscription streaming content service in Canada later this year, marking the company's first expansion outside of the U.S. market.

NEW YORK, July 19: Verizon FiOS is adding two new high-definition services to its lineup this month: Nat Geo WILD HD and Investigation Discovery HD.

LONDON, July 19: BBC Worldwide Channels has added to its channel bouquet in Turkey, launching its international BBC HD service on Turksat.

LONDON, July 19: Through its partnership with Belgian format production outfit BGoodMedia, ALL3MEDIA International has secured a local commission on Cash At Your Door.

HARRINGTON PARK, July 19: Red Media Group in Russia has acquired Chefs A’ Field: Kids On The Farm from Janson Media.

LONDON, July 19: Amanda Eringer has been upped to VP of sales at DCD Rights, adding Benelux and Central and Eastern Europe to her remit.

ATLANTA, July 19: Jeff Olsen has been promoted to the newly-created position of VP of digital and games at Adult Swim, Turner Broadcasting's late-night destination for the 18-to-34 set.

LONDON, July 19: GONG, an international entertainment and animation channel for viewers 15 to 24, has tapped former Yahoo! executive Vanessa Albect as its director of marketing for TV, mobile and Internet.

NEW YORK, July 16: Second-quarter profit at NBC Universal was up by 13 percent to $607 million, on revenues that were up 5 percent to $3.75 billion.

DALLAS, July 16: AMC, IFC and WE tv will remain on AT&T U-verse TV, after Rainbow Media had previously threatened to pull the channels from the service unless they agreed to a fee increase.

UNIVERSAL CITY, July 16: The week of September 20 leads off NBC's new fall season with the premieres of the new series the conspiracy thriller The Event and Jerry Bruckheimer's Chase.

MUNICH, July 16: Sky Sport HD 2, Sky Cinema HD and Sky Action HD are three new channels that have been added to the Sky portfolio in Germany, which now includes a total of ten high-definition networks.

BUENOS AIRES, July 16: On the heels of a mission to the People’s Republic of China spearheaded by Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Telefe have delegates announced a co-production deal with Shanghai Media Group.

ATLANTA, July 16: Turner Broadcasting System Latin America’s Fashion TV and FremantleMedia have signed a deal to make the Latin version of Project Runway, which will air 15 episodes exclusively in Latin America from September to December of this year.

LOS ANGELES, July 16: Bangkok Broadcasting & TV (BBTV), which operates Thai broadcaster Channel 7, has been awarded $8.3 million in damages by a U.S. court as part of a copyright infringement dispute with an IPTV platform.

NEW YORK, July 16: Verizon FiOS TV customers now have available a new video-on-demand offering from WealthTV that is broadcast in 3D.

TORONTO, July 16: On September 6, TELETOON launches a new slate of comedy and action series, which will include the live-action and animation hybrid game show Skatoony.

HONG KONG, July 16: Hong Kong Cable Television (CABLE TV) has signed a deal with Disney Media Distribution for the carriage of a Disney Pack, which includes Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney.

ABU DHABI, July 16: Rubicon Group Holding and Etisalat have entered into a joint venture to provide educational entertainment services across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Sudan.