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NEW YORK, August 20: RHI Entertainment has announced plans to premiere original, previously unaired movies in the action, thriller and horror genres on cable operators’ VOD platforms, with deals already in place with Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cablevision …

LOS ANGELES, August 17: HBO has given a fifth-season renewal to Entourage and a second-season order to Flight of the Conchords for launch in 2008. Both series are currently airing back to back on Sunday nights and wrap up their …

LOS ANGELES/BASKING RIDGE/SAN DIEGO, August 17: CBS Mobile, Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA have teamed up for a new dedicated Big Brother 8 channel on Verizon’s mobile V CAST service that will stream live 24/7 footage from the reality series. …

LOS ANGELES, August 17: Production has begun in Australia on The Pacific, a new 10-hour HBO mini-series on U.S. marines in the Pacific during World War II that will be executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, …

SINGAPORE, August 17: ESPN STAR Sports, along with affiliate EML, has secured a number of broadcast deals for the first edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 tournament in September, with more than 105 countries slated to air …

TEL AVIV, August 17: Dori Media Group has opened a new U.S. subsidiary, Dori Media America (DMA), based in Miami, and has tapped former RCTV International executive Jose Escalante to lead the new division as its CEO. In addition to …

HOUSTON, August 17: Illumitoon Entertainment has licensed two new anime series, B’tx and AM Driver, to the VOD service Anime Network, which will premiere the titles on September 6 and September 9, respectively. B’tx follows the adventures of Teppei, who, …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, August 17: Blueprint Entertainment has promoted Elizabeth Madariaga to executive director of development, a move that will see her relocate from Los Angeles to the company’s Toronto offices. In her new role, she will continue to develop prime …

AMSTERDAM, August 17: Bo Stehmeier has been named as head of sales and co-production at Off the Fence, with responsibility for the Americas, the U.K., German-speaking territories and Africa. In his new position, Stehmeier will handle the sale of finished …

NEW YORK, August 17: VH1’s Scott Reich has been tapped as the VP of programming at Concert.TV, a digital television network dedicated to live music performances and documentaries. In his new role at Concert.TV, Reich will direct the programming across …