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BURBANK: Wipeout, a competition series that features the world’s largest extreme obstacle course, has been picked up for a fourth season by ABC. Hosts John Anderson, John Henson and co-host Jill Wagner return for the new season. The latest U.S. …

NEW YORK: Four series from AETN International’s catalogue are headed to Channel Seven in Australia: Pawn Stars, Life After People, WWII Lost Films and Parking Wars. Channel Seven also picked up the format rights for Pawn Stars. The deal was …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast has released the results of its second annual “TV Pulse Survey,” indicating 62 percent of consumers have watched prime-time TV series through technologies that include VOD, DVR and the Internet. "Time-shifting has hit the mainstream and is changing …

NEW YORK: The Vanilla Ice Project is a new series for DIY Network that focuses on the eponymous singer’s passion for home renovation. Vanilla Ice rose to fame with his hit Ice, Ice Baby. He has now turned his focus on …

NEW YORK: The Peanuts animated holiday specials, including the iconic A Charlie Brown Christmas, will continue to air on ABC, via a new five-year deal. The specials are owned by Peanuts Worldwide, the newly formed joint venture between Iconix Brand Group …

TORONTO: A range of lifestyle programming, totaling more than 100 hours, from Portfolio International has been picked up by Ares Media for its newly launched Turkish satellite service Karamel TV. The deal includes Chef At Home, featuring Michael Smith; It’s …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) was presented with the award for best short documentary film in anthropology for Written in the Wind at the Jade Kunlun Awards during the World Mountain Documentary Festival in Qinghai, China. The festival, dedicated …

ENGLEWOOD: The 3 from EPIX is a new movie channel, showcasing popular films from the ’70s to present day, which is set to join satellite platform DISH Network’s lineup. Culled from the libraries of premium movie service EPIX’s parent companies—Paramount, …

LOS ANGELES: Syd Vinnedge has teamed up with Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood to create Pop Monkey Productions, which has already secured a development deal with ITV Studios. Vinnedge is a 35 year veteran of the TV industry. He most recently served …

NEW YORK: Revenues at 4Kids Entertainment in the second quarter dropped from $3.6 million to $2.5 million, the company announced today, while its net loss also fell, from $13.8 million a year ago to $6.5 million. The reduction in the net …