New ‘Ninja Turtles’ Series Conquers Russia, New Zealand

March 5, 2013 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Russia’s TNT and New Zealand’s Channel Four are the most-recent terrestrial broadcasters to pick up Nickelodeon’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. TNT started airing all 26 episodes of season 1 this week, stripped at 9:30 a.m. weekdays with an additional regional broadcast Saturdays at 9 a.m. and repeats on [...]

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Turner and WB Strike Multi-Year Netflix Deal

January 14, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment

Complete previous seasons of popular Cartoon Network/Adult Swim and Warner Bros. Animation toons will be coming to Netflix’s hit SVOD service thanks to a new licensing agreement struck between the leading Internet TV subscription company and Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros. Television Group. The deal also includes live-action programming [...]

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Will ‘Clone Wars’ Blast Off from CN?

November 2, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

One of Cartoon Network’s most popular series, the CG actioner Star Wars: The Clone Wars, may be packing up its light sabers and moving to a new home when its five-year run is over as a result of Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, industry watchers speculate. [...]

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‘Transformers’ Producer Murphy Develops ‘Capt. Planet’ Movie

July 19, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Cartoon Network has signed a development agreement with action-adventure producer Don Murphy and partner Susan Montford and their company Angry Filmworks to develop a live-action motion picture based on the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers Murphy and Angry Filmworks were instrumental in bringing the Transformers movies to the [...]

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