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HONG KONG: CASBAA has formally unveiled the association’s rebranding, rolling out a revamped logo, refreshed tagline and a new mission statement. “With our new look, tagline and mission statement, supported by dynamic animation and flexible web tools, we have redefined …

LONDON: Food Network continues its international expansion with a new launch on MultiChoice in Africa, available to 3 million subscribers. The 24-hour service joins the DStv Premium and DStv Compact bouquets. The channel will feature prime-time hits such as Iron …

MUNICH: SevenOne Internatinal’s hit format Benidorm Bastards is headed to Korea on tvN, set for a December 4 debut. The show will air under the local title JeulGeoUn In Seng, which translates to Happy Life or Enjoy Your Life. It …

SÃO PAULO: The Brazilian Association of Independent TV Producers (ABPI-TV) is partnering with Achilles Media for the upcoming audiovisual content market RioContentMarket, which will be held in March in Rio de Janeiro. The event will bring together some 500 content …

TORONTO: The Comedy Network of Canada has ordered the half-hour comedy Picnicface, from the sketch troupe of the same name and produced by Breakthrough Entertainment. Principal photography will begin in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in spring 2011 for 13 episodes. Kids …

STOCKHOLM: BE-TV in Colombia is producing a second season of Strix Television’s The Farm for Canal Caracol. The show began airing on November 30 in prime time on Canal Caracol, where it is hosted by model Natalia Paris and actor …

NORTH BERGEN: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has tapped SkyZone Entertainment for the release of the new Hole in the Wall mobile game, which is headed to the iOS, BREW and J2ME platforms, with Android soon to follow. Hole in the Wall, …

VIENNA: The new Universum two-parter Zambezi: The Thunderous River is to be co-produced by ORF, the Graz film production company ScienceVision, NDR Naturfilm, WDR, ARTE, National Geographic Channel U.S. and National Geographic Channels International under the leadership of Michael Schlamberger. …

TORONTO: Wizard Hat Productions, the new family entertainment company set up by Pam Slavin, Toni Stevens and Bill Fox, is in the works on a CGI-animated series based on the award-winning Grim Hill books. The popular five-book series follows as …

DALLAS: In the U.S., 3 million households are planning to purchase an Internet-connected TV during the 2010 holiday shopping season, the international market research firm Parks Associates reports. Nearly 25 percent of U.S. broadband households already own at lease one …