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LOS ANGELES: Marking an aggressive move into the social gaming space, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Playdom for $563.2 million. The deal will allow Disney to bring its characters into the world of online social gaming, one …

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca posted a record high of Ps.2.9 billion ($228.9 million) in sales for the second quarter, driven by advertising demand from the World Cup and other soccer-related programming. "Our attractive programming grids generated once again a solid …

LONDON: FX UK has picked up the brand-new legal drama The Defenders, starring Jim Belushi and Jerry O’Connell, from CBS Studios International. The series is set to debut this fall on CBS, and will launch in the U.K. on FX …

NEW YORK: In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the hit series Dora the Explorer, Nickelodeon has slated an hour-long prime-time TV movie, Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure, along with a specially commissioned Dora documentary. Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure will air …

LONDON: National Geographic Television International and Rai 2 have signed a co-production agreement to partner on three new specials for the Italian channel’s prime-time documentary lineup, Voyager. The hour-long programs included in the deal are Machu Picchu Decoded, Gallipoli’s Deep …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has struck a deal for Redseven Entertainment’s weekly game show My Man Can to head to China, where it will air on free TV. The show watches as four women gamble with the abilities their partners possess. …

NEW YORK: Beverly Hills, 90210 alum Luke Perry and Jason Priestley will reunite for the Hallmark Movie Channel original Goodnight For Justice, slated to premiere in 2011. Perry is an executive producer and also stars in the original movie. Priestley …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency has licensed the hit telenovela 1001 Nights into Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. 1001 Nights heads to Mreza Plus in Bosnia-Herzegovina and RTL in Croatia. The show will launch in both territories in mid-September. In its native Turkey, 1001 …

TORONTO: CosmoTV has a range of new original series, including StyleOgraphy, along with reality shows like Kell on Earth and Fly Girls, for its fall lineup. A fourth season of Oh So Cosmo kicks off on September 8. The half-hour …

LONDON: The sports and action-entertainment brands Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bullrun and Real Madrid TV are headed to a range of new international broadcasters through deals signed by RDA TV. RDA TV has recently signed …