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HOLLYWOOD: Glee racked up the most nominations in the television categories for this year’s Golden Globe Awards, followed by an eight-way tie for second between contenders such as Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Dexter, The Good Wife, Mad Men and Modern …

Channel 5’s Jeff Ford   After being part of the RTL Group for years, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited in the U.K. was purchased by Northern & Shell in August 2010. A major British publishing company, owned by Richard Desmond, whose …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC is bringing together reality show pioneers John de Mol and Mark Burnett with Warner Horizon Television to launch a new singing competition for the U.S. market that is based on a popular Dutch format. Tentatively titled The Voice …

LOS ANGELES: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is urging the Department of Commerce and other government agencies to take stronger action in the battle against online piracy, which it says has put future productions at risk by harming independents’ …

SANTA MONICA: Season two of You’re Cut Off!, a VH1 reality series that watches as spoiled ladies are dropped by their rich benefactors, returns to television on January 10. The show gives a fly-on-the-wall look as life coach Laura Baron …

TEL-AVIV: Dori Media Group has scored a pickup for the second season of Split by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America for Boomerang. Boomerang now holds the rights to air 45 episodes of the half-hour series in territories such as Brazil, …

WARSAW: The Chello Central European lifestyle and entertainment channel Zone Club in Poland is to become Club TV as of December 27. The modern refreshed look is targeted at young cosmopolitan Polish women. The new programming lineup will Judging Amy, …

SCOTTSDALE: Double-digit declines in annual retail sales of DVDs are expected for the next few years, reports In-Stat, as paid video downloads and streaming revenues rise from $2.3 billion in 2009 to $6.3 billion in 2014. In that same period, …

CULVER CITY: Six new titles have been added to the programming slate of the soon-to-launch 3D network from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation. Produced in native 3D, the series are both originals and acquired fare. In the way …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting has picked up the rights for four properties from Hasbro Studios, including Transformers Prime, for the U.K., Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Middle East. The agreement, which also covers The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, Pound …