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LONDON: ITV Studios and ITV Studios Global Entertainment are to launch a number of new formats at MIPCOM, among them the prime-time entertainment series Red or Black?, developed by Simon Cowell’s Syco TV. Red or Black? is co-produced by Syco and …

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television is heading to MIPCOM with a range of new unscripted series and documentaries, as well as the returning scripted live-action series InSecurity. Tricon is offering the 11-episode one-hour series Metal Evolution, a definitive history of …

LONDON: Coolabi, which owns the distribution rights to Bagpuss and co-produces the hit Poppy Cat, has reached an understanding in principal to be bought by the venture capital group North Promotions for $6.6 million. North Promotions, an investment outfit owned …

NEW YORK: Univision is set to premiere the documentary Infiltrados (Infiltrated), produced by Documentales Univision. Infiltrados explores FARC, one of the world’s deadliest terrorist organizations, accountable for 60 percent of the cocaine that comes into the U.S. The documentary will …

TORONTO: For the second season of Good Dog, a series from Shaftesbury in association with The Movie Network and Movie Central, Ken Finkleman will be joined by new co-stars Samantha Bee and Lolita Davidovich, with production to begin next month …

TORONTO: Fresh TV, in association with Family Channel, has started production on a second season of the comedy Really Me. Sydney Imbeau (Marley & Me: The Puppy Years, Supernatural) returns as Maddy Cooper, who won the ultimate contest of starring …

LOS ANGELES: Titles from the Osiris Entertainment catalogue, including Solitary and Tricks of a Woman, are to made available to Netflix customers for online streaming. Osiris titles will be available as of October 15. In addition to the output deal, …

TORONTO: Hollywood Suite, an outfit formed by former CHUM president and CEO Jay Switzer, among other industry vets, that is set to launch four new HD channels across Canada this November, including services from both Warner Bros. and MGM, has brought …

LONDON: DRG has secured deals across 100 territories for three of its prime-time factual-entertainment series, Cherry Goes…, Heston’s Mission Impossible and Jo Frost Extreme Parental Guidance. BBC Three’s Cherry Goes… is headed to Discovery Home & Health in Latin America, …

The French media conglomerate Lagardère has solidified its hold on France’s kids’ content sector with its pay-TV channels Canal J and TiJi and the DTT offering Gulli. Prolific supporters of locally developed fare, the three networks are also major buyers …