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SINGAPORE: SingTel’s IPTV platform mio TV has expanded its channel lineup with Travel Channel, the all-rugby Setanta Sports and the Indian news network TIMES Now. “We actively seek to provide a well-rounded selection of channels and programs to enrich our customers’ …

MONTREAL: Telefilm Canada is again working with Rogers Group of Funds on a program to finance documentary films, in English and French, for theatrical release. The Theatrical Documentary Program aims to encourage the production of high-quality Canadian feature-length documentaries. It has …

LONDON: UKTV-owned factual channel Yesterday has taken the exclusive British rights to a new series from World Media Rights about World War II for broadcast as part of its Spirit of 1940s programming strand. Narrow Escapes of World War Two, a …

NEW YORK: A second season of the successful series Teen Wolf has been picked up by MTV to air in 2012. Teen Wolf is the highest-rated new series of 2010 and 2011 on MTV and ranks fourth across all TV …

NEW YORK, July 14: Viacom International Media Networks has closed a series of new deals on the Nickelodeon and Sony Music co-production Big Time Rush in Europe and Latin America. RTE in Ireland and ORF in Austria have opted for …

LOS ANGELES: HBO’s Mildred Pierce scored the most Emmy Award nominations this year with a total of 21, including outstanding mini-series or movie, followed by AMC’s Mad Men, which is up for contention as outstanding drama series, with 19. In the drama …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Robert Greenblatt has tapped Jennifer Salke as the new president of NBC Entertainment, where she is responsible for primetime and daytime programming. Salke will oversee the drama development, comedy development, current programming and casting departments. She joins the …

LONDON: Channel 4’s David Abraham, ITV’s Adam Crozier, Sky’s Jeremy Darroch and the BBC’s Mark Thompson will come together on a panel at Cambridge Convention 2011, organized by the Royal Television Society, to discuss the event’s theme this year: TV Everywhere: Paths …

BURBANK, July 14: The Bachelor’s creator and executive producer, Mike Fleiss has been made executive producer of the new CW reality series H8R, which premieres September 14. Fleiss will executive produce along with H8R creators Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey (Extra), Jeremy Spiegel …

SILVER SPRING: A multi-year, multi-platform venture, Curiosity: The Questions of Life is slated to make its U.S. debut on Discovery this August before heading to sister channels across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific beginning …