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LOS ANGELES, November 16: Actor Luke Perry is joining the ensemble cast of HBO’s new drama John From Cincinnati. Perry had guest starred in the pilot of John From Cincinnati, and has now signed on as a regular on the …

LONDON, November 16: Novel Entertainment has signed a development deal to create a new television series based on Julia Donaldson’s internationally renowned Princess Mirror-Belle children’s books. Julia Donaldson is the award-winning author of many best-selling children’s books including The Room …

HONG KONG, November 16: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the exclusive rights to the Vietnamese feature film Long Legged Beauty. SPTI, who bought the rights from Galaxy Studio, will be offering the film to television program buyers across …

LOS ANGELES, November 16: Eurocinema, the first branded on-demand service featuring award-winning European and global theatrical and short films, will launch on Time Warner Cable in the New York area this month. International films can be viewed by Time Warner …

LONDON, November 16: Elaine Bedell has been appointed Controller of BBC Entertainment, Multi-Platform Commissioning, completing the four-strong BBC Vision genre controllers team lead by Jana Bennett. BBC Vision consists of BBC Television, Factual & Learning and Drama, Entertainment & Children's, …

LONDON, November 16: Hollyoaks, the youth-targeted soap that has aired on Channel 4 in the U.K. for more than a decade, has been sold successfully internationally by All3Media. Hollyoaks, which is produced by Mersey Television and has been a mainstay …

NEW YORK, November 16: Randy Falco, the president and COO of the NBC Universal Television Group, has been named Chairman and CEO of AOL. The announcement was made by Time Warner Inc.'s chairman and CEO Dick Parsons and president and …

ATLANTA, November 16: Turner Sports and PGA.com announced that content from the 2006 PGA Grand Slam of Golf, professional golf's most demanding tournament, will be available on the iTunes Store beginning November 22, 2006. This deal marks the first time …

LONDON, November 15: Channel 4 plans to launch its video-on-demand media player service called 4oD on December 6. 4oD will allow users to view Channel 4 programs online for up to 30 days after their first transmission. According to Channel …

DOHA, November 15: Al Jazeera English, the English-language news and current affairs channel based in the Middle East, launched today in more than 80 million cable and satellite homes across the globe. The channel, with anchor teams in broadcast centers …