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NEW YORK: American children aged between 2 and 5 are spending more than 32 hours a week in front of a television, while 6- to 11-year-olds are spending about 28 hours a week on average, according to new research from …

NEW YORK: The new Bravo culinary competition Top Chef: Just Desserts, a spin-off of the Emmy Award-winning series Top Chef, will feature pastry chefs competing against each other in a range of challenges.  The open calls for chefs who are …

LOS ANGELES: MGM Domestic Television has taken on the U.S. broadcast syndication rights for the hit Discovery Channel game show Cash Cab. The series features host Ben Bailey driving a New York City taxi, picking up unsuspecting passengers who find …

In the Connected Entertainment keynote at MIPCOM, Tom Rogers, the president and CEO of TiVo, spoke with World Screen‘s group editorial director, Anna Carugati, about how the company has revolutionized the TV-viewing experience. "The best way to describe TiVo is …

ABC’s new hit drama FlashForward was recently picked up for a full season. In the ABC Studios production, executive produced by Jessika Borsiczky, David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga, the world’s population is given a glimpse of their future and …

Executive VP & Chief Creative Officer, International Production Sony Pictures Television With its acquisition of the Dutch outfit 2waytraffic, Sony Pictures Entertainment ramped up its international-production initiatives. As executive VP and chief creative officer of international production for Sony Pictures …

ORIGIN: Based on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. DISTRIBUTORS: DQ Entertainment and ZDF Enterprises. ZDFtivi and ZDF Enterprises hold the rights for TV broadcast, home video and catch-up VOD for Germany and German-speaking Europe. ZDF Enterprises is also representing the …

October 2009 For players in the global children’s television business, these are challenging times. Despite the recession, the decline in advertising expenditures, and new-media platforms and devices all competing with the TV set for youngsters’ attention, it’s still possible to …

SANTA MONICA: Production has begun on Victorious, a new original live-action series for Nickelodeon in 2010 from Dan Schneider, whose tween credits include iCarly, Zoey 101 and Drake & Josh. Nickelodeon is partnering with Columbia/Epic Label Group (a label group of Sony Music …

LOS ANGELES: Bruce Lee’s daughter Shannon Lee is gearing up for a major expansion of her late father’s brand, with several new television projects in the works, including a Chinese-language biopic and an animated series for the worldwide market. Shannon …