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LONDON: The fourth season of MTV’s Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory is being represented for the global market by Passion Distribution. Passion sold the previous three seasons to MTV Networks in Australia and New Zealand; Extreme Sports Channel in the U.S., Europe, …

LONDON: Sky Living HD has recommissioned Psychic Sally: On the Road, which features the U.K. psychic Sally Morgan as she travels to give clairvoyant advice to average individuals, as well as celebrities. The series is produced by ITV Studios and is in its …

LOS ANGELES: Sons of Perdition, Serving Life and Life 2.0, featured as part of the OWN Documentary Club, are to premiere in June, July and August, respectively. Sons of Perdition launches on June 2 at 9 p.m. The doc takes …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats’ With this Ring and Till Our Parents Do Us Part are being adapted by Ukraine’s STB, which committed to full seasons for each series that will be produced in-house. With this Ring is a new format …

LONDON: Seneca Productions, the production company established by director Neil Crombie and writer and broadcaster Alain de Botton, has named Joe Evans as managing director. Evans was previously the head of development at Oxford Scientific Films, where he scored commissions from …

SÃO PAULO: TV Globo Internacional saw a 30-percent growth in its premium subscribers base through DIRECTV in Latin America in March, compared to the same period last year. The largest growth of subscription base came from Argentina and Venezuela. During …

ATLANTA: Bounce TV, a new digital terrestrial network targeting African Americans, has secured distribution with Raycom Media to go out to 26 markets across the U.S. this fall. This marks the first distribution deal for the new network, which targets …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central Digital has launched The Download, a weekly online talk show hosted by comedian Jordan Rubin. The show centers on comedic targets that come from the technology and entertainment industries. Samsung is the exclusive sponsor of The …

NEW DELHI: Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has set its sights on improving the performance of its Imagine entertainment network in India, acquired in 2009, with plans to integrate the channel into its entertainment division under Sunny Saha, resulting in …

LOS ANGELES: The movie Hick, adapted from a novel by Andrea Portes, has joined the international sales catalogue of Content Film. Hick stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Eddie Redmayne, Alec Baldwin, Juliette Lewis, Rory Culkin and Ray McKinnon. Portes …