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BURBANK, February 21: ABC Entertainment announced that a number of hit shows will return to its schedule this April with original episodes, including Brothers & Sisters, Lost and Desperate Housewives, among others. The freshman comedy Samantha Who? returns to the …

HONG KONG, February 21: Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (TENA) has announced three new appointments to its creative services and original production teams. In Hong Kong, Jonny Potter has joined as creative director, responsible for the entire output of creative services …

LOS ANGELES, February 21: Edie Falco, the Emmy Award-winning actress who starred in The Sopranos, has been tapped to play a New York City nurse in a new half-hour dark comedy for Showtime. The pilot, co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate …

LONDON, February 21: Lion Television has appointed former Channel 4 commissioning editor Simon Welton as its senior entertainment executive. Welton’s production credits including series editing and executive producing Big Brother, Soccer Aid, The Games and The Match. He started his …

SINGAPORE, February 21: Singaporean media group MediaCorp has taken a stake in a new Vietnamese company that will produce entertainment and financial news content and assist in the establishment of a new channel in the latter half of this year. …

LOS ANGELES, February 21: The Style Network has renewed its hit reality series Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane for a second season, which will premiere on the cable channel on April 20 at 8 p.m. The series is The …

LONDON, February 21: Virgin Media Television’s men’s entertainment channel Bravo has acquired the drama mini-series The Kill Point in an exclusive deal with Lionsgate. Starring John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg, the 8×1-hour mini-series follows a team of American veterans of …

TEL AVIV, February 21: For 2007, Dori Media Group recorded revenues of $30 million, a 47-percent gain on 2006, with an after-tax profit that was up 61 percent to $6.6 million. In the period, telenovela broadcasting and format rights revenues …

LONDON/DUBAI, February 21: Dubailand, a member of Tatweer, has formed an alliance with HIT Entertainment to develop a diverse portfolio of family entertainment projects in Dubai, including a “Little Big Club” theme park designed around characters such as Barney, Pingu, …

STUDIO CITY, February 21: Crown Media Holdings has renewed a distribution agreement for its Hallmark Channel with Time Warner Cable for a multi-year term. Under the new deal, Time Warner Cable will have the right to continue to distribute Hallmark …