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LOS ANGELES: Bunim/Murray Productions has extended its contract with executive VP Scott Freeman, while also promoting two development executives: Erin Cristall and Rachel Speiser. Freeman leads the development team at Bunim/Murray, a Banijay company. He has been with Bunim/Murray for …

NEW YORK: Scott Vila, whose credits include the development of 24, Dark Angel and Firefly, has been tapped to fill the newly created post of VP of current scripted programming at Syfy. Vila will be responsible for Warehouse 13, Haven …

LONDON: Zig Zag Productions has signed a partnership deal with Japanese creative agency Yoshimoto to collaborate on formats. Yoshimoto and Zig Zag will create and develop new formats that are principally targeted for the U.K. and international markets, but can …

NEW YORK: Chiller has begun production on its second movie this year, Steve Niles’ Remains, based on a graphic novel written by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night). The movie follows the survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most …

NEW YORK: Industry veteran Dick Robertson discusses in this video interview his partnership with Globo and the great potential the catalogue has for the U.S. and Canadian markets.   At the start of the year, Globo TV International entered into …

NEW YORK: TV Real has launched its online destination TVReal.ws as a stand-alone, state-of-the-art website, dedicated exclusively to news, video, features, interviews and profiles about the factual programming business. Spun-off from the flagship WorldScreen.com, TVReal.ws is dedicated to serving suppliers …

SCOTTSDALE: Wi-Fi Direct, which provides device-to-device connections without a traditional network, is forecast to be enabled on nearly 80 million digital TVs by 2015, In-Stat predicts. The report, Wi-Fi Direct: It’s All About the Software, says that mobile PCs will adopt …

TORONTO: Among the new programs to be featured on CTV’s prime-time schedule is the highly anticipated competition series The X Factor, as well as a host of dramas and comedies. In addition to Simon Cowell’s The X Factor, new series …

LONDON: The New Reclaimers, Britain’s Ugliest Rooms and My Flat-Pack Home have been commissioned for the lineup of UKTV’s Home, totaling 30 new hours of programming. The 5×1-hour The New Reclaimers, from Tern TV, follows Dan Hill and Charis Williams, …

LONDON: Parthenon Entertainment has sold 50 hours of programming to broadcasters in the Middle East, including the Al Jazeera Documentary channel. Al Jazeera Documentary went for 28 hours of programming, including 21 Century Elephant, Animal Survivors, Is that Skunk? and …