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LONDON: Universal Networks International has acquired Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods from CBS Studios International for broadcast on Universal Channel in Poland this month. Other key acquisitions rolling out on UNI channels in Central and Eastern Europe this winter include a …

NORWALK: CABLEready will be at NATPE with 400 new hours of programming, along with three existing series that are now available in HD. New content includes Rescue Helicopter, which follows the missions of three medical helicopters and the Helicopters of …

LOS ANGELES: Rosie O’Donnell has become a collaborator on the OWN Documentary Film Club, taking part in the selection of movies and hosting specials following on-air premieres. OWN will air a one-hour special hosted by O’Donnell following the world TV …

LOS ANGELES: Liz Dolan is taking on the newly created post of chief marketing officer for Fox International Channels (FIC). Dolan, who most recently served as chief marketing officer for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and spent dearly a decade in …

LOS ANGELES: Expanding its "Characters Welcome" brand, USA Network has announced the pickup of two new scripted originals: A Legal Mind and Necessary Roughness. The two shows will premiere with 90-minute episodes, followed by 11 one-hour episodes. A Legal Mind stars Patrick …

LONDON: Amanda Wilson and Elliot Johnson, former ITV Studios and Avalon executives, have formed the new indie production company Sharp Jack Media, specializing in entertainment, factual entertainment and quiz formats. The two will be joint managing directors of the U.K.-based …

MIAMI: The Nickelodeon Latin America original telenovela Grachi has scored slots on a number of broadcasters across the region courtesy of Comarex. The 75×1-hour show, penned by Mariela Romero (Isa TKM), focuses on a girl who comes to grips with …

LONDON/MIAMI: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has secured a slew of deals with broadcasters in Latin America, with more than 170 hours of programming across multiple genres set to air throughout the region. Brazil’s Globosat opted for a package that included …

SINGAPORE: Mr. Moon, a Singapore-U.K.-Canada co-production distributed by Sparky Animation, Bejuba! Entertainment and Small Screen Distribution, has shored up a slot on ABC in Australia. The Australian broadcaster will debut the 52×11-minute preschool animation this year. The show has already launched on …

LOS ANGELES: E! Entertainment Television has secured the exclusive rights to all reality series development from Virgin Produced, the production arm of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The multi-year first-look development deal gives E! access to Virgin Produced unscripted series. …