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BUENOS AIRES: Endemol Polska has started production on the Polish version of Telefe International’s The Successful Mr. and Mrs. Pells, which will launch in the fall on TVP. TVP will launch the show under the local title Informacje 2 Drugiej …

LOS ANGELES: The third season of the TLC series Hoarding: Buried Alive is to premiere Sunday, July 10, at 9 p.m. The new season features nine hour-long episodes, each of which highlight someone with an out of control hoarding problem, …

ENGLEWOOD: Starz Entertainment has added Michael Thornton to its executive team as the executive VP of business and legal affairs of programming, digital and worldwide distribution. As executive VP, Thornton will develop the strategic direction of business and legal affairs …

LONDON: Freeview has dedicated a four-hour prime-time block for airing Food Network UK programming, including hits such as Ace of Cakes. In the U.K., the channel is already available on Sky and Freesat. The Freeview block adds a further 22.6 …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional’s novela The Queen of the South (La Reina del Sur) premiered on July 4 on the Antenna TV channel in Cyprus during the 10:10 p.m. time slot. The Queen of the South has seen success in Mexico, …

NEW YORK: GroupM has lowered its forecast for global adspend in 2011 from 5.8 percent to 4.8 percent as a result of the economic ramifications of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and political unrest in the Middle East. “It’s highly unusual …

UNIVERSAL CITY: James Spader is joining the cast of NBC’s The Office as a series regular, playing the CEO of Dunder Mifflin’s parent company. The casting comes in the wake of Steve Carell’s departure from the show at the end …

NEW YORK: An all-new CGI-animated series for the beloved Care Bears brand has been greenlit by American Greetings Properties for a 2012 launch, coinciding with the property’s 30th anniversary. The Care Bears brand debuted in 1982 as a line of …

PREMIUM: The De Agostini Editore-owned kids’ channel DeA Super! is on the lookout for a live-action series to appeal to its core 8-to-12 audience. Launched last year, DeA Super!—carried on SKY Italia—is led by Massimo Bruno as channel manager, with …

TORONTO: DHX Media has licensed a number of series to BBC Kids in Canada, among them Olliver’s Adventures. A total of 75 hours of DHX programming is headed to BBC Kids in Canada, which is now operated by Knowledge Network. The deal …