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SANTA MONICA: Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business, Basketball Wives and What Chilli Wants have all been picked up for second seasons by VH1. The first-season finales of Basketball Wives and What Chilli Wants air on May 30 at …

BANFF: Ian Brennan, co-creator and writer of Glee, has joined the lineup of speakers at the Banff World Television Festival, being held June 13 to 16. The musical-comedy drama is Brennan’s first endeavor in television writing. He will be sharing …

TORONTO: Discovery Studios’ footage and music services division has tapped ole to handle its music publishing administration in Canada. Discovery Studios Music Services will be working with ole to maximize revenues from its music publishing catalogue. "ole was a great …

NEW YORK: In the first quarter of 2010, total advertising expenditures increased 5.1 percent from a year ago, according to Kantar Media, finishing the period at $31.3 billion. This is the first increase in quarterly ad spending since Q1 2008 …

SAN DIEGO: At the upcoming Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas, held June 8 to 10, Suzy’s Zoo Studios will be in attendance to meet with potential licensees for the Suzy’s Zoo brand across all categories. Suzy’s Zoo Studios, creators …

LONDON: A suite of localized mobile sites are set to launch in Europe for E! Entertainment Television, via a deal signed by Buongiorno!Digital and Comcast International Media Group (CIMG). European mobile users will have access to E! Entertainment’s up-to-the-minute entertainment …

BURBANK: Lisa Gregorian is adding chief marketing officer to her current role at Warner Bros. Television Group. Gregorian will now serve as executive VP and chief marketing officer at Warner Bros. Television Group. Her role includes overseeing the marketing team and …

LONDON/NEW YORK: ITV Studios America is set to produce a U.S. version of the cookery format Come Dine with Me for BBC Worldwide Channels’ global portfolio of channels, including BBC America. Production begins on the 10×1-hour show this summer for a 2011 premiere …

NEW YORK: Izzet Pinto, the CEO of Global Agency, discusses the company’s growth path—as its catalogue is expanding beyond formats into telenovelas and feature films—among other topics, in this video interview. The presence of a bevy of beautiful models sporting …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: A package of 139 library titles from Lionsgate have been licensed to Rainbow Media for broadcast on its IFC, Sundance, AMC and WE tv networks. Among the titles included in the deal are Precious, Crash, Monster’s Ball and …