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CANNES: CBBC has picked up the rights to air 26 half-hour episodes of Prank Patrol Australia from MarVista Entertainment, following the success of its own version of the kids’ format. Season one of the show is currently airing on ABC 3 …

SCOTTSDALE: Shipments of 3D TV sets will approach 50 million in 2015, according to ABI Research, which notes that market growth will accelerate beginning in 2013. “The 3D TV market is moving faster than expected,” said industry analyst Michael Inouye. …

CANNES: Sarah Jessica Parker is at MIPCOM to launch the new show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). Magical Elves, the team behind the hits Top Chef and Project Runway, produces the series alongside Parker …

SANTA MONICA: Moving Pictures Film & TV has picked up the international rights to the family-friendly movie First Dog, and in a separate deal sold the rights to the second season of Moving Pictures Live in Latin America and the …

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has entered into an exclusive multi-year deal with BASE Productions for the worldwide rights, outside the U.S., to a slate of formats and series. The first series as part of the new deal is BASE’s …

LOS ANGELES: Following two seasons in Miami, the Kardashian sisters are relocating for their series Kourtney and Kim Take New York, which will launch on E! in January 2011.   The show is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bunim-Murray …

  LONDON: Channel 5 has made a number of promotions within its programming team, all of which are effective immediately.    Katie Keenan has been promoted to head of acquisitions, while Kate Barnes becomes head of digital channels. Jessica Symons …

SYDNEY: More than 27 titles, totaling some 500 hours, from the BBC Worldwide catalogue will make their way to Australian free-to-air digital channel 7TWO.  Included in the agreement are BBC comedies such as Are You Being Served?, The Good Life, …

LONDON/CANNES: Along with scoring a second season for its original series Boo & Me, KidsCo has added a number of new titles to its slate, in a deal with CCI Entertainment.  The second season of Boo & Me, done in …

CANNES: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has entered into a multi-year pact that grants the free-TV and basic-cable rights for a raft of programming to an exclusive broadcaster in Scandinavia, TV4 Group.  Marking the first time WBITD has signed a pan-regional …