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High up on wish lists this past holiday season were ereaders and tablets. Indeed, at book retailing giant Barnes & Noble, its number one selling gift of the holiday season was the new NOOKcolor Reader’s Tablet. It, together with other …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation is opening up in-home streaming for live and on-demand content this year on tablet devices, with further plans to offer some 3,000 hours of on-demand content through a new feature on the Xfinity TV iPad app. Customers …

CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES: MGM and Weigel Broadcasting Co. have planned a national launch for Me-TV, a new TV network offering classic sitcoms, dramas and classic commercials and targeted for stations’ multicast channels. Me-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) has been airing with a …

LOS ANGELES: The newest docu-series from Ryan Seacrest Productions is The Dance Scene (working title), which will debut on E! on April 10 as a weekly half-hour show. The eight-episode series follows choreographer and creative director Laurieann Gibson, whose talent …

SANTA MONICA: Six new series are set to premiere on VH1 in March and April, among them is a new show from Mark Burnett that features the real-life exploits of The Hills star Audrina Patridge. Audrina will feature the Dancing …

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures is expanding into Taiwan, tapping Jeffrey Soong to lead the new operation. Celestial has opened a Taiwan office with a focus to expand the distribution of its channels, develop film and TV series co-productions, explore new …

SÃO PAULO: Written in the Stars is a new original telenovela from Globo TV International that tells a 21st-century Cinderella story. The telenovela recorded an average of nearly 24 million viewers per minute with its debut in Brazil. It tells …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks — Asia has taken on representation for ad sales and certain channel services for the Taiwanese local Chinese-language network LS Time Movie. SPE Networks — Asia is responsible for LS Time Movie’s advertising sales, certain technical services, …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment International has entered into an exclusive toy licensing agreement with U.K.-based Mookie Toys for the 3D animated series The Jungle Book. The Jungle Book merchandising is represented in the U.K. by Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG). Through …

BEIJING: The Chinese online video streaming site Youku.com has secured a deal with Warner Bros. to bring the box-office hit Inception to Chinese audiences via its on-demand paid service Youku Premium. Youku will stream the movie through its Youku Premium …