MUMBAI: ?Homeland? from US cable network Showtime got four Golden Globe nominations including one for best television drama. The awards, organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), recognise achievements in film and television and will be held in Beverly Hilton next month.

Also competing for best drama are two shows from HBO - ?Boardwalk Empire? and ?The Newsroom? as well as AMC?s ?Breaking Bad? and PBS? ?Downton Abbey: Season 2?. Missing from the list is ?Mad Men?.

In total, HBO picked up 17 nominations while Showtime got seven nods. ABC has five nominations, CBS and NBC four each, and Fox two.

The nominees for best comedy television show are ?The Big Bang Theory? (CBS), ?Episodes? (Showtime), ?Girls? (HBO), ?Modern Family? (ABC) and ?Smash? (NBC). ?Modern Family? got three nominations.

The Golden Globe Awards will be hosted by comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, both of whom have been nominated for ?30 Rock? and ?Parks and Recreation? respectively.

The nominees for best miniseries or television movie are ?Game Change?, ?The Girl?, ?Hatfields and McCoys?, ?The Hour? and ?Political Animals?.

MUMBAI: US broadcaster ABC has picked up five additional episodes each of comedies ?Last Man Standing? and ?Malibu Country?. These pick-ups join previously announced orders for new drama ?Nashville?, new comedy ?The Neighbors? and returning drama ?Scandal?.

?"Last Man Standing? is about a married father of three trying to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women. It stars Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Molly Ephraim, Kaitlyn Dever and Amanda Fuller.

?Malibu Country? is a sitcom about a woman who after finding that her husband has been cheating on her, moves from Nashville, Tennessee to Malibu, California, in an attempt to restart her music career and start a new chapter in their lives. It stars country music star Reba as Reba, Lily Tomlin as Lillie Mae, Sara Rue as Kim, Justin Prentice as Cash, Juliette Angelo as June and Jai Rodriguez as Geoffrey.

MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based entertainment production and distribution company DQ Entertainment International (DQE) has signed an exclusive licensing deal with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for the broadcasting of two animated 3D TV series, Iron Man season 2 and Casper season 2.

The agreement will allow ABC Australia exclusive broadcasting rights across Australia for both series. Two seasons of Iron Man Armored Adventures have been co-produced by DQE, Marvel Animation and Method Animation, while Casper?s Scare School was co-produced by DQE and Moonscoop, France, along with Classic Media USA.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia?s national public broadcaster that provides television, radio and online services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Network and Radio Australia.

DQE Group Chairman & CEO Tapaas Chakravarti said, ?We are very proud to renew our fruitful collaboration with ABC Australia once again for second season of Iron Man and second season of Casper?s Scare School. ABC is the perfect partner for showcasing these high quality iconic properties.?

ABC TV Childrens Head of Programming and Acquisitions Barbara Uecker said, ?Our audience thoroughly enjoyed series one of both Iron Man and Casper and will be thrilled to have the second series of these shows back on air in 2013."

MUMBAI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati has entered into an agreement with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australia?s national broadcaster, which will allow both entities to show each other?s content to their audiences and also cooperate in other areas of programming.

The agreement was signed last week when a delegation of senior Prasar Bharati officials visited Australia.

Australian Minister for Arts and Regional Development Simon Crean, currently in India said the signing of a MoU between ABC and Prasar Bharati will help build a stronger people-to-people and media partnership between the two countries.

"One of the most important goals for the Australia-India relationship is to understand each other better. The ABC and Prasar Bharati will share program content by utilising the extensive Doordarshan and ABC networks, allowing audiences in India and Australia to develop a more accurate and up-to-date appreciation of contemporary developments in the other country," said Crean after a meeting with Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar.

"This MoU will advance the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper?s commitment to build stronger, deeper and broader cultural links between Australia and India, including through collaboration between our arts, cultural and media organisations," he said.

The Australian minister said the agreement could also build on Oz Fest, the biggest Australian cultural festival ever staged in India.

"With over 100 events in 18 cities across India, Oz Fest exposes Indians to contemporary Australia. I am delighted that Doordarshan has supported Oz Fest by filming and broadcasting the Oz Fest opening concert in New Delhi on 16 October and a major concert in Bhubaneswar on 20 October, giving Indian audiences the chance to see some of the Australian best Indigenous performers, Gurrumul Yunupingu and Mark Atkins," Crean said.