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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 …

MUNICH, January 8: SevenOne International has secured new format deals with SBS 6 in the Netherlands and TV2 in Hungary for The Successor—The Next Uri Geller, which premiered in Germany today on ProSieben. The talent competition series, based on an …

LONDON, January 8: Power has tapped Andy Schreiber, a former executive at Playboy Entertainment Group, to head up its newly launched home-entertainment division as senior VP. Schreiber will relocate from Los Angeles to Power’s central London headquarters to take up …

LAS VEGAS, January 8: Comcast Corporation has revealed three major content initiatives at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, including Project Infinity, the company’s plan to offer consumers the ability to watch any movie, television show, user-generated content or other video …

SÃO PAULO, January 8: Globo TV International has reported an increase in its business across Asia, securing interest from broadcasters region-wide for productions like the telenovela Pages of Life and the mini-series Amazonia. “Asia is a strategic market with great …

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 …

LONDON, January 7: News Corporation’s Fox International Channels (FIC) has acquired a controlling stake in Real Estate TV (RETV), a British channel that is focused on buying, selling and property investment. RETV will continue to be led by managing director …