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LONDON: Shine TV has been commissioned by BBC One to produce the one-off Bang Goes the Winter Weather (working title), a complement to BBC One’s Bang Goes the Theory series. Bang Goes the Winter Weather, which will be anchored by …

PARIS: Vivendi posted a 4.4-percent rise in its 2010 profit, with revenues up 6.4 percent to 28.9 billion euros ($40 billion). EBITA was up 6.2 percent, to 5.7 billion euros ($7.9 billion). This increase was driven by the performance of …

CULVER CITY: 3net, a recently launched joint-venture channel from Sony, Discovery and IMAX, has scheduled a month-long programming event, 3net 3Day Weekends, to start March 4, featuring world premiere originals, series debuts and exclusive programs. The 24-hour 3D channel will roll …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has secured several pickups from Italian broadcasters from its factual, drama and lifestyle catalogues. Public broadcaster Rai has acquired the three-part documentary Opera Italia, featuring conductor Antonio Pappano as he survey’s Italian opera history. Rai also picked …

BURBANK: The new season of Dancing with the Stars, which returns to ABC on March 21, will feature a fresh roster of 11 celebrity competitors, including actress Kirstie Alley, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and talk-show host Wendy Williams. Hosts …

PREMIUM: Jay Stuart spotlights one of the best-kept secrets in the U.K. television market: CSC Media Group, a young company which has almost 15 percent of the children’s viewing market with four fast-growing kids’ channels. CSC stands for Chart Show …

BURBANK: ABC’s broadcast of the 83rd annual Academy Awards ranks as TV’s most-watched entertainment telecast of the last year, and drew its second-largest audience since 2007. Sunday’s broadcast attracted an average audience of 37.6 million total viewers and posted an …

LONDON: Tiger Aspect has started production on Mount Pleasant, an eight-part comedy-drama commissioned by Sky 1 HD. Mount Pleasant, which comes from Shameless writer Sarah Hooper, follows the day-to-day life of a married woman living in Manchester. On top of …

DUBAI: Fox International Channels (FIC) is revamping its Fox Series channel into a new 100-percent Arabic general-entertainment network geared toward women. The new channel will be called FOX and will feature content available in dual audio (Arabic and English). The …

LOS ANGELES: The freshman hits Shameless and Episodes have both received orders for second seasons from Showtime. Shameless, which stars William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum, is an hour-long family drama. From John Wells and Paul Abbott, the series is based …