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CANNES: The studio-based game-show format Hunch has been sold by Rive Gauche Television to Endemol in France. Created by Scott Sternberg and developed by Rive Gauche, Hunch features two contestants playing as a team who are asked a series of …

NORWALK: The international broadcast rights for the 2011 Tony Awards are available from CABLEready, which is offering advanced sales for the event’s telecast at MIPCOM.  The 2010 show drew in more than 7 million viewers on CBS in the U.S. …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency has signed an exclusive international representation deal with Greece’s Mega TV and Athens-based production house Television Enterprises, adding a further six titles to its slate.  Joining the Global Agency catalogue through this deal are The Wedding Ring, …

LOS ANGELES: American World Pictures has taken on the global distribution rights to Savages Crossing and Kill Katie Malone.  Kill Katie Malone features Dean Cain, Masiela Lusha, Stephen Colleti and and Nick Hogan. The movie follows college students who pull together their money …

LOS ANGELES: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is handling the international sales for Boutique TV and Planet Green’s Operation Wild, which will make its debut for the global market at MIPCOM.  The series follows officers of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission …

CANNES: MIP Junior wrapped up today, with a closing cocktail sponsored by the companies behind La Petit Prince, the first episode of which made its premiere at the market.  The event kicked off Saturday morning with the workshop "How to …

CANNES: With a third season launching for international buyers at MIPCOM, the hit comedy The Inbetweeners has been sold by DRG to more than 90 territories worldwide.  Season three premiered this month on Channel 4’s E4. The first two seasons …

CANNES: Deals have been closed by ITV Studios for new international treatments of its hit format Come Dine with Me.  Ireland’s TV3 has ordered 30 local episodes of Come Dine with Me, which will be produced by ITV Studios in …

NEW YORK: Paris Hilton takes the spotlight in a new untitled docu-series for Oxygen from A. Smith & Co. Productions, the company behind the hits Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares.   The project aims to show the heiress’s life beyond …

LOS ANGELES: Stephen J. Cannell, the bestselling novelist and award-winning producer whose credits included 21 Jump Street, has passed away at the age of 69. "With profound sadness, we have to announce that our dear friend and colleague, Stephen Cannell, has …