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NEW YORK, January 8: Tabatha Coffey, a former contestant on Bravo’s reality-competition series Shear Genius, will star in a new reality pilot, tentatively titled Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, for the NBC Universal-owned cable network. The series will see the Australian native …

HONG KONG, January 8: Granada International has inked a deal with China’s Hunan TV for its hit entertainment property Saturday Night Takeaway, marking the first time that the format will be produced for an Asian audience. Hunan TV is making …

NEW YORK, January 7: WSN INC., the publishing group behind World Screen, has launched World Screen Jobs, an online classifieds service dedicated to the international media industry. To help kick off World Screen Jobs, employers will be able to post …

LAS VEGAS, January 7: VUDU has announced the addition of 70 high-definition movies to its set-top box’s on-demand offering, all of which will be available by the end of this month. The company also said more HD movies would be …

NEW YORK, January 7: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the formation of a 12th program category, Telenovelas, for the International Emmys. The new category will recognize excellence in telenovelas produced and initially aired outside of …

COLUMBUS, January 7: .2Network, a new, nationwide multicast digital broadcast network that will be launched by the Guardian Enterprise Group (GEG) in February, will appear at NATPE for the first time this month as an exhibitor. .2Network is the first …

LAS VEGAS, January 7: Jerry Seinfeld and Tony Bennett were on hand at Sony Pictures Television’s presentation at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this morning, during which the studio unveiled several initiatives, including plans to launch a number …

LAS VEGAS, January 7: During his opening address at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which officially kicks off today in Las Vegas, Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp., announced several partnerships, including a tie-up with NBC Universal …

BURBANK, January 7: Warner Bros. Entertainment has said that it will begin releasing its high-definition DVD titles exclusively in the Sony-backed Blu-ray format later this year, delivering a blow to Toshiba’s HD DVD technology. Announcing the move, the studio said …

LAS VEGAS, January 7: Nearly 50 percent of Americans are frequently creating their own online entertainment content for others to see, according to a survey on media consumption released by Deloitte & Touche USA at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics …