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NEW YORK: Time Warner has revised its $1.3 billion bid for the Dutch entertainment powerhouse Endemol to an all-cash offer. Time Warner’s previous offer of 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) included debut. The bid was turned down by Endemol. The …

NEW YORK: CBS News and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) have renewed their agreement for shared news services for an additional ten years. The two will continue to share news materials and programs, newsgathering and transmission facilities on a priority …

NEW YORK/LONDON: The quadrennial events—the summer Olympics, the European Football Championship and the U.S. Presidential elections and other political races—are expected to boost the 2012 global ad market, though GroupM and ZenithOptimedia have remained conservative with their forecasts, expecting slower …

NEW YORK: Solidifying its position as the only truly global publishing group for the media industry, World Screen has unveiled six new standalone online destinations—TVEurope.ws, TVAsia.ws, TVLatina.ws, TVUSA.ws, TVCanada.ws and TVMEA.ws—featuring region-specific news, interviews, features, videos and more. World Screen …

NEW YORK: VH1 is adding the new docuseries Mama Drama, from SallyAnn Salsano, the executive producer of Jersey Shore, to its 2012 lineup. The 10-episode reality series will feature five sets of partying mothers who want to be best friends …

SILVER SPRING: Travel Channel and Rand McNally’s Tripology.com have partnered to connect viewers with trained online travel agents who assist in creating unique personalized experiences inspired by popular Travel Channel series. Anthony Bourdain’s new series The Layover is launching as …

ENCINO: Solid Entertainment has inked multi-territory deals for its automotive series Car Crazy and Hot Rod TV, among others. Solid licensed season three of Car Crazy and season five of Hot Rod TV to Discovery International’s Turbo in the Pacific …

LONDON: Endemol has scored the worldwide format rights to the Shaw Media series Canada Sings. Endemol will sell the Canada Sings format internationally and produce local versions of the show in major territories around the world. Canada Sings is originally …

TORONTO: Portfolio International has sold season two and the holiday special of the preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! to Disney Junior Australia and Disney Junior Italy. Treehouse (Canada), PBS (U.S.) and CBC (Canada) …

NEW YORK: Bravo Media’s talk show Watch What Happens: Live, hosted by Andy Cohen, is expanding to five nights of original episodes starting January 8, 2012. The talk show, which is currently in its fifth season, evolved from Cohen’s daily …