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LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has renewed its docu-series Dance Moms for a second season, ordering 13 new episodes. The series features Pittsburgh-based dance instructor Abby Lee Miller, her young students pushed to the limit while rehearsing for dance competitions and their …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises has opened its first office in the Middle East, setting up a base in Dubai to be led by Anahita Kheder. As VP for the Middle East, Kheder will report to Mark Newton, the executive VP of …

LONDON: Food Network has picked up Shaftesbury’s gastro-travel series From Spain With Love, to premiere in October across EMEA and in the U.K. in 2012. From Spain With Love will be available in more than 80 countries. The series follows …

CANNES: The Spanish delegation at MIP Junior and MIPCOM will feature 30 companies exhibiting under the Audiovisual from Spain banner, also with umbrella stands for Basque Audiovisual and Catalan Films & TV and independent stands for Imagina International Sales and Radio …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats’ game show Still Standing has been commissioned for a full season by Hungary’s M1 in the series’ third international license deal, following pickups from NBC in the U.S. and Antena 3 in Spain. The local version …

LOS ANGELES: Prospect Park has named its new Internet-based TV service The Online Network (TOLN), with the continued productions of All My Children and One Life to Live to be featured as part of the launch slate. TOLN is expected to …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International is heading to MIPCOM to showcase brand-new youth series, legal dramas and romantic comedies, with fresh seasons from its portfolio of returning shows as well. Content to be highlighted includes the Company Pictures youth drama Beaver Falls …

LONDON: Electric Sky has picked up the rights for The Ronnie Wood Show from the British production outfit Somethin’ Else. The series, made for Sky Arts, features the making of Wood’s award-winning radio show, which currently runs on Absolute Radio …

NEW YORK: A+E Networks is set to bring five new original Lifetime features to MIPCOM, including Hunt for the I-5 Killer. Features highlighted include Hunt for the I-5 Killer, starring John Corbett (United States of Tara) and Sara Canning (Vampire …

SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has announced an overhaul of its funding mechanisms, streamlining the number of grants from 46 to 5—for development, production, marketing, talent and enterprises—across broadcast, film, animation, publishing, interactive media, games and music. …