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HONG KONG, September 14: STAR, through its subsidiary Fortune Star, has entered an agreement to acquire 100 movie titles from China Star Entertainment Group for US$18 million. STAR will have the perpetual and worldwide rights to the titles, drawn from …

NEW YORK, September 14: Tim Rothwell and Bruno Maglione have joined IMG as executive VPs and co-managing directors of worldwide licensing and consumer products. Rothwell and Maglione have worked as a team for the past eight years, most recently at …

HONG KONG, September 14: David Butorac, currently the group COO of Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Networks, has been tapped to fill the newly created position of president of platforms at STAR. Reporting to CEO Michelle Guthrie, Butorac will be responsible …

PHILADELPHIA, September 14: Eight of CBS’s prime-time series, including all three titles in the CSI franchise, as well as the reality hit Survivor, will be available for free on Comcast Cable’s ON DEMAND platform, replacing the previous model where subscribers …

BEIJING, September 14: The MPAA, on behalf of six Hollywood studios, has filed suit against two shops in Beijing accused of selling pirated copies of movies such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Incredibles, wire reports indicate. The stores have …

MADRID, September 14: Sony Pictures Television International has inked a deal that brings its Sony Entertainment Television content to the digital terrestrial channel VEO Televisión in Spain, following a successful trial of the service earlier this year. With SET en …

LOS ANGELES, September 14: The rock band created out of Mark Burnett’s CBS reality TV show Rock Star: Supernova, which aired its season finale last night, has been barred from using that name by a federal judge, as a group …

BURBANK, September 14: NBC will stream full episodes of its new fall prime-time shows on its website for free with NBC 24/7, NBC Universal’s new video player. Nbc.com will also feature blogs from the creators, producers or cast members for …

SÃO PAULO, September 14: Discovery Travel & Living will launch on the Sky Brazil Digital Plus platform on September 16 and will be available for free until October 15. Discovery Travel & Living, a Discovery Lifestyle Network, is targeted to …

HOLLYWOOD, September 14: CBS Paramount International Television has reached a deal that gives subscribers of Rogers Cable in Canada on-demand access to the new season of Survivor, which launches tonight. Armando Nuñez, Jr., the president of CBS Paramount International Television, …