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SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI: Singapore’s MyChinaChannel is teaming with China’s Shanghai MediaGroup (SMG) for an adaptation of the MediaCorp drama series Little Nyonya. QianJin is the name of the Chinese adaptation of MediaCorp’s Channel 8 drama. It is being produced as a co-venture …

LONDON: The next season of BBC One’s Doctor Who will be split into two separate parts in 2011, with seven episodes airing in the spring and another six in the fall. Writer Steven Moffat requested the split transmission in order to …

SINGAPORE: ESPN has reached a deal with ESPN STAR Sports that brings the Airtel Champions League T20 Cricket (ACLT20) tournament, taking place in South Africa next month, to its Caribbean feed. The three-year deal covers the exclusive Caribbean television, internet and …

TOKYO: Shigeo Numakura has been appointed senior VP and managing director of MTV Networks Japan, overseeing MTV, Nickelodeon, program sales and other businesses in the territory. Effective September 1, Numakura will be responsible for overseeing management of all of MTV Networks …

NEW YORK: Newcomer Modern Family took home the statuette for outstanding comedy series at last night’s Primetime Emmy Awards, while Mad Men scored its third consecutive win for best drama. Overall, HBO took home 25 Emmys in total, the most …

NEW YORK: U.S. health and wellness network Veria has ordered a second season of 13 episodes of its reality series The Incurables. The series follows patients who became advocates of a natural, healthy lifestyle after overcoming crippling illnesses or life-threatening diseases. …

MUNICH: Australia’s Seven Network will launch its own version of SevenOne International’s Beat your Host! next week in a 7:30 p.m. slot. Beat the Star will pit an average Australian family against a famous star from the world of sports …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has closed its first deal on Sound & Fury, licensing the mini-series from Fernando Meirelles to SVT in Sweden. The dramedy, a partnership between TV Globo and Meirelles’ O2 Filmes, will air on STV2. It goes behind the …

LOS ANGELES: Mike Eisner, formerly at WME Entertainment/William Morris Agency, has been named senior VP of legal and business affairs at Hasbro Studios “Throughout the years, Mike has established a tremendous record of success in every facet of transactional development, production and …

SYDNEY/TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: A group of multiplatform and transmedia creators have joined forces to create StoryLabs, an organization for the education and mentoring of storytellers. StoryLabs will consist of digital producers, games creators, TV and film writers and producers, social media …