BSkyB inks exclusive HBO deal

International News: Deal thought to be worth $234 mil over five years — Blighty’s dominant paybox, BSkyB, has reiterated its financial firepower by signing an output deal with HBO believed to be worth £150 million ($234 million) over five years.

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Venice reveals competition titles

Front Page Breaking Story: Festival lineup includes 79 world premieres — The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of 79 world premieres, comprising an ample American contingent, alongside robust European and Asian representations, plus some Latin American entries, all making for a rich mix of classic auteur and also genre fare.

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Bloody good shows

Emmy News: Emmy drama nominees show their gory side — Quick, call Dexter Morgan. The Emmy drama race is a bloody mess.

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Mark Wahlberg: The star as multi-tasker

Profile in Excellence: Mark Wahlberg: Thesp’s career takes many twists and turns — Mark Wahlberg’s career arc reads like a particularly fanciful Hollywood narrative.

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Drama showrunners keep a tight grip

Emmy Central Top Stories: Grooming a successor is rare for top hourlongs — Although “Breaking Bad” showrunner Vince Gilligan is eager to praise the creative staff around him when it comes to his Emmy-winning cable series, he believes he’s speaking for many other showrunners when he says the job “requires someone who’s a control freak.”

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Two partners with one vision

Los Angeles: Duo learn to work the HBO brand — Steve Levinson, who has been Mark Wahlberg’s partner at Leverage Management for nearly two decades, attributes the star’s success as a producer to several reasons.

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‘Good Wife,’ ‘True Blood’ crash drama party

Emmy Central Top Stories: Newbies latest to try to topple ‘Mad Men’ in Emmy race — Voters mainly stuck to their guns in the Emmy drama nominees, with four of their six selections this year having received a nomination in this category in past years.

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Thesp champions ‘The Fighter’

Profile in Excellence: Mark Wahlberg: Wahlberg co-produces pic with Hoberman, Lieberman — Mark Wahlberg teamed with Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman to co-produce “The Fighter,” financed by Relativity and shot entirely in Lowell, Mass.

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Perry, Lionsgate reteam for ‘Peeples’

Headline Newsletter Film News: Multi-hyphenate to produce through his 34th Street Films — It’s an even dozen for Tyler Perry and Lionsgate with the multi-hyphenate in preproduction on comedy “We The Peeples.”

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Alembic streamlines CG file sharing

Technology News: ILM/SPI develop open-source program — Two giants of the visual effects business, Industrial Light & Magic and Sony Pictures Imageworks, have launched an open-source software effort to address the problems of sharing large, complex CG files.

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