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SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has sold all three seasons of the panel show The Gruen Transfer to MediaWorks TV to air on TV3 of New Zealand. The series looks at how advertising works and how it works on the public, working …

LONDON: BBC Earth has teamed up with Global Experience Solutions to create a new museum exhibition that will feature select content from BBC productions such as Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Life. The exhibit, BBC Earth Explorers, will make a five-year tour across …

NEW DELHI: Alva Brothers Entertainment has unveiled the Real Lifestyle Network, which will encompass a bouquet of lifestyle channels dedicated to the Indian market. The first offering is FOOD first, to launch in early 2011 as India’s first and only …

LONDON: Optomen International has notched up a number of deals on Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas, with broadcasters in the U.S., Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia all signing up for the show. The two-part special has been picked …

WEST HOLLYWOOD: The car makeover series Fine Tuned is headed to more than 30 countries via new deals notched up by Shankley International Distribution. Discovery signed a pan-Asian deal to bring the 6×52-minute series to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and …

LONDON: KidsCo programming is to become available 24-hours a day, seven days a week on Vodafone’s kids IPTV package in Germany. KidsCo has an existing partnership with Vodafone Portugal, but this new deal brings a mix of original productions, first-run …

HOLLYWOOD: Glee racked up the most nominations in the television categories for this year’s Golden Globe Awards, followed by an eight-way tie for second between contenders such as Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Dexter, The Good Wife, Mad Men and Modern …

Channel 5’s Jeff Ford   After being part of the RTL Group for years, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited in the U.K. was purchased by Northern & Shell in August 2010. A major British publishing company, owned by Richard Desmond, whose …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC is bringing together reality show pioneers John de Mol and Mark Burnett with Warner Horizon Television to launch a new singing competition for the U.S. market that is based on a popular Dutch format. Tentatively titled The Voice …

LOS ANGELES: The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is urging the Department of Commerce and other government agencies to take stronger action in the battle against online piracy, which it says has put future productions at risk by harming independents’ …