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NEW YORK, December 13: British chef Jamie Oliver is returning to Food Network next year with the January launch of his new series Jamie At Home. The half-hour series follows Oliver around his home as he prepares dishes from produce …

LONDON, December 13: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has inked a first-look deal with the new British production company TXTV. TXTV is a venture created by producers Jeremy Gwilt, Matt Arlidge and writer Chris Lang. Gwilt, the company’s managing director, has produced …

NEW YORK, December 13: Spike TV and GameTrailers.com, both divisions of Viacom’s MTVN Entertainment Group, have announced plans to launch the new high-definition gaming series GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley. This marks the first time that an MTVN Entertainment Group …

TORONTO, December 13: Sullivan Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights for two Canadian feature films, What Could Have Been and The Ark, from Vancouver-based Centurion Pictures. Both films were written by Jeff Richards, with the stories by Shea Wageman, …

KUWAIT, December 13: Kuwait-based Teshkeel Media Group has partnered with Cartoon Network to publish Arabic- and English-language versions of Cartoon Network Magazine for distribution in the Middle East and North Africa. Under the terms of the agreement, Teshkeel will publish …

HOLLYWOOD, December 13: HBO led the pack of nominees for the 65th annual Golden Globes with 18 nods, while FX Networks’ freshman drama Damages and the HBO/Granada/Channel 4 co-production Longford scored four nominations each and the feature film Atonement received …

BURBANK, December 13: Thomas Gewecke has been appointed president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, where he will be responsible for extending Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group’s digital strategy across current and emerging platforms. In his new role, Gewecke will report …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK, December 13: Discovery Communications’ shareholders, Discovery Holding Company and Advance/Newhouse Programming Partnership, are set to combine their stakes in the company and take it public, it was announced today. DHC owns about 67 percent of Discovery, with the …

NEW DELHI, December 13: Turner International is teaming with Alva Brothers—the parent company of the New Delhi-based production house Miditech—to launch an entertainment channel in Hindi and other Indian languages. Turner and the Alva Brothers will each own 50 percent …

HOLLYWOOD, December 13: Paramount Pictures has unveiled plans to make its new offering Jackass 2.5 the first-ever studio-backed feature to be streamed in its entirety online for free, ahead of its DVD release. The film will be made available for …