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LONDON: DRG has secured four international production partnerships for the quiz format Sell Me the Answer, including a pickup in the U.S. In the U.S., the quiz show, in which players barter with an audience for answers in a bid …

SINGAPORE: Zinkia Entertainment’s Pocoyo character has been tapped to serve as the first official global kids’ ambassador for World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour "Beyond the Hour" environmental campaign. Pocoyo’s adventures will be used to raise environmental awareness among children. The …

LONDON: Beating analysts expectations, ITV’s full-year adjusted pre-tax profit soared from £108 million to £321 million, on revenues that were up 10 percent to £2.1 billion. "Last year we set out a comprehensive five year plan for the transformation of …

HONG KONG: Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer and DISH Network’s Charlie Ergen, plus media regulators from India and Indonesia, are among the latest additions to the speaker lineup at the Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit (APOS), organized by Media Partners Asia. APOS is …

Having carved a niche as a leading source for fact-based investigative content, Investigation Discovery (ID) currently has the fastest-growing audience in the U.S. cable landscape. The network is off to a strong start in 2011, after having scored record-breaking ratings …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has signed up Nine Network in Australia to air Impossible Pictures’ big-budget adaptation of Sinbad in 2012. The 13×45-minute series is set in the 8th century, and is a modern retelling of the classic tale of the pirate …

SYDNEY: A week since ousting Grant Blackley, Ten Network has appointed a new CEO, James Warburton, who joins the broadcaster from rival Seven Media Group. Lachlan Murdoch was named acting CEO while Ten searched for a new chief. Warburton takes on …

LOS ANGELES: TV Land’s original sitcom Hot in Cleveland is scheduled for a third season, with 22 new episodes to begin shooting this summer. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, Hot in Cleveland features three friends who make …

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: German media company m4e has secured a deal with Japan’s Toei Animation for select rights to the Sailor Moon brand. m4e will handle free- and pay-TV rights, as well as home entertainment, licensing and merchandising in the German-speaking territories. …

NEW YORK: Verizon and MTV Networks have entered into a partnership that brings customers of the FiOS TV service unlimited online access to popular programming from MTV, with plans to extend the offering to Comedy Central and Nickelodeon content soon. Hits …