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LONDON: For the first time on iTunes, all episodes of the BBC Worldwide series The Office are available to purchase and download in the U.K., the U.S., Australia, Canada, France and Germany. The U.K. original series written by Ricky Gervais …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional’s novela My Heart Beats for Lola Volcan recently premiered in Romania, while The Queen of the South debuted in Armenia. My Heart Beats for Lola Volcan debuted in Romania on October 17 on channel Acasa TV and …

LONDON: The Syfy channel has picked up the exclusive U.K. television rights to Persons Unknown, a 13-part mystery drama series, from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. The series, created by Academy Award-winning writer Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects), who executive-produced …

LONDON: Abbey Home Media Group is partnering with Channel 5 to market and distribute a range of children’s DVDs and audio titles to promote the Milkshake! programming block. The first DVD, Music Box-Bop Box, launched in April 2011, features more …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has sold the production rights for the hit Belgian format Benidorm Bastards to Istanbul-based Konsensus TV Productions. The Benidorm Bastards format has been sold to more than 20 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Sweden, the …

PREMIUM: World Screen Newsflash looks at how tax incentives and lush locations are luring producers of programming to destinations across the globe.   Producers are used to being sellers in the television business, pitching ideas to programming executives. But when …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group has reorganized its management and operating structure with the appointment of Jørgen Madsen as executive VP of Nordic Broadcasting, and Anders Nilsson as executive VP of Central European broadcasting. The nine-person executive management team reporting to …

NEW YORK: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revised its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2011-2015 for the first time, citing weak consumer spending but a steady television market. PwC says that "the slower economy is adversely affecting advertising, but by no …

MIAMI: Latin Media Corp in the U.S. is to begin its third co-production with Malaysia’s RTM network, on a telenovela titled Only You…Sofea Hannah. Latin Media Corp officially announced at MIPCOM that it will soon start filming the novela, about …

LOS GATOS: Netflix has confirmed that it will expand its streaming service into the U.K. and Ireland in early 2012, adding to its current reach of the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Netflix members in the U.K. and Ireland will …