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NEW YORK: A&E Television Networks (AETN) has placed new programming heads for its three flagship brands, with Rob Sharenow leading Lifetime, David McKillop in charge of A&E and Dirk Hoogstra responsible for HISTORY. Sharebow has been serving as senior VP …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has secured a second-season pickup for its docu-series Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back from UKTV’s Watch, and will be launching the new season at MIPTV. The series, which comes from Daisybeck Productions in association with Passion, …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has appointed Augustus Dulgaro to the newly created position of senior VP for the Asia Pacific.   Dulgaro has been ITV’s senior VP of sales for Australia, New Zealand and Japan since joining the company in …

PREMIUM: Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corporation, talks to World Screen about the programming strategies that have made CBS the most-watched network among all viewers in the U.S. for seven out of the last eight seasons. This …

LONDON/HONG KONG: Endemol has scored its first Indonesian commission for its reality-TV hit Big Brother. The new commission comes from broadcaster Trans TV, which will produce a local version of Big Brother in house. The reality series is set to …

LONDON: Two factual entertainment series featuring James May of Top Gear have been picked up by broadcasters around the world, from Hat Trick International (HTI). The 6×1-hour series James May’s Toy Stories, which features May taking on engineering feats using …

BARCELONA: In a move to expand into the live-action arena, Imira Entertainment has inked a deal to co-produce two new series with Italy’s Brave Film. A new live-action version of Imira’s hit animated series Lola & Virginia, which sold in …

BURBANK: Disney unveiled an unprecedented amount of new programming during its upfront presentation, with expanded development to deliver more series and movies for Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior. A total of 13 new original series are slated, part …

MUNICH/LONDON: The bestselling adventure thriller Labyrinth by Kate Mosse has been optioned by Scott Free and Tandem Communications to adapt into a four-hour event mini-series of the same name. Labyrinth will start shooting in the South of France in fall …

NORWALK: CABLEready and Re: Source Media have teamed up in an effort to assist fundraising for Japan’s earthquake and tsunami victims with the hour-long special Through the Eye of the Storm: A Celebration of Japan, which is being offered free …