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KUALA LUMPUR: A new five-year agreement sees Total Sports Asia producing and distributing an exclusive TV magazine show on the Saudi Professional Football League. The program will showcase SPL action outside of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, bringing increased …

LONDON: UKTV is rolling out the HD versions of its channels Good Food and Eden, which launch in the third and fourth quarter of this year, respectively. Good Food HD will be available August 31 and will simulcast from 5 a.m. …

BEVERLY HILLS: MTV has expanded its slate of scripted programming for 2011, with additions such as Skins and Teen Wolf. Production on 12 hour-long episodes of Teen Wolf will start in October. The series is a co-production with MGM. From the …

LONDON: Emmanuelle Namiech is to take on the role of senior VP of content and development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Asia Pacific, for FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). Namiech is responsible for sourcing, developing and acquiring …

SILVER SPRING: This fall, Discovery Channel will present the latest landmark TV event from renowned natural scientist Sir David Attenborough, First Life. First Life will blend state of the art CGI with real footage to document how nature’s first animals …

LOS ANGELES: HBO has lined up a slate of TV movies and mini-series for 2011, including TheSunsetLimited, based on the Cormac McCarthy play and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel Jackson. Directed and executive produced by Jones from a script by …

TORONTO: The fall lineup of TVOKids kicks off on September 6 with a slate that includes The Jungle Book, Rob the Robot and Mr. Moon. Gisèle’s Big Backyard, TVOKids’ early-learning block for kids aged 2 to 6, kicks off with …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery’s new series Hardcover Mysteries features best-selling authors discussing real-life cases of criminal acts that inspired one of their works or resonates with them personally. The eight-episode series launches October 11 at 9 p.m. on Investigation Discovery. …

NEW YORK: Brigid Brannagh and Sean Patrick Flanery lead the cast of Mystery Girl, a Hallmark Channel original movie to premiere in 2011. The movie centers on Ben (Flanery, Citizen Jane), who e-mails a beautiful mystery girl (Christine Scott Bennett, …

NEW YORK: The April/MIPTV edition of World Screen has been named the best-printed trade magazine by the Gold Ink Awards, the most prestigious awards ceremony for the printing industry. World Screen, printed by Fry Communications, was given the Gold Award …