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LOS ANGELES: A new untitled VH1 reality series will follow Mario Lopez and his girlfriend Courtney Mazza as they prepare for the birth of their first child. The 8×30-minute series, set for a fall debut, will follow as Lopez leans …

LONDON: Andrew Davenport, the creator, writer and composer of the popular children’s show In the Night Garden and co-creator and writer of the global hit Teletubbies, has been slated as a keynote speaker for this year’s Brand Licensing Europe. Teletubbies …

MONTGOMERY/LOS ANGELES: America Today is a new weekly hour-long lifestyle series from ITV Studios that will air on Raycom Media’s local TV stations across the U.S. beginning this fall. The initial order from Raycom is for 52 hour-long episodes, with a launch date …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A host of pay-TV operators, including Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and DIRECTV, together with several consumer groups, have formed a coalition to battle against broadcaster blackouts during retransmission fee disputes. The American Television Alliance (ATVA) consists of …

SYDNEY/LONDON: Don’t Stop Believing, a new entertainment series produced Shine and GroupM for Five in the U.K., is to be adapted in Australia for Network Ten. Don’t Stop Believing, created by Five controller Richard Woolfe, premieres in the U.K. this Sunday …

LONDON: Endemol has secured new agreements for its global format 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow, which has deals in place in the U.K., Brazil, Turkey and the U.S. Endemol Germany has been commissioned to produce a 90-minute prime-time special …

LOS ANGELES: The 12-hour drama series Titanic: The Untold Story of How it All Began is a new project from The DeAngelis Group (DAP) in association with RAI, The Fremantle Corporation, Future Films UK, Play Productions France, the Irish Film Authority …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Babelgum has signed comedian Michael Showalter to an exclusive partnership for a new four-part series, Michael Showalter presents the Making Of. The series will look at how some of the most popular TV commercials were created, spotlighting behind-the-scenes …

LOS ANGELES: HBO has picked up the drama series Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman and exec-produced by David Milch and Michael Mann. The show is set in the world of horse racing, focusing on the owners, gamblers, jockeys and other gaming industry players. …

TORONTO: Production is under way on 13 new episodes of the live-action comedy series Wingin’ It, following a successful first run on Family Channel. The series, produced by Temple Street Productions, follows an unlikely teenage odd couple of an angel-in-training …