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LONDON: Endemol Worldwide Brands and digital gaming specialist Visiware have signed a deal for The Money Drop, making it the first ever game show to be internationally sold incorporating a suite of built-in digital game extensions. The games can be …

MONTREAL: Principal photography is under way on the new Incendo thriller Stealing Paradise, starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Graham Abbey. Stealing Paradise is to air in Canada in 2011 on The Movie Network, Movie Central and Super Écran. The story …

LONDON: The new documentary Take That: Look Back, Don’t Stare, which follows the reunion of the former band mates, is to air on ITV1 in November, ahead of the planned December 6 release of the full-length DVD. Pulse gained access …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation’s Xfinity platform is offering up online access to some 150,000 videos—including hit TV series, blockbuster movies, independent features and more—to its digital cable customers at no extra charge. The slate includes episodic TV, Hollywood and indie movies, kids’ …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks—Asia has secured a deal with Media Resource Management (MRM) and Mass Communications Organization of Thailand (MCOT) to bring the youth entertainment service Animax to all TrueVisions pay-TV subscribers in Thailand. The anime network launches on TrueVisisions on …

NEW YORK: Anita Stewart is to become the new senior VP of corporate partnerships at Sesame Workshop. Stewart joined the company in 2003 and is responsible for developing and securing strategic corporate alliances and sponsorship programs for Sesame Workshop’s signature …

HONG KONG: Li TV International is continuing its Asian rollout with a new launch on now TV in Hong Kong. Short for Life Inspired, the channel will include a mix of Asian, North American and European programming that incorporates genres …

MUMBAI: Beginning this week, Disney Channel content in India will be accessible on mobile phones, following the signing of a deal with content aggregator Apalya TV. Apalya TV services are available on all leading mobile networks in India, including Idea, …

BURBANK: ABC has given full-season pickups to the new series Better With You and No Ordinary Family, along with ordering further episodes of Detroit 1-8-7 and returning drama Brothers & Sisters. Detroit 1-8-7 takes a look at what it’s like …

MONTREAL: Alberta Nokes is to head up development at Apartment 11 Productions, responsible for cultivating existing projects, seeking out and evaluating pitches and developing new properties. Nokes has created, written, developed, financed, executive produced and commissioned more than 500 hours …