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TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has started principal photography on Single White Spenny, a new original comedy starring Kenny vs. Spenny‘s Spencer Rice that is set to air on Showcase in spring 2011. Filming began yesterday and runs until December 15 in …

As the executive VP of program acquisitions and sales at RTL Television, Dirk Schweitzer and his team acquire programming for RTL Television and the digital channels RTL Living, Passion and RTL Crime. Sister companies VOX, n-tv, SuperRTL and RTL2 have …

TORONTO: The 25th annual Gemini Awards concluded with a broadcast gala, hosted by Glee‘s Cory Monteith, where a total of 19 awards were presented, with The Tudors taking home best drama and Less Than Kind named best comedy. The award …

TOKYO: The one-off drama Goldfish from NHK is to air on Sveriges Television (SVT) of Sweden, through a deal signed by NHK Enterprises. Goldfish tells the story of a bond formed between two lonely people. Murata is a gruff, eccentric …

BARCELONA: A number of animated shows from Imira Entertainment’s catalogue are headed to broadcasters across Asia, along with titles from its third-party slate. MediaCorp TV12 went for Saari for Singapore, while free-TV broadcaster ABC-TV5 picked up three Imira-produced shows—Vitaminix, Lola …

NEW YORK: For the ninth year in a row, World Screen has produced The International Emmy Almanac for the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The International Emmy Almanac is an annual publication that showcases the activities of the International …

SYDNEY: Sticky Pictures has started production on a second season of the short-form kids’ series The Dukes of Bröxstônia, a show that came about through a commission from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation when launching ABC3. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is …

LONDON: John Simm and Jim Broadbent are leading the cast of a new three-part drama for BBC One, Exile, created by Paul Abbott and written by Danny Brocklehurst. Exile is a psychological thriller that tells the story of prodigal redemption. It …

MUMBAI: In the run up to the launch of the premium international channels from the BIG CBS Networks in India, the company has acquired a range of films from Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) movie library. The deal will see films …

TORONTO: BuzzTaxi Communications has clinched a range of broadcast deals from its factual slate in territories such as Israel, Russia, Poland, South Africa and across Asia. The biography series At the Table With… was picked up by Ananey in Israel. …