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MUNICH: Continuing to grow its reach across Scandinavia, the hit SevenOne International format Benidorm Bastards has scored pickups in Norway and Denmark. Under the local title Bingobanden, the series will launch on TV Norway on March 9, 2011 at 9:30 …

DUBAI: Orbit Showtime Network (OSN) has slated 3D movies to air on its on-demand service across the Middle East. OSN launches this 3D push with the debut of the underwater odyssey Oceanworld 3D this month. The film takes viewers on …

ORLANDO: Pipe Dream is a new docu-reality series, debuting on January 11 on Golf Channel, that follows professional golfer Mark Burk, who found himself homeless and is working to get his life back on track. Burk knew from the age …

MUNICH: After successful airings of The Pillars of the Earth, a number of broadcasters, including Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, are on board for the Ken Follett sequel World Without End. Spain’s Cuatro, Austria’s ORF an Sky Italia are also set to air …

LONDON: Filling the newly created post of VP of programming at AETN UK is Adam MacDonald, who starts in the role in early January 2011. MacDonald will be based at the company’s West London office. He will be reporting to …

DOHA: India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has given Al Jazeera English a license to launch its 24-hour news and current-affairs network in the country. The channel has been given the go-ahead to downlink its feed in India, following a …

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz Entertainment has given a ten-episode order to Magic City, a new series from Mitch Glazer that is set in a Miami hotel in the early 1960s. Written and produced by Glazer and exec-produced by Geyer Kosinski and Tony To, …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has sold its drama series City of Men and Internal Affairs to Poland’s Polcast Television for launch on Tele 5 at the beginning of 2011. City of Men is a spin-off of the Academy Award-nominated City …

BUENOS AIRES: TF1 Productions has shot two pilots for a French version of the Telefe International game show Just in Time. The TF1 pilots, called Apres L’heure c’est plus l’heur, were shot last month on a 1,100-meter set using nine cameras. Another …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has secured sales across Asia on nearly 2,000 hours of programming covering FremantleMedia productions and third-party titles. More than 500 hours of programming was sold across the Philippines. Solar Entertainment Group took on 100 hours of …