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SYDNEY: Beyond is heading to MIPCOM with 200 hours of content, featuring the new crime series Dark Minds, among others. Two new crime series produced for Investigation Discovery in the U.S. include Dark Minds, about unsolved serial killer investigations, and …

TORONTO: CCI Entertainment has secured the worldwide distribution rights for the Apartment 11 kids’ series Finding Stuff Out. The 16-episode 30-minute series, aimed at kids 6 to 9, features a webcast that answers science questions from real kids. CCI’s digital …

NEW YORK: Univision Communications has named David Neal the senior VP of production for sports in a new role based in Miami. Neal will report to Alexander “Sandy” Brown, the president of sports at Univision Communications, where he will oversee …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group has sold its telenovela format Cupid: The Business of Love for a local treatment by WeiT Media, a partner of Endemol in Russia and CIS. WeiT Media began broadcasting the series daily beginning September 19 …

PREMIUM: The soap opera All My Children ended its run last Friday and Anne Sweeney, the co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of the Disney/ABC Television Group, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the changing economics of daytime television. …

SINGAPORE: FOX International Channels (FIC) has picked up the exclusive rights to air the TV drama Terra Nova, produced by Steven Spielberg, Brannon Baraga and Peter Chernin, among others, on FOX across Asia. The first episode, two hours long and …

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is now available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPCOM. This resource provides information on thousands of programs from …

SANTA MONICA/LONDON: DRG has secured agreements for content from the U.S. channel Ovation with Pramer in Latin America, Jinzhou TV in China and RAI in Italy. Pramer picked up the documentary Mr. Prince, about legendary Broadway producer/director Harold Prince. Jinzhou …

PREMIUM: The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, Hubert T. Lacroix, talks to World Screen Newsflash about embracing digital media, boosting the Canadian economy and remaining committed to the public service mandate of enlightening, informing and entertaining. This year CBC/Radio-Canada celebrates …

MIAMI: Venevision International’s new teen series NPS (No Puede Ser!) is now on air in Italy on the Frisbee channel. The series, about two teens who both decide to participate in a reality show and compete to win an important …