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WASHINGTON D.C./NEW YORK: The two-year-old online documentary portal SnagFilms is set to roll out VOD packages on pay-TV platforms Comcast and Verizon FiOS. Founded by Ted Leonsis, an award-winning doc film producer and AOL vice-chair emeritus, SnagFilms features more than 1,500 documentaries, …

JAKARTA: Endemol has clinched its first deal with Indonesian broadcaster P.T. Indosiar Visual Mandiri (IVM), which has signed up for 52 episodes of the game-show format 1 vs. 100. The Indonesian version, 1 LAWAN 100 (Satu Lawan Seratus), will air …

SYDNEY: Dance Academy, a live-action kids’ drama represented worldwide by ZDF Enterprises, has been renewed for a second season on ABC1 and ABC3. Production on the new 26×30-minute episodes will begin in Sydney at the end of January 2011. Joanna Werner …

SÃO PAULO: Honduran broadcaster Channel 11 has picked up the rights to the telenovela Paradise City from Globo TV International. The network is slated to launch the show at the beginning of 2011. Channel 11’s sister network, Channel 12, has …

BURBANK: The preschool series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is getting a fourth season, consisting of 13 episodes and nine extended specials, for broadcast on Disney Junior, The Walt Disney Company’s new television and online brand. Season three of the popular series …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network is beefing up its game-show lineup, ordering ten episodes of Hole in the Wall from FremantleMedia North America. Casting is currently underway for the new U.S. version of the Japanese-originated format, which was previously adapted stateside by FOX. …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has granted Eurosport the rights to air the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in the U.K. and across Europe. Eurosport has secured the on-air and online rights to the event, which features the top Twenty20 teams from …

NEW YORK/LONDON: In partnership with ContentFilm International, Babelgum will showcase 10 feature-length docs by British filmmaker Nick Broomfield on its online and mobile platforms, including Kurt & Courtney and Biggie and Tupac. Other titles include Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam, Fetishes, Chicken …

TORONTO: Portfolio International has announced deals in Israel, Asia and the U.K. for titles from its lifestyle and factual catalogue, including Chef Abroad and Campus Vets. The 26×30-minute Campus Vets is headed to Discovery U.K., while Chef Abroad was purchased …

BARCELONA: Spanish broadcaster TVE is joining Imira Entertainment and Enne Entertainment Studios as a co-production partner on the new 3-D series Escape Hockey. The shows is being represented worldwide by Imira, will will be seeking presales and further co-production partners …