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LONDON: This September, Vintage TV will roll out on Sky and Freesat in the U.K., targeting viewers over 50 with programming about the music, culture, fashion and trends of the 1940s through the 1980s. Vintage TV is set for a September …

SYDNEY: BBC Worldwide Australia has licensed the six-part Luther and the 3×90-minute Strike Back to ABC TV for broadcast later this year. “Combining smart storytelling, volatile and complex characters with fast-paced action, both Luther and Strike Back are sure to make a …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery—profiled in World Screen’s Top 100 U.S. Cable & Satellite Channels report—is boosting its slate of primetime news magazines, adding shows with NBC/MSNBC legal analyst Dan Abrams and 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley.  Chasing Justice with Dan Abrams and …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has licensed the original 1967 production of The Prisoner to Arte, which will begin airing the series for its French and German audiences July 24. Four episodes of The Prisoner will be dubbed in German for …

NEW YORK: Marvel Entertainment has tapped Jeph Loeb to lead its newly created television division, where his mandate includes translating the comic-book giant’s characters and stories into animated and live-action properties for TV. As executive VP and head of television, Loeb …

HUERTH: Sony Pictures Television’s German production operation has signed up a host of new commissions for scripted and unscripted fare for ZDF, Sat.1, RTL and WDR. SPT Germany is producing Das Comeback (The Comeback), a comedic movie for ZDF, Deutschland’s Meisterkoch …

NEW YORK: Showtime Networks has formally confirmed Imagine Television’s David Nevins’ appointment as president of entertainment, succeeding Robert Greenblatt. Nevins, who will report to Showtime’s chairman and CEO, Matthew C. Blank, has been president of Imagine Television since 2002. In his new …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Bulgarian operator Bulsatcom has added HISTORY to its channel lineup. “HISTORY is the newest entertaining and educational channel added to the portfolio of Bulsatcom,” said Kalin Sredkov, commercial director at the platform. “Our strategy goal is to provide our …

LOS ANGELES: Arthur Schweitzer, who spent several years at Reed MIDEM’s television division, has been named senior consultant and liaison for NATPE 2011, set for January 24 to 26 in Miami. Schweitzer will work to bolster attendance from Europe, working with joins …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: E1 Entertainment’s new police drama Rookie Blue opened to more than 7.3 million viewers on ABC on Friday night. Simultaneously premiering on Global in Canada, the episode delivered more than 9 million North American viewers, E1 said. It was ABC’s …