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LONDON: Endemol Games UK is launching a motion control sensor game based on the Total Wipeout format, to be available through Facebook as well as through a downloadable app. The game, Total Wipeout: Big Ball Run, features patented technology from …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ international networks posted a 20-percent revenue gain in the second quarter to $368 million, while the U.S. network revenues were up 6 percent to $660 million. The international networks posted strong ad revenues gains, rising 25 percent …

MUNICH: Net profit at ProSiebenSat.1 Group for the second quarter rose 63.4 percent to 142.5 million euros, on revenues from continuing operations of 692.2 million euros, a 6.5-percent increase. This is the European broadcasting group’s first set of financials since …

TORONTO: Production has commenced on Highland Gardens, a new original drama series from Bell Media. The 6×1-hour scripted series has begun shooting in Toronto and will continue in Hollywood in the fall. Highland Gardens is about six young people searching …

LONDON: Earth-Touch has secured a range of international deals across Europe and Asia for its documentary films, with sales to TVE in Spain and Rai in Italy, among others. KBS in Korea and TVE in Spain picked up four titles: …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment is to distribute the drama series Underbelly: Razor, following a deal with Screentime Australia and Nine Network. The 13×1-hour series, filmed on location in Sydney, is based on the best-selling book by Larry Writer. The …

LOS ANGELES: Celine: 3 Boys and a New Show, a prime-time special featuring music icon Celine Dion’s career and family, is to air on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on October 1. The 90-minute special gives viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse …

LONDON: UKTV has scored the exclusive U.K. premiere broadcast rights to the fantasy cop drama Grimm from NBCUniversal International Television Distribution as part of a package of first-run series. Grimm, created by Jim Kouf (Angel) and David Greenwalt (Buffy the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: David Lyle, who previously served as president of Fox LOOK and president of FremantleMedia North America, has been named CEO of National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming. Lyle has been working with National Geographic management as the …

LONDON: The fall lineup of CBS Drama in the U.K. is to feature a special True Stories season, with a slate of TV movies whose stories are based on actual events. The lineup will air weekends from September to October. …