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MIAMI: DOMA in Slovakia is launching the Telemundo Internacional production Falling Angel today. The novela stars Gaby Espino, Miguel Varoni, and Jencarlos Canela. It is currently airing in more than 12 countries, including Canada, Colombia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia. The …

LONDON: Launching on the heels of the channel’s one-year anniversary, the new Food Network UK iPhone app features professionally-tested recipes and how-to videos from a number of the world’s best-known chefs. Food Network UK in the Kitchen allows users to …

SYDNEY: The Screentime Group’s board of management is to include Des Monaghan, Bob Campbell, Greg Haddrick, Philly de Lacey and Larry Bass. Haddrick, Screentime’s Sydney-based head of drama, becomes group executive director. Philly de Lacey, who heads up Screentime’s New …

MUNICH: Tandem Communications has a new movie in the works, Treasure Guards, with network partners ProSiebenSat.1 of Germany and Italy’s Mediaset. Principal photography has begun in South Africa. The film is budgeted at $6 million. The story follows an archaeologist …

BURBANK: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, parts one and two, have been picked up by ABC Family from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, giving the network the basic cable rights to all eight films in the franchise. Harry Potter …

LOS ANGELES: As part of a revamp to its midseason schedule, FOX is shifting American Idol by a day, to air Wednesdays and Thursdays, while also picking up Christian Slater’s new comedy, Breaking In. The midseason schedule will see House and …

NEW YORK: Regulators are said to be upset with Comcast’s announcement of a new executive structure for NBC Universal before the merger has been approved, calling the move "presumptuous and arrogant." The New York Times reports that two government officials …

LONDON: Some 85 million digital TV households are expected to be added in 2010, according to a new report, with the global total to reach 517 million and digital penetration to hit 40 percent. Informa Telecoms & Media’s new Global …

ALVISO: The new TiVo app for the iPad provides full control over all of the features of the set-top, without interrupting what’s currently playing on the TV. The TiVo Premiere App allows users to search, browse, explore and share programming …

LOS GATOS: Netflix is offering a subscription plan for the U.S. that is solely for streaming movies and TV shows over the Internet. The streaming-only plan will be introduced for $7.99. This allows members to instantly watch unlimited movies and …