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NEW YORK: Eric Karp, the head of licensing for the Americas at Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy, is joining Lima Sky as its chief licensing officer. Lima Sky is the creator of the Doodle Jump mobile game sensation. The iOS development studio and publisher is dedicated to creating entertaining, innovative …

NEW YORK: Watch clips and access detailed information on numerous new shows by visiting WorldScreenings.com‘s dedicated Screening Room for the L.A. Screenings. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips can be watched in wide-screen and full-screen modes and you can create …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBCUniversal has exercised an option to sell part of its 15.8-percent ownership in A&E Television Networks to joint-venture partners Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Comcast Corporation’s NBCUniversal has exercised an option whereby A&E Television Networks has to …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The third season of Haven, an Entertainment One (eOne) production co-commissioned by Shaw Media in Canada and globally via Universal Networks International, will feature Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl, One Life to Live) joining the cast. Williamson will play psychiatrist Dr. Claire Callahan. Dr. Callahan becomes a close …

NEW YORK: Last year TV Film International added productions and formats from Chilevisión to its catalogue, and will now be presenting new titles from that slate at the L.A. Screenings.  This brought to the company’s catalogue the telenovela Mujeres de lujo, which has already garnered success in the U.S. Hispanic …

NEW YORK: Two of the year’s biggest box-office hits, The Avengers and The Hunger Games, are set to make their TV debut on EPIX. Marvel Studios and Paramount’s The Avengers grossed $200.3 million in the U.S. in its opening weekend. Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games grossed $380 million at the North American …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has added five shows to its roster, including J.J. Abrams’ new thriller Revolution and a single-camera comedy from Glee creator Ryan Murphy, The New Normal. Murphy, who is also behind FX’s American Horror Story, directed the pilot from a script he co-wrote with Ali Adler. The show …

NEW YORK: Nancy Jo has been appointed to the newly created post of VP of digital strategy and business development at Bravo Media. Jo is responsible for developing and implementing business growth opportunities and key strategic initiatives in the digital space. She is also tasked with finding new partnerships and capitalizing …

LOS ANGELES: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has hired Max Kisbye to serve as its VP of television production. Kisbye will report to Steve Stark, the president of television production at MGM. He joins the company from Creative Artists Agency, where he was a television literary agent. He also worked in Paradigm’s …

NEW YORK: Ed Wells, WWE’s senior VP and managing director of international operations, says part of his goals for the L.A. Screenings is to "reinforce the scope and size of the WWE business and attract new and upcoming players, across multiple platforms, with our extensive offering in TV, PPV, movies, …