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NEW YORK, September 11: United Talent Agency (UTA) and Jarrod Moses, most recently CEO of the WPP-owned brand firm Alliance, have formed United Entertainment Group (UEG), a new company devoted to building brand-specific entertainment properties and creating entertainment-based marketing solutions …

MUMBAI, September 11: STAR India has reached a deal to pre-load its recently launched PLUS mobile application, featuring lifestyle, movie and sports content, among other genres, on a range of Sony Ericsson phones in India, reaching more than 10 million …

LONDON, September 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has reached a deal with ITI Neovision in Poland to provide a variety of recent Hollywood blockbuster movies on demand to subscribers of the digital satellite entertainment service nVOD. The nVOD service, …

COLUMBIA, September 11: Retirement Living TV, a U.S. cable network dedicated to people age 55 and older, is celebrating its first anniversary with carriage in place in 28 million U.S. homes. Retirement Living TV was launched on September 5, 2006, …

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, September 10: Disney Channel Asia’s debut of High School Musical 2 ranked as the most-watched telecast on its premiere day in Malaysia and Singapore, defeating terrestrial and pay-TV channels among the youth demographic in both markets. In Singapore, …

LONDON, September 10: Distraction has licensed the Canadian scripted comedy format Serial Frank, nominated for seven 2007 Gemini Awards, to NBC in the U.S. Originally produced by Marc Grenier from the Locomotion Group, Distraction launched Serial Frank at MIPTV in …

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, September 10: Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have given the greenlight to Culver Entertainment, a SPT subsidiary, to produce an additional 13 half-hour episodes of the new The Spectacular Spider-Man animated television series, bringing the …

NEW YORK, September 10: SiCKO, Michael Moore’s exposé of the American health care system, has become the third highest-grossing documentary of all time, totaling $24.2 million domestically since its June 29 theatrical debut. The film moved into third place, taking …

PHILADELPHIA, September 10: The 24-hour multiplatform preschool channel PBS KIDS Sprout has signed a new carriage deal with Time Warner Cable, which already distributes the network’s VOD service. Time Warner Cable joins other PBS KIDS Sprout carriage partners such as …

BURBANK, September 10: In the wake of Mattel’s three recalls over lead-paint fears in the last two months, The Walt Disney Company will begin testing of its own toys, according to The New York Times. Disney is expected to inform …