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TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has added more than 400 half-hours of programming to its catalogue from Pyramid Productions’ slate of lifestyle, factual and documentary titles. The deal includes Hollywood’s 10 Best, which features exclusive interviews with actors, directors and writers; Hollywood’s …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has landed broadcasting deals for I Could Do That! to air on Discovery Turbo in the U.K. and Discovery Channel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The 13×30-minute series gives everyday people the chance to take …

NEW YORK: A host of brand-new original series are headed to the Cooking Channel lineup this fall, to feature culinary talents such as Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay. Fall premieres include My Life in Food, launching September 10, from executive …

NEW YORK: Weeknights from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., back-to-back episodes of the family sitcom My Wife and Kids will be featured in the lineup of Nick at Nite, which picked up the complete 123-episode library to launch as of …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has signed up Off Road to produce a collection of footwear based on the animated property The Jungle Book. Off Road has picked up the rights to manufacture footwear for The Jungle Book such as indoor slippers, …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International’s documentary strand GloboDOC heads to China for a 13-episode on the SAGA event block, owned by the LIC Group. The documentary series showcases the Brazilian flora and fauna. The first titles to be aired are …

LONDON: The UKTV entertainment channel Watch has picked up from Outright Distribution the U.S. and Australian versions of World’s Strictest Parents. World’s Strictest Parents US and World’s Strictest Parents Australia will be complemented on air by the acquisition of the British …

LONDON: 4Kids Entertainment’s Dinosaur King, which is set to launch in its second season in the U.K. on GMTV on November 1, has five new licensees on board. Signature Publishing has joined Harper Collins as part of the U.K. publishing …

BURBANK: Jennifer Aniston will be reunited with her Friends co-star Courteney Cox on the second season premiere of ABC’s Cougar Town. Cox leads the cast of Cougar Town, alongside Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Josh Hopkins, Ian Gomez and …

LOS ANGELES: Gary MacKinney, the VP of sales and distribution at Rive Gauche Television, has been given an expanded role under the company’s recent corporate re-structuring. MacKinney will now be handling new sales assignments in key international territories for Rive …