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LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold a package of programming to Hungary’s 4 Story TV that includes titles such as Shaftesbury Films’ Murdoch Mysteries.  4 Story TV also acquired the detective dramas Agatha Christie’s Poirot and Agatha Christie’s Marple. Jennifer …

LONDON: NBC Universal International has signed a deal through its format division for the Australian production of Minute To Win It for Seven Network. The series, signed for an eight-episode run, will be produced by Shine Australia. It will be …

LONDON: More than 600 hours of programming from MTV Networks International (MTVNI) is headed to Rustavi2 in Georgia.  The deal includes shows such as Punk’d, Pimp My Ride, Cribs, Jersey Shore and Paris Hilton’s My New BFF. Rustavi2 also has …

TORONTO: As a new exhibitor at DISCOP East, 9 Story Entertainment is heading to Budapest with a slate that spans live action, adventure, comedy and animation.  Leading off the portfolio is Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, which puts a modern …

LONDON: There will be more than 400 million pay-TV subscribers in the Asia Pacific by 2015, according to a new report, generating revenues of more than $40 billion. Informa Telecoms & Media’s new Asia Pacific TV report indicates that there will …

LONDON: A host of deals have been signed by DRG across Eastern Europe for the prime-time BBC factual-entertainment title The Real Hustle.  The upcoming seventh season was presold to BBC Worldwide Channels for a prime-time broadcast on BBC Entertainment in …

LONDON: Channel 4’s recently installed CEO David Abraham has announced a significant restructure at the British broadcaster, including a 25-percent cut in senior management and the merger of all commissioning and creative activities for TV and online under a new …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency has signed its first deals for the hit Greek telenovela Secrets of Eden, which is headed to Antena 1 in Romania and TV7 in Bulgaria.  In Greece, Secrets of Eden has helped Mega Channel achieve a daily …

BOGOTA: Production has begun on Niñas Mal, co-produced by MTV Latin America and Sony Pictures Television.  The title is the first original telenovela produced by the network in Colombia. It stars a full Latin American cast, including Carmen Aub (Mexico), Isabel Burr …

LONDON: Southern Star, Endemol’s Australian production company, has entered into a long-term partnership with drama producer John Edwards.  Edwards produced the only two Australian episodic series ever commissioned for prime time in the U.K.: Police Rescue for BBC One and …