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LOS ANGELES: The two-hour prime-time specials Ask Oprah’s All Stars on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will be moderated by Gayle King and news anchor Robin Meade and will feature Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Suze Orman. The two-hour …

NEW YORK: An exclusive presentation of The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway, featuring Paul Reubens, is set for 2011 on HBO. The HBO presentation will tape at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre New York this January, immediately following the conclusion of …

NEW YORK: Customers of Verizon’s FiOS TV who have an Apple iPad can now download and use a free mobile application that allows them to manage their DVRs and browse VOD content remotely, turning their tablet device into a remote …

SILVER SPRING: The Breakthrough Entertainment-produced series Greatest Tank Battles has been scheduled on Military Channel for a January 5 debut, kicking off the first of ten one-hour episodes at 10 p.m. The show uses ultra-realistic CGI animation to recount the …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast doubled the amount of movies available on demand that were released the same day as the DVD in 2010. The service provided customers more than 200 day-and-date movies in 2010, more than double the amount from 2009. Comcast …

LOS ANGELES: The original short-form series Single Dads has been made available on Hulu.com by Fox International Channels (FIC). The 30×5-minute scripted comedy tells the story of two single fathers who meet after they were both kicked out of a …

LONDON: A host of new distribution deals are expanding the availability of BBC HD across Turkey. The channels, which offers documentaries, entertainment and arts programming, is now part of Turkish IPTV platform TTNET’s IPtivibu. The service also just launched as part of …

TORONTO: Production is under way by Paperny Films on the new series Consumed, which features families who need to de-clutter their lives, for HGTV Canada. The 13×1-hour series is slated for a 2011 debut on HGTV Canada. The show features …

ENGLEWOOD: Filling the post of managing director at Unitymedia, Liberty Global’s Germany cable operations, is Lutz Schüler. Schüler takes up the new role as of January 1. He succeeds Gene Musselman, who has been CEO since early 2010 and is …

LONDON: The European Commission has cleared News Corporation’s proposed acquisition of BSkyB, deciding that the transaction would not “impede effective competition in the European Economic Area.” The EC was investigating concerns that the merged entity could either refuse advertising by …