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NEW YORK: The U.S. TV rights to the doc Teenage Paparazzo, directed by Entourage star Adrian Grenier, have been acquired by HBO Documentary Films. The film follows the real-life story of the relationship between a 14-year-old member of the paparazzi, Austin …

LONDON: As executive director of international scripted programming at Endemol, Naomi Joseph will be responsible for coordinating and driving the company’s growing portfolio of scripted formats. Joseph, a former senior executive at The Walt Disney Company and FremantleMedia, will report …

LONDON: FIFA today revealed the schedule of the 25 games that will be aired in 3-D and announced that ESPN in the U.S. and Sogecable in Spain are the first confirmed broadcast partners on board, with discussions ongoing with networks …

LONDON: CPLG and KIDZ Entertainment are to represent Classic Media‘s key preschool brands throughout Western and Eastern Europe, respectively. CPLG has been named as the company’s Western European licensing and merchandising agency for the preschool brand Tinga Tinga Tales. CPLG …

TORONTO: Principal photography is under way on the new original Canadian fantasy-noir series Lost Girl, developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with Canwest Broadcasting. The series, slated for a fall launch on Showcase, follows a supernatural seductress, Bo, who feeds …

BURBANK/MOSCOW: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and V are among the titles included in the new multiyear volume deal Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed with Russia’s TNT Broadcasting Network. TNT has secured the Russian free-TV rights to …

LOS ANGELES: Engine Entertainment has hired Paulette Bensussen as senior VP of sales and business development, to be based in New York and report to CEO Chris Philip. Bensussen will be tasked with managing Engine’s international programming sales as well …

LONDON: Just in time for MIPTV, Elin Thomas takes over as the VP of format sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at BBC Worldwide. Thomas moves from her previous post as territory manager for Scandinavia at BBC Worldwide, …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights for 130 new episodes of the courtroom reality series El Juez Manuel Franco, which had previous seasons air on Telemundo Network and Azteca America in the U.S. The Spanish-language series …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment has clinched a deal with Germany’s Tele München Group (TMG) for the TV rights in Continental Europe for Haven, a new mystery drama based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid. The 13×1-hour series follows …