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CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has announced the commission of the hit format Four Weddings by Italy’s Rete 4, owned by Mediaset, while the U.K. and U.S. versions of the show sold to 75 international territories. Mediaset-owned RTI Productions is …

CANNES: Fox Latin America has picked up a number of titles featuring Jamie Oliver from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), while DR of Denmark signed a three-year output deal with FME for nearly 20 shows that feature the British chef. Fox Latin …

LOS ANGELES: Moving Pictures Film and Television shored up five new deals at MIPTV, including a 75-title agreement with Blue Orange Europe for TV rights in Cyprus. Moving Pictures also signed agreements with Polyphony of Australia/New Zealand for the pay-TV …

CANNES: DQ Entertainment is adapting the classic Peter Pan character for a 26-episode TV series that will be done in a 3-D animated CGI format.     The New Adventures of Peter Pan will feature stereoscopic effects. DQ Entertainment Ireland …

NEW YORK: Ben Silverman’s Electus and MTV are to develop and produce a multicultural interactive series, Pedro & Maria, which will be executive produced by actress America Ferrera. Ferrera (of Ugly Betty fame) will executive produce the series with her …

CANNES: Through its newly established sales office in Cape Town, ohm:tv is to distribute the programming catalogue of Irish pubcaster RTÉ to South Africa. The new office will distribute more than 200 hours of programming from the RTÉ slate, including …

CANNES: Granada Germany has been tapped to develop three original scripted projects—a prime-time drama, family TV movie and family sitcom—for RTL in Germany. Granada Germany has appointed Gerda Mueller to develop the drama project as full-time senior producer. Mueller recently …

MUNICH/LOS ANGELES: Tandem Communications has optioned World Without End, the sequel to Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, to be made into a TV series. Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Television will be producing the new series with …

NEW YORK: The drama series Treme, which is set in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina, has been picked up for a second season, with production to take place in the fall.  From the team behind The Wire, David Simon and Eric …

CANNES: Media Entertainment Group (MEG) has acquired 75 episodes of hidden-camera content produced in Spain between 2005 and 2009 from TV Galicia and CTV gags.  The episodes include gags that are 2.5 minutes in length, featuring crazy antics with urban …