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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: BBC Worldwide is welcoming the stars of Death in Paradise, Ben Miller and Sara Martins, to Cannes, where they will be part of the launch of the new detective series. Miller (The Armstrong & Miller Show, Primeval) and Martins …

PARIS: Novavision has launched Novabrand, a new division dedicated to the content creation of global brands. José Acros, the former CEO of Image de Marque, will lead Novabrand. He will be joined by Alexander Quennell as creative director. The group …

PREMIUM: Gary Carter, FremantleMedia’s COO, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s pact with Fuji, along with sharing his thoughts on what’s driving the gains within the digital-content division and the challenges of rolling out scripted formats. While perhaps best …

BURBANK: ABC Family has ordered another season of Make It or Break It, and has placed a back-order pickup for The Lying Game, alongside four new pilots. Make It or Break It, about Olympic hopefuls in training, will return with …

MONTREAL: Formaction.tv is set to debut six original formats created, developed and produced by Bubbles Television and La Boîte de Prod. of Attraction Media group, at MIPCOM. The format Bet’n Bond is a new game from Bubbles Television currently broadcast …

NORWALK: CABLEready has picked up several new original series for its catalogue, following newly inked agreements with Finland’s Aito Media and Spain’s D4D. CABLEready has expanded its food programming to include a pair of series hosted by chefs Eric Ripert …

HONG KONG: Tiger Gate Entertainment’s KIX channel has secured the exclusive TV rights for Asia to Mark Burnett’s action-reality series Expedition Impossible. The 24-hour pay-TV channel will air Expedition Impossible from October 12 every Wednesday night at 9 p.m. in …

MADRID: TOAC has completed a deal with Prointel to launch a revamped version of the game show One, Two, Three…Say It Again at MIPCOM. One, Two, Three was created in 1972 and has aired internationally for more than 30 years. …

PARIS: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is to release a new range of licensed products of Rebecca Bonbon, a French bulldog character designed by Hello Kitty creator Yuko Shimizu, across France. FME exclusively represents Rebecca Bonbon globally (excluding Japan and Korea) on …