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OTTAWA: Amberwood Entertainment’s The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is to be broadcast across Asia on five separate Cartoon Network feeds, via a multi-territory deal with Turner Entertainment Networks Asia. The 104×11-minute series has been licensed to more than 135 …

LONDON: CBBC has picked up the U.K. broadcast rights to the animated series Pet Squad from Darrall Macqueen. The series is a three-way co-production between Darrall Macqueen, Malaysia’s Inspidea and Canada’s March Entertainment. Pet Squad is created by writer and …

NEW YORK: Debmar-Mercury has filled the newly created role of senior VP of programming and production, with Alexandra Jewett to join the team. Jewett is responsible for overseeing all Debmar-Mercury programming originating from the East Coast, including The Wendy Williams …

LONDON: The game show Cash Cab, from the ALL3MEDIA International catalogue, has landed an order from Jamaica’s Real Jam, bringing the total number of episodes now commissioned around the world to more than 4,500. Cash Cab is reaching its 100th …

TORONTO: The second installment of the tween reality series Survive This has already been sold by 9 Story Entertainment to a number of international broadcasters. Season two has been picked up by Noga in Israel, SVT in Sweden, VRAK in …

PARIS: MIPCOM’s Spotlight on Australia will open with a keynote address on October 5 from film director and screenwriter Gregor Jordan, presenting the global launch of the transmedia project Smashcut. Smashcut is co-produced by Jordan and The Project Factory. "Smashcut.com …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Films is expanding into non-fiction production with the launch of Shaftesbury Factual, which will be led by Rachel Low. Low will oversee all aspects of development and production for the division in the newly created role of VP …

LOS ANGELES: Syfy and NBC’s Peacock Productions have signed a deal with country-music star Billy Ray Cyrus to develop a weekly reality series, UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious, which will feature Cyrus and his 21-year-old son investigating unexplained paranormal phenomena. Each …

LONDON: Classic Media has secured the global distribution and licensing and merchandising rights for the new live-action tween series Life with Boys, from Michael Poryes, the co-creator and executive producer of Hannah Montana and That’s So Raven. The series is …

NEW YORK: TV Kids has relaunched its online destination TVKids.ws as a stand-alone, state-of-the-art website dedicated exclusively to news, video, features, interviews and profiles about the children’s content and licensing business. To visit the new TVKids.ws, please click here. TVKids.ws …