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LOS ANGELES: HBO has renewed its hit drama series Boardwalk Empire for a third season. Boardwalk Empire, set in the 1920s in the early days of Prohibition, chronicles the life of the leader of Atlantic City. The award-winning series comes from Terence Winter, the writer of The Sopranos, and director ...

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LOS ANGELES: Lifetime and award-winning actress and producer Renée Zellweger are developing the drama series Cinnamon Girl. Cinnamon Girl is the story of four girls who come of age during a revolution in the late-1960s/early-1970s. It was created by Zellweger and Anthony Tambakis (Warrior), who will co-write the story, and ...

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NEW YORK: MagnaGlobal has revised its U.S. Media Owners Advertising Revenue Forecast, now predicting 2.9 percent growth next year, down from an earlier forecast of 4.8 percent growth. The 2011 forecast remains unchanged at 1.6 percent growth, still predicting media suppliers to generate $173.5 billion in ad revenues this year. ...

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LOS ANGELES: The Remakes Market is set to feature 120 properties for potential international adaptation, with more than 140 buyers signed up to take part in the event, organized by Basic Lead. The networking event, which connects international sellers and North American buyers, will take place November 14 to 16 ...

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ATLANTA: Actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo has joined the cast of the live-action comedy Delocated, which is currently in production for its third season on Adult Swim. The half-hour comedy, which airs Sundays at 9 p.m., will launch in its third season in early 2012. Garofalo will play Susan Shapiro, ...

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LOS ANGELES: FOX Soccer has renewed its deal for the exclusive media rights of the Football Association (FA) for six more years, through the 2017-18 soccer season. The multiplatform deal gives FOX Soccer the exclusive rights to all content from the FA in all languages for the U.S. and Caribbean. The ...

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NEW YORK: Jon Slusser has been appointed senior VP of sports and multiplatform programming at Spike TV, a newly created position. Slusser will be based in Los Angeles and report to Kevin Kay, the president of Spike TV. He will be tasked with creating live, multiplatform, socially driven events with ...

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