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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Oprah Winfrey, chairman of Harpo Inc. and host of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', poses as she arrives for a breakfast honoring women in Beverly Hills, California December 5, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

Oprah Winfrey, chairman of Harpo Inc. and host of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', poses as she arrives for a breakfast honoring women in Beverly Hills, California December 5, 2008.

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LOS ANGELES | Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:10am EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey's production company has signed a deal to make movies, documentaries and series for cable channel HBO, Harpo Films and HBO said on Tuesday.

The move to HBO ends a long relationship with ABC for Winfrey's production company output of uplifting movies including Emmy-award winning "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "Their Eyes Were Watching God," starring Halle Berry.

Kate Forte, president of Harpo Films, said HBO offered a unique blend of format and creativity on television, "and the quality and range of their subjects are extraordinary."

No details of projects in the multiyear exclusive deal were released but the two sides said they could include mini-series, movies, documentaries and series.

Winfrey, 54, was named the most powerful woman in entertainment earlier this month by trade paper The Hollywood Reporter.

HBO is owned by Time Warner Inc, and ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.

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