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“I write, I travel, I eat and I’m hungry for more.” So states Anthony Bourdain in the opening of his Emmy Award-winning food-and-travel show No Reservations, which has been airing on Travel Channel since 2005 and is distributed internationally by …

LONDON/MIAMI: Fred Medina has been appointed the executive VP for Latin America at BBC Worldwide, with the newly created role beginning September 12. Medina, who will be based in Miami, will be responsible for BBC Worldwide’s strategic development in Latin …

TORONTO: In anticipation of the premiere of the animated series Crash Canyon on TELETOON, Breakthrough Entertainment has launched the online game Crash Canyon Quest. Crash Canyon Quest has both English and French versions where players can create a character in …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has secured a range of additional broadcasters across Latin America for Saban Brands’ new Power Rangers Samurai series. MarVista Entertainment is the exclusive international television distributor of the new Power Rangers Samurai, as well as the …

TEL AVIV: The Armoza Formats game show The Common Denominator is to premiere on Star TV in Turkey tonight. Star TV has ordered 13 45-minute episodes for a bi-weekly broadcast of The Common Denominator, known as Bul Bakalim in the …

LOS ANGELES: Independent film distributor Osiris Entertainment is readying itself for MIPCOM with a range of films covering all genres, including Bunnyman and The Fall, among others. Bunnyman is the story of a group of friends who get lost in …

NEW YORK: Additional episodes of South Beach Tow, the hit series from executive producer Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and Bodega Pictures, have been ordered by truTV to broadcast in early 2012. The summer finale of the series airs tonight and …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery is adding the new series Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda to its fall lineup, in addition to eight returning series. New series added to the fall lineup include Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda, which features the …

PREMIUM: Super RTL’s CEO, Claude Schmit, tells World Screen Newsflash about how the leading German kids’ channel has evolved into a cross-media brand in order to better serve today’s media-savvy children. TV KIDS: How has Super RTL managed to maintain …

SCOTTSDALE: New research from In-Stat shows that 50 percent of tablet owners are not only watching feature-length movies on their device, but also TV shows. The data finds that tablets and smartphones are becoming vital new screens for video consumption, …