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TORONTO: CTV has extended its partnership with the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for The Juno Awards, keeping the annual music awards show on the Canadian broadcaster through 2016. CTV has been airing the Canadian music awards, …

PREMIUM: Since News Corporation began investing in the German pay-TV company Premiere, and re-branded it Sky Deutschland, the service has been adding subscribers and improving its financial performance. CEO Brian Sullivan tells World Screen how German consumers had not been …

LONDON: National Geographic Ventures International (NGVI) has partnered with factual production outfit Touch Productions to set up Dizzy Earth, which makes its official debut at MIPTV with a slate of factual-entertainment formats. The joint venture aims to create and exploit …

TORONTO: The hit original drama Rookie Blue returns for a second season this summer on Global, alongside the all-new series The Hot Zone. Rookie Blue had the most watched inaugural season of any scripted Canadian drama in two decades. The …

MUNICH: There are a variety of programming genres that SevenOne International will be presenting in Cannes, including, among others, TV event movies. The TV event William & Kate, commissioned by Lifetime Movie Network, portrays the real-life romance of Prince William …

BURBANK: Wipeout, 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show and Expedition Impossible are among the shows slated for ABC’s 2011 summer grid. On June 16, Wipeout launches with a sneak-peek episode at 8 p.m., followed by the series premiere of …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) Television has notched up a slew of slots for its doc, drama and comedy series, including signing up TVNZ, TV Norge, Danish Broadcasting and RTE for The Walking Dead. The new European deals on the AMC/FIC co-production …

STRASBOURG: The number of high-definition channels operating in the European Union rose to 414 by the end of 2010, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory, out of a total 9,893 networks available across the continent. Sports is the dominant genre …

LONDON: BBC One has given the go-ahead to season three of Tonight’s The Night and season two of Secret Fortune for broadcast in a Saturday night prime-time slot later this year. BBC Entertainment has recommissioned both shows, which will be …

NEW YORK: A trio of new real-life series lead off AETN International’s MIPTV slate, which also has a lineup of movies, documentaries and entertainment fare to offer. Topping the list is Beyond Scared Straight, which profiles modern-day youth-offender programs that …