Qubo Channel announces the launch of twelve new animated and live action series with several U.S. premieres that will roll out on the network beginning this summer through the fall of 2010.

Comedy Central is developing a new animated show called JC, following Jesus Christ in modern times, reports CNN.

'Bob the Builder'(tm), the beloved children's television character, is airing in China for the very first time following a broadcast deal with CCTV (China Central Television).

4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE), the diversified children’s entertainment and media organization, has signed two key broadcast agreements for the popular animated series “Dinosaur King” at the just concluded MIP-TV market in Cannes, it was announced today by Brian Lacey, Executive Vice President, International, 4Kids Entertainment.

This summer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will offer "Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood's Dark Side" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Warner Premiere’s eighth Motion Comics series Jonah Hex (Rated: TV Mature), which blends the ferocity of the Old West with elements of the supernatural, comes to life today.

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world's leading entertainment brands, today announced the first season of Fat Albert and the Cosby kids(tm), the popular television series created by and starring Bill Cosby, is available for purchase on the iTunes Store (www.iTunes.com).

VARIETY reports that San Diego's Tourism Marketing District board is offering Comic-Con hotel tax revenue as an incentive to stay in the city.

Tina McCann, the former chief content officer for Turner Broadcasting's European, Middle Eastern and Asian kids' brands, has been named head of Nickelodeon U.K., reports VARIETY.

4Kids Entertainment (NYSE: KDE) has reached agreement with FUNimation Entertainment and Toei Animation Co., Ltd., to license the U.S. broadcast television rights to the new animated television series “Dragon Ball Z Kai”.