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BUENOS AIRES: The Spanish-language lifestyle network Utilísima has added two new original shows to its schedule, featuring fashion expert Martín Llorens and celebrity chef Chepina Peralta. Peralta will prepare famous recipes for simple, healthy eating on Chepina in your Kitchen …

LONDON: Universal Networks International (UNI) has unveiled its next original project, the one-off drama Panic at Rock Island, which it is co-financing with Nine Network Australia. UNI will retain the worldwide pay-TV rights, excluding Australia, for the drama, and plans to …

SINGAPORE: A slate of series from NBC Universal are headed to the Universal Networks group in Asia, including Covert Affairs and the upcoming conspiracy thriller The Event. Universal Networks International has picked up the exclusive first-run basic cable and satellite rights across …

NEW YORK: Syfy is re-teaming with writer and director Nick Willing on Neverland, his original prequel to the classic Peter Pan, to air as a four-hour movie event in 2011. Neverland will be produced by Parallel Films on behalf of …

LONDON: The signing of a new multi-year deal grants ITV Studios the first-look rights to develop and produce local versions of new formats created by Babyfoot. Titles within the Scandinavian company’s portfolio include Gay Army, I Survived a Japanese Game Show …

NEW YORK: HBO has picked up the U.S. TV rights for the documentary Precious Life, directed by Israeli broadcast journalist Shlomi Eldar and produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Yoav Ze’evi. The doc tells the story of Mohammad Abu Mustaffa, a …

WARSAW/BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed an exclusive multi-year output deal to provide shows for Comedy Central Poland, including current and library titles. The network will become the studio’s exclusive comedy partner for the territory. Comedy Central …

MONTREAL: Principal photography on the thriller Exposed, Incendo’s fourth film of 2010, is to get under way September 7 in Montreal, with production on a fifth project to begin in October. Exposed features Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as the lead role, …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats’ quiz show The Bubble has been given a full-season order of 60 episodes to air on Lithuania’s Rytas TV starting September 27. The show will be produced internally and will air in the 7:30 p.m. time …

BAHRAIN: Annual advertising revenues in the Gulf states are on track to top $10 billion for the first time ever, according to the Pan Arab Research Centre (PARC), with first-half revenues reaching $5.05 billion, up 20 percent on last year. …