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TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has scored a deal with Norway’s TV2 to launch Comedians at Work on the network this spring. Comedians at Work features comedians performing real jobs for a day, and then returning to the studio for a …

EL SEGUNDO: The documentary Waiting for Superman is now available on the DIRECTV CINEMA platform, coinciding day and date with its DVD release. Waiting for Superman chronicles the state of public education through the stories of a set of families …

LONDON/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE: ITV Studios and Active TV have come together under the banner ITV Studios Asia to produce formats across Asia. The companies will work with broadcasters in the region to land commissions for ITV Studios’ new and existing formats. Active TV …

LONDON: BBC Showcase UK has found a new home for its 2012 event, at the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool (ACC Liverpool). BBC Worldwide’s annual event is currently held in Brighton. The move to ACC Liverpool follows on a detailed bidding …

LONDON: EMI Music Publishing has been appointed to handle Endemol’s music library and related music rights worldwide, including the themes from some of its biggest properties, such as Big Brother, Wipeout, The Money Drop and Deal or No Deal. EMI …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation’s fourth-quarter revenues increased by 7 percent to $9.7 billion, delivering a net profit of $1.02 billion, up from $955 million in the year-ago period. For the full year, meanwhile, revenues were up 6.1 percent to $37.9 billion, …

NEW YORK: The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has signed up FX, IFC and MTV as development partners for the 2011 event, kicking off this year’s independent pilot competition. The NYTVF pilot competition accepts submissions across all TV genres, including …

ST. JOHN’S: Canada’s Best Boy Entertainment has established separate interactive and international content divisions with the creation of Best Boy Media and Best Boy International, respectively. Best Boy International (BBI) will market Best Boy products to broadcasters on the global …

NEW YORK: A new PwC report reveals that consumers who admit to pirating content are willing to pay for programming if they can access it closer to the original release date, but don’t want to spend more than $3 to download …

With its signature opening featuring a huge crashing wave and an unforgettable theme song, Hawaii Five-O premiered on CBS in 1968 and quickly became a hit. The series, which ran 12 years, told the crime-solving stories of a special state …