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LONDON: Two new World War II programs, The Long March to Freedom and Into the Wind, have been added to the Yesterday’s Spirit of 1940s lineup. The Long March to Freedom is a three-part series co-produced with ASA UK. It …

LOS ANGELES: Reveille is to develop original digital series for the online video site Break Media and its flagship comedy portal Break.com. Reveille is behind hit shows such as MasterChef, The Biggest Loser, The Office and Ugly Betty. Its digital …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment and Force Four Entertainment have started production on a new ten-part docu-series for the Canadian OWN channel, Million Dollar Neighbourhood, which follows a community’s journey toward financial freedom. The show, to air on OWN Canada in early …

SILVER SPRING: The new six-part series Dark Matters: Twisted But True, launching this month on SCIENCE, delves into some of history’s most bizarre experiments and unusual research. The show uses CGI recreations to bring viewers into the laboratory to witness …

LONDON/CULVER CITY: Channel 4 has signed on for the U.K. broadcast rights to the new Sony Pictures Television series Charlie’s Angels to air on E4. The series is a remake based on the original ’70s TV show. Charlie’s Angels is …

HONG KONG: The TRACE Sports HD channel is now available on AsiaSat 5 in the Asia Pacific. The channel launched August 1 on Hong Kong Broadband Network’s bbtv, with more carriage agreements in Asia to be announced soon. TRACE Sports …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: FX Canada is to be launched on November 1, following a deal between Rogers Media and FX Networks. FX Canada, a digital service, will offer FX original series, U.S. acquired movies and series, original Canadian programming and Canadian …

LOS ANGELES: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is teaming up with writer/producer Ann Druyan and astrophysicist Steven Soter for a 13-part docu-series based on Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, to premiere on FOX in 2013. Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey sees MacFarlane working …

BEVERLY HILLS: Friday Night Lights took the top honor as Program of the Year at the 27th annual Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards, which recognized shows across comedy, drama, reality, mini-series, news and youth programming. In its second consecutive TCA …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz Entertainment and BBC Worldwide Productions have entered into a multi-year agreement to develop, produce and distribute original programming. The pact sees the two outfits working together to co-develop shows that will air on Starz. The new series …