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OAKBROOK TERRACE: The DVD rental kiosk provider Redbox has started rolling out Blu-ray titles, including The Book of Eli, Bounty Hunter and Brooklyn’s Finest. Redbox has started making Blu-ray rentals available at some 13,300 kiosks nationwide. The company expects the …

MIAMI: Telemundo has signed a multi-year output deal to serve as the exclusive broadcaster of Caracol Television’s current and future library for the U.S. market. Some of Caracol’s telenovelas that have aired in the U.S. include hits such as Pedro …

TEL-AVIV: Dori Media Group has said it expects to generate revenues of some $45 million over three years through the extension of its agreement with Israeli cable network HOT. The company’s subsidiary Dori Media Spike signed a three-year extension agreement …

TORONTO: This September, VIVA adds the new original series Murder She Solved to its lineup, along with the doc series The Devil You Know. Murder She Solved launches on September 11. The hour-long documentary series features female crime solvers who …

TORONTO: Kim Cattrall is back on board as the voice of Dee for the second season of Breakthrough Films & Television’s Producing Parker, which will also feature the voice talents of Jason Priestley, Catherine O’Hara and Mark McKinney. Production on …

NORWALK: CABLEready has reached an exclusive pay-TV licensing agreement for its new original series Intersections with Viasat, which will launch the show in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The territories covered by CABLEready’s agreement with Viasat include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, …

TORONTO: The MTV Canada original production 1 Girl 5 Gays has been picked up for a U.S. broadcast by Logo. This is the third original production from MTV Canada to be seen in the U.S., along with The After Show and …

NEW YORK: Free episodes of original international versions of Sesame Street are available for download in the U.S. through Amazon Video On Demand. Amazon’s VOD service is offering episodes from Sesame Street series such as Takalani Sesame from South Africa, …

LONDON: Gong, a multiplatform entertainment and animation network for 15- to 25-year-olds, is offering up premium content on Hulu’s new subscription service, Hulu Plus. Gong offers anime, movies, live concerts, video games, series, comics, and Manga magazines. The company first …

LONDON: Channel 4 has scooped up the rights to the new NBC conspiracy thriller The Event from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The series, starring Jason Ritter, Blair Underwood, Laura Innes and Zeljko Ivanek, is slated to received its British …