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LOS ANGELES, August 19: The Matrix actor Laurence Fishburne is taking on a lead role on CBS’s hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, replacing William Petersen, who announced his exit from the procedural crime drama earlier this summer. Fishburne’s character …

LOS ANGELES, August 19: The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, a popular digital graphic novel from Factory Publishing, has been optioned by MGM Domestic Television Distribution for possible development into a series. The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore is a …

MUMBAI/HONG KONG, August 19: STAR is selling off the 25.99 percent it owns of Indian production house Balaji Telefilms (BTL), and is terminating its agreement to launch regional-language channels with the company, known for its string of hit Hindi-language serials. …

BEIJING, August 19: More than 196 million viewers have tuned in to NBC Universal’s coverage of the Beijing Olympics through the first ten days, scoring big numbers for its cable networks as well as NBC Nightly News and Today. The …

NEW YORK, August 18: Robert Traub will replace Pamela Ferris Muller as the VP of licensing for the Americas for Chorion. Traub will be responsible for all aspects of licensing and merchandising campaigns for Chorion’s properties in the U.S., Canada …

STOCKHOLM, August 18: Manfred Aronsson has been named the new CEO of TV3 and TV6 Sweden, replacing Hasse Breitholtz, who regains his position as the executive VP of the Modern Times Group (MTG). Aronsson also retains his position as the …

PARIS/AMSTERDAM, August 18: Mezzo, a European classical music and jazz channel, will launch a Dutch service in December to be available to all distributing partners in the Netherlands and Flanders. The Dutch channel will be the first fully localized version …

NEW YORK, August 18: Sundance Channel and Grey Goose Entertainment have unveiled the six new pairs on the roster for the fourth season of Iconoclasts, which will debut October 16 at 10 p.m. Each hour-long episode features two leading innovators …

NEW YORK, August 18: Smithsonian Channel has launched programming on the iTunes Store that covers genres such as wildlife, technology, history, pop culture and children’s shows. Programs such as Stories from the Vaults, Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25, Day …

BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON, D.C., August 18: TidalTV has added three online channels dedicated to worldwide news and feature programming from international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), which has a presence in 165 countries. The channels, Tidal Fashion, Tidal World News and Tidal …