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VANCOUVER: The HGTV reality series Consumed, produced by Paperny Entertainment, has been renewed for a second season that is set to premiere on HGTV Canada in summer 2012. Consumed challenges Canada’s biggest pack-rat families to survive for 30 days with …

LOS ANGELES: The new original adventure series Da Vinci’s Demons, written by David Goyer and developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, has been greenlit by Starz Entertainment. The eight-episode series, written by Goyer—co-writer of the films Batman Begins and …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has renewed its single-camera comedy Workaholics for a third season. The series, starring Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck from the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy, is about recent college graduates who work …

NEW YORK: CBS has given full season orders for its new dramas Unforgettable and Person of Interest. Unforgettable, the season’s number one new drama in viewers, stars Poppy Montgomery, Dylan Walsh, Michael Gaston, Kevin Rankin and Daya Vaidya. It features …

NEW YORK: A video excerpt from MIPCOM’s Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session, which featured an engaging conversation between CTV’s Mike Cosentino, Sky’s Sarah Wright, Channel 5’s Jeff Ford, Televisa’s Carlos Sandoval and World Screen‘s Anna Carugati, is now available. …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has named Philipp Schmid the co-production manager of factual for Germany and France. The newly created role meets the demand for locally tailored programs in France and Germany, and Schmid will be responsible for seeking out and …

LONDON/DUBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has set up shop in the Middle East, opening a local sales office based in Dubai, with Ziad Yaghi leading the hub as executive director of sales. The new post will be responsible for licensing …

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has signed a deal with the broadcasting arm of UTV to bring blockbuster films like The Lord of the Rings and The Dark Knight to UTV Action and UTV Action Telugu. The new multi-year exclusive deal brings …

SILVER SPRING: In continuing the global rollout of TLC, Discovery Networks International has scored new launches for the channel in Africa, Denmark, Finland, Latin America and Portugal, with the network to reach more than 100 million households as of November …

BUCHAREST: Paprika Latino has set up a new division, Paprika Latino Content House, focused on introducing format concepts and ready-made programming in Central and Eastern Europe. Barbara Hamori, who previously worked at MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting and the Deutsche Telekom-owned Hungarian …