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LONDON: The stars of the hit show Hot in Cleveland—Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick—will be attending MIPCOM as guests of Endemol Worldwide Distribution.  The show launched in June in the U.S. of TV Land and has become an …

BURBANK: Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution has been picked up for a second season on ABC. The new season will kick off later this year on ABC for a six-episode run. From Fresh One and Ryan Seacrest Productions, the series follows …

KUALA LUMPUR: Fox International Channels (FIC) has firmed up a carriage deal with Astro to bring Nat Geo Wild to Malaysia. The channel will feature programming in Bahasa Malaysia as the default language, with two other optional audios in English …

HONG KONG: The series Black Gold is to make its debut on truTV in Asia on September 4. Black Gold joins truTV Asia’s existing lineup of edge-of-you-set actuality programming, which also includes The Smoking Gun Presents, The Principal’s Office, Speeders …

SANTA MONICA: GSN (Game Show Network) is now represented by International Broadcast Communications (IBC), and will head to MIPCOM with a slate of game shows and formats to offer the international market. “Game shows and competition entertainment truly transcend borders,” …

PARIS: PGS Entertainment has already notched up presales on Studio Hari’s The Gees, which will receive the official launch for its first episodes at MIPCOM. The 52×3-minute CGI series has been prebought by Gulli in France, DR Denmark, SVT Sweden, …

MIAMI: The Television Nacional de Chile series Where Is Elisa?, part of the Telemundo Internacional catalogue, takes on a 5 p.m. time slot in Canada on Telelatino as of September 4. Telemundo Internacional has sold the format into numerous territories, …

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca’s hit reality show The Academy is headed back to Azteca International on September 12, but this season will celebrate the bicentenary by featuring participants from Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. To …

BURBANK: Time Warner Cable and Disney/ABC Television Group have reached an agreement that will keep such channels as ABC, ESPN and Disney on the cable platform, along with supplying a range of new content to subscribers. Time Warner Cable and …

LONDON: Consumers in the U.K. who already own a high-definition television set are twice as likely to purchase a 3D TV within the next year, according to a survey from analyst firm Strategy Analytics. Around 13 percent of HDTV owners …