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TORONTO: EBTV, the newly announced banner under which Brightlight Pictures and Essential Pictures are working together, has selected Diane Boehme as its executive VP of television. Boehme will be based in a newly established Toronto office. Her remit will focus …

LOS ANGELES: WESTDOC, The West Coast Reality and Documentary Conference, returns to Santa Monica from September 13 to 15. More than 100 industry speakers are expected to participate in the three-day conference, which features panels, case studies and exclusive networking …

MUNICH: The production rights for the hit Belgian show Benidorm Bastards have been sold by SevenOne International to more than 20 countries, including Germany, Israel and Australia. The series, which features seven elderly men and women who make fun of …

LONDON: Fireworks International has secured a number of deals for the upcoming 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, which will broadcast live on NBC on August 29. The three-hour event is set to air in more than 150 territories globally. Fireworks landed a …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS: More than 120 buyers are already registered for DISCOP AFRICA 4, which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, in September. “The African diaspora is growing and we are seeing more niche channels targeting this audience across Europe and …

LONDON: The Walt Disney Company has picked up the live-action series How to Be Indie from DECODE Enterprises for Disney Channel UK. Produced by Heroic Film Company, How to Be Indie is a comedic live-action series, told through the eyes …

SÃO PAULO: Teledoce of Uruguay has picked up the rights to a host of telenovelas from Globo TV International’s catalogue, including India: A Love Story and Seize the Day. Watercolors of Love will continue in the prime-time slot of The …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has signed up to co-produce the new half-hour cooking series Vikram Vij: India Infused with SILO Entertainment and Free Form Productions. Production on 13 half-hour episodes will begin in the fall. In the series, chef Vikram Vij …

LOS ANGELES: Executive produced by Kim Kardashian and Bunim-Murray Productions, The Spin Crowd is a new eight-episode series for E! that looks inside the renowned celebrity and entertainment public relations agency Command PR. The Spin Crowd originally aired on E! …

NEW YORK: Over the last two years, ownership of HDTV sets, DVRs and smartphones has increased at double- and triple-digit rates, according to The Nielsen Company’s Three Screen Report, driving continued increases in U.S. media consumption. “Consumers are driven by …