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CANNES: Egypt’s ERTU has picked up the TTT Entertainment format TXTC from Sony Pictures Television’s 2waytraffic, with a local version to be produced by TVision.  TXTC, an interactive game show targeted at teenagers and under-25s, has aired in more than ten countries, including Estonia, …

CANNES: Journeyman Pictures, a U.K.-based distributor, is offering the international market a documentary special about the Libyan civil war, called Benghazi Stories. Adding to the company’s doc slate are the HD titles Sequestro and Broken Moon. "Sequestro is the most …

CANNES: My Strange Addiction and Scare Tactics are among the shows Rive Gauche Television has signed new broadcast deals on. My Strange Addiction was picked up by TV2 Norway and TV4 Sweden. Scare Tactics went to France’s Planète. Also securing …

LONDON: The format Coming Soon: Love, which launched on Keshet earlier this year, has been added to Endemol’s catalogue for international productions outside of Israel.  The show launched on the Israeli broadcaster on January 1 and has been a hit …

BETHPAGE: Cablevision Systems Corp.’s new Optimum App allows subscribers to access the company’s digital cable service—including hundreds of channels, plus VOD—on an iPad in the home. Cablevision says that the app delivers the "full cable television experience" to the iPad, …

LISBON: Portuguese broadcaster RTP has picked up the rights to seven tween-targeted TV movies produced by Dolphin Entertainment, including Nickelodeon’s Shredderman Rules. The movies were acquired from Elastic Rights, which manages the rights for the Dolphin films in Spain, Portugal, Italy, …

LONDON: Mind Candy, the outfit behind the hit Moshi Monsters online game, is in Cannes to showcase the new online kids’ platform Moshi TV, which is home to a range of VOD programming, user-generated content and third-party productions.  CEO Michael …

UNTERFÖHRING: Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 is to get its own treatment of the John de Mol talent format The Voice Of, co-produced by Talpa and Schwarzkopff TV.  The format originated in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland in September 2010. It drew in …

CAPE TOWN: A new documentary series that follows a group of U.S. solders in Afghanistan is on offer at MIPTV from South Africa’s Waterfront Studios. The 13-part Turf Wars was filmed with the use of mini HD cameras attached to the …

CANNES: Resonant is teaming with a Spanish company to co-produce the youth telenovela La Muse (The Muse). Originated by Resonant, the show will be shot in Buenos Aires, where Resonant will oversee the creative aspects. Spain’s Elastic Rights will be …