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STAMFORD, January 15: World Wrestling Entertainment will begin delivering several shows on various networks in HD, beginning January 21. The shows to begin broadcasting in HD include WWE’s Monday Night RAW and A.M. RAW on USA, ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling …

LONDON, January 15: Outright Distribution has secured a slew of deals, spanning six European territories, for its formats Leave Us Kids Alone and Back in Business. The reality format Leave Us Kids Alone, originally produced for BBC Three by Twenty …

LONDON, January 15: March Entertainment, SLR Productions and Parthenon Kids have greenlit production for the new animated comedy series Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist, which has already pre-sold to Network Ten in Australia. The new 26×30-minute series follows the adventures of …

MEXICO CITY, January 15: Televisa Internacional, previously known as Televisa Estudios, is offering up a slate of formats at NATPE, led by Dancing for the Wedding of My Dreams and The Magnificent Five. The 10×210-minute Dancing for the Wedding of …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, January 15: Animation Collective has signed Televix Entertainment to represent its live-action, short-format comedy series Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF in Latin America. Televix will represent the broadcast, home video and licensing rights throughout the region for the …

ROCHESTER, January 15: Ellen DeGeneres took the top spot in The Harris Poll’s annual favorite television personality list, beating out Oprah Winfrey, who took second place this year, and Jay Leno, who came in third. DeGeneres’s rise to the top …

TORONTO, January 15: Hot Docs’ board of directors has selected filmmaker Richard Leacock as the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation on Friday, April 25, at the Isabel Bader …

NEW YORK, January 15: Following on the success of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County, the network has unveiled plans to roll out a spin-off series, titled The Real Housewives of New York City, beginning March 4 at 11 …

TORONTO, January 15: Walter Cronkie and The War’s Ken Burns and Lynn Novick are set to receive awards at the History Makers Summit 2008 in New York City on January 18. Burns and Novick are receiving the Best Program Award …

BURBANK, January 15: NBC has ordered a pilot for its own version of the hit British motoring show Top Gear from BBC Worldwide America. Announcing the order, Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, said: “Top …