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HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has renewed the exclusive carriage of Celestial Movies Asia with now TV. The channel features blockbuster movies from across Asia. With the carriage renewal, CMA will add more first-run exclusive titles from Hong Kong to its …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: Jerry Bruckheimer, who has wowed audiences with blockbuster films, talks about making franchise movies, producing high-quality television in a cost-efficient manner, and explains his involvement in hit TV series. The film and television producer has likened his …

PARIS: More than 170 half-hours of programming from the Moonscoop catalogue have been sold into Asia, including Chloe’s Closet and Geronimo Stilton. EBS in Korea went for Chloe’s Closet and Geronimo Stilton. Nickelodeon went for A Town Called Panic. In …

LOS ANGELES: Vincent D’Onofrio is returning as detective Robert Goren on the hit USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent for the show’s tenth and final season. USA network will air eight all-new episodes starting in 2011. D’Onofrio played …

SYDNEY/NEW YORK: FOXTEL, the Australian pay-TV platform, has built its business on providing subscribers with the best programming from around the world. CEO Kim Williams talks about FOXTEL’s relationship with its subscribers, providing them content on multiple platforms, including the …

TORONTO: Guru Studio is heading to MIPCOM with the new animated kids’ adventure series Justin Time. The series is now in production for Canada’s Family Channel and Playhouse Disney in Canada. The 26×11-minute show will also have a full interactive …

ABU DHABI: twofour54 has signed up Andrew Kerr as the licensing and merchandising agent for the hit show Driver Dan’s Story Train for the U.K. and Ireland. Kerr is the founder of the children’s content development agency Aoh!k Commerical, and …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of World Screen—featuring interviews with Sony’s Howard Stringer, Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer, Simon Cowell, Haim Saban, Ricky Gervais, Jerry Bruckheimer and more—is now available. You can also access the digital editions of TV Europe, TV Kids, …

LOS ANGELES: After airing just one episode of Boardwalk Empire, which averaged 4.8 million viewers, HBO has renewed the show for a second season. The Sunday debut of Boardwalk Empire scored HBO’s largest premiere audience of any program in more than …

MONTREAL: La Presse Télé has sold The Parents and A Star’s Life in Lyrics in Italy. La Presse Télé launched A Star’s Life in Lyrics at MIPTV. Banijay Entertainment bought the format for France. France 2 has signed up for …