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TORONTO: Canadian actress Molly Parker (Deadwood, Swingtown) has signed on for The Firm, a new legal drama from Entertainment One (eOne) and Sony Pictures Television Networks for broadcast on NBC, Global and AXN. Parker will play Abby McDeere, whose husband …

NAIROBI: Eastern Africa’s Wananchi Group has signed a deal with Zee Network to carry three of the Indian broadcaster’s channels—Zee Cinema, Zee Zing and Zee Punjabi—on its Zuku cable and DTH platforms. The three-year deal expands the Zuku triple-play brand …

NEW YORK: Al Jazeera English has secured further U.S. carriage through Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS, bringing the English-language news service to 2 million homes in the New York City region via a deal with Regional News Network (RNN). …

BURBANK: Nickelodeon has picked up a third season of the animated series T.U.F.F. Puppy from creator Butch Hartman to roll out in 2012. Season three of T.U.F.F. Puppy will include 20 episodes. The show ranks as the number-two animated series …

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE: Saugato Banerjee has been named the director of strategy and business development for Asia at A+E Networks. Banerjee will be based in Singapore and report to Alan Hodges, the managing director for Asia Pacific at A+E Networks. He …

LOS ANGELES: The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has set a premiere date of October 10 for Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show, The Rosie Show, as well as the program Own Your Life, featuring the best of The Oprah Winfrey Show. …

PARIS: Egmont Kids Media is to develop a line of books and magazines based on the new CGI Studio 100 series Maya the Bee for Central and Eastern Europe. Egmont will release storybooks, activity, audio and novelty books, and branded …

BURBANK: Switched at Birth, which premiered on ABC Family in June with a 10-episode order, has been given a back-season order for 22 episodes to return in 2012. Switched at Birth ranks among cable’s top five original scripted series during …

LOS ANGELES: TLC is offering more than 140 hours of all-new material through the end of 2011, including a number of returning series, starting in September. New series and specials (with working titles) to air in September, include Prison Diaries, …

WILMINGTON: The digital entertainment products provider Rovi has filed a lawsuit against Hulu alleging infringement of patents for interactive TV functions, seeking unspecified damages. Rovi, formerly known as Gemstar-TV Guide International, is accusing Hulu of using protected technology for its …