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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 …

NEW YORK: WE tv is expanding its Asian presence, with Rainbow Media securing a license from Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) that will allow for the channel’s launch in the country. The women’s network has already launched in Hong Kong, …

SAN DIEGO: Time Warner Cable has launched VeneMovies, a 24-hour Spanish-language movie channel, in its San Diego, North County and Desert Cities lineups. This expanded reach includes Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Coachella, Indio, Cathedral City, La Quinta, Desert Hot Springs, …

LOS ANGELES: Glee, which wraps up its first season on June 8, has been ordered through its third season by FOX. The music-filled show is the highest-rated new scripted series of the season among key demographics. Glee‘s first season finale …

NEW YORK: Jack Bender, who just finished up six seasons as executive producer and director of Lost, has signed a deal with Syfy to direct and executive produce a 90-minute action-adventure pilot, Alphas (working title). From writers Zak Penn (X-Men: …

FOSTER CITY: Starting today, original programming from HBO is available on the PlayStation3 gaming system through a deal signed by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). HBO content is now available for purchase in the U.S. on the PlayStation3 and PSP systems …

LOS ANGELES: FOX’s 24 came to a close after eight seasons last night with 8.9 million viewers, while NBC’s Law & Order took in 7.6 million and Lost‘s series finale on Sunday delivered 13.5 million viewers. The early numbers from Nielsen …

RIO DE JANEIRO: TV Globo has renewed its deals with Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for the rights to theatrical features. Globo and Paramount have extended their pact for another six years, granting Rede Globo the exclusive transmission rights on …