FOSTER CITY, March 9: Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has secured agreements with 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to offer HD movies for purchase and rental on the PlayStation Network video delivery service in the U.S.

NEW YORK, March 9: Barry Koch, the senior VP and general manager of Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast in Latin America, talks in this video interview about the growth of the channels across the region and what the key priorities are for the year ahead.

NEW YORK, March 9: ABC's broadcast of the 82nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday brought in an average audience of 41.3 million total viewers, qualifying as television's most watched entertainment telecast since 2005, according to Nielsen's "Fast National" ratings.

BURBANK, March 9: FOX has given a third-season order to the J.J. Abrams drama Fringe, which is to resume airing in its second season with eight fresh episodes on April 1.

BURBANK, March 9: ABC Family has picked up the network TV premiere rights to The Blind Side, which stars Sandra Bullock in her Oscar-winning role.

MUNICH, March 9: Tandem Communications has begun principal photography on its newest movie, The Lost Future, for commissioning broadcasters RTL Television of Germany and Syfy in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, March 9: E1 Entertainment has firmed up a production and development deal with the legendary rock group KISS to create a half-hour kids' comedy series using the band's personas.

NEW YORK, March 9: A new management structure is in place at Univision Communications' news and entertainment businesses, organizing operations on a company-wide basis.

HOLLYWOOD, March 9: David Chase, the creator and producer of The Sopranos, is to make his feature film directing debut with a music-driven coming-of-age story set in 1960s suburbia for Paramount Vantage.

NEW YORK/UNIVERSAL CITY, March 9: NBC has renewed its exclusive agreement with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe Organization to broadcast the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants for an additional three years, effective in 2011.

BURBANK, March 9: On April 3, Cookie Jar Entertainment's new series Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show is to make its debut in the CBS children's programming block Cookie Jar TV, which will also feature the return of Stawberry Shortcake.

LONDON, March 9: The licensing and merchandising rights for Fresh TV's hit tween-target franchise Total Drama have been taken on by Turner CN Enterprises.

NEW YORK, March 9: The prime-time soap opera Dirt Game is making its premiere outside of Australia with a launch on WE tv in Asia on March 12.

TORONTO, March 9: Hot Docs will welcome a record eight official delegations at this year's edition: Abu Dhabi, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the Nordic region, the U.K. and U.S.

LOS ANGELES, March 8: In addition to scoring the night's big win as best picture, The Hurt Locker took home five additional Academy Awards, including a best director nod for Kathryn Bigelow.

Jeff Gomez and Nathan Mayfield will be hosting a session at the MIPTV Producers' Forum—a two-day initiative organized in association with World Screen—about developing stories and concepts across multiple platforms.

PARIS, March 8: Jonathan Miller, the chief digital officer and chairman and CEO of the digital media group at News Corporation, will deliver a MIP Digital keynote on April 13.

ABU DHABI, March 8: Fox International Channels is stepping up its activities in the Middle East, partnering with twofour54 on three major projects that were announced at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit.

BURBANK, March 8: ABC Family has clinched the rights to Walt Disney Pictures' new blockbuster Alice in Wonderland for a 2012 U.S. network television premiere.

MADRID/NEW YORK, March 8: Spain's Group Prisa is to receive a $900 million cash injection via a merger deal with Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp., a U.S.-based special-purpose acquisition company.

UNIVERSAL CITY, March 8: NBC has renewed three more series for its Thursday night comedy lineup, with 30 Rock, The Office and Community set to rejoin Parks and Recreation.

LONDON, March 8: ITV Studios' newly created entertainment format Marco's Kitchen Burnout has been commissioned by ITV1 for broadcast in spring.

LONDON, March 8: Virgin Media has added Film4 HD and E4 HD to its digital TV platform, bringing such offerings as the blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire and hit series Glee and Hollyoaks to the lineup in high definition.

LONDON, March 8: The lifestyle channel Fine Living Network (FLN) will launch on April 1 across more than 60 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

TEL AVIV, March 8: Dori Media Group has sold the teen vampire series Split into 35 countries since its launch nine months ago, with the Philippines as the latest territory, and the first in Asia, to pick up the daily drama.

NEW DELHI, March 8: ESPN STAR Sports has signed a deal with Media Star Global to produce and air the Indian football reality show Super Soccer Star.

PARIS, March 8: Mooscoop has wrapped a deal with Chutti TV, Sun TV's kids' channel in India, for 725 half-hours of programming.

HARRINGTON PARK, March 8: Janson Media has licensed the non-theatrical rights to Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia from its Giant Screen Film collection to EDIMA of France.

LONDON, March 8: October Films' Rude Tube International has been sold by RDF Rights into a number of new territories, including Denmark, Hungary and Japan.

LONDON, March 8: Coinciding with its 20th anniversary, VGI Entertainment has changed its name to VSI Entertainment.