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Best known for such hits as Wife Swap, The Secret Millionaire and, more recently, Undercover Boss, Stephen Lambert has been in the business of successfully formatting shows for some time now. With his latest venture, Studio Lambert, set up with …

  Since the broadcasting industry was deregulated in 1990, Spain’s TV market has always been muy dinamico—constantly evolving. First with the launch of two commercial networks, Telecinco and Antena 3 TV, which gave public broadcaster RTVE a run for its …

NEW YORK: Orion Ross, the VP of original series for Disney Channels EMEA, talks about the strategy for producing animation in Europe.   Since 2009, Disney Channels EMEA has been ramping up its original-programming initiatives, with a London-based team that …

Among the programs set to launch on NBC this summer is the game show Still Standing, which was given a straight-to-series order by the U.S. network in a deal with Armoza Formats. This pickup was an important one for the …

ENGLEWOOD: Starz Entertainment is making changes across its Encore lineup of movie channels, with the revamped slate set to include a new channel, Encore Español, while Encore WAM will be rebranded as Encore Family. The revised slate will be available …

TORONTO/LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) is partnering with Fisher-Price in the U.S. to develop a toy line based on the preschool series Peppa Pig. Since its U.S. debut in February, the show ranks in Nick Jr.’s top ten shows, with more …

STOCKHOLM: Casten Almqvist has been appointed as the new CEO for Sweden’s TV4 Group, succeeding Jan Scherman, who is taking on a larger role at parent company Bonnier Broadcasting. Almqvist takes on leadership of the Swedish broadcasting group January 1, …

MADRID: BRB Internacional has inked deals for its cartoon series in Latin America, including Suckers and Canimals. The 140×2-minute Suckers is set to air in Argentina on Canal 7 and in Mexico on Once TV, which has also acquired the 52×7-minute …

TORONTO: Shaw Media has acquired the Canadian rights to NBC’s version of Prime Suspect from ITV Studios Global Entertainment for broadcast on Global this fall. Global will simulcast the ITV Studios America and Universal Media Studios co-production with NBC on Thursdays …

SINGAPORE: BBC Worldwide Channels in Asia has promoted Ryan Shiotani to VP and Daphne Kang to director of programming. In his new role, Shiotani will lead strategic programming efforts for BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies in Asia. …