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LONDON: KidsCo has secured a new carriage deal with the Angolan satellite DTH pay-tv operator ZAP, which will add the children’s channel to its direct-to-home bouquet airing in Portuguese.  The agreement sees shows such as The Wiggles, Sabrina: The Animated Series, …

MONTREAL: La Presse Télé has inked additional sales for the scripted format The Parents, which was recently picked up for production in Israel for Channel 10 to debut in May. The Parents, which launched last year at MIPTV, has been …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Networks Group (FNG) has launched a new unit devoted to the international licensing and production of unscripted programming from FOX Broadcasting Company and Fox Cable Networks, to be headed up by David Lyle. Fox LOOK will be led by …

LONDON: Dating in the Dark has received a second-season order from LIVING in the U.K., and has already been slated for another run in the U.S. on ABC. The show watches as singles meet and get to know each other, …

LONDON: The current head of CBeebies’ production, animation and acquisitions, Kay Benbow, is to take on the role of controller at the BBC’s preschool channel. She will be based in Salford as part of the move of BBC Children’s to …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment is teaming up with Tijuana Entertainment and the L.A. Lakers’ basketball star Ron Artest to develop and produce a new reality series, They Call Me Crazy. Artest will be the focus of the new series, as …

NEW YORK: World Screen has unveiled its MIPTV Preview multimedia site, delivering features on on-demand content, European buyers and the state of the formats business; audio interviews; a video report on new-media opportunities and a host of other resources. To see …

PARIS/COPENHAGEN: FOX has commissioned a broadcast pilot of Banijay Entertainment’s new format My Parents Are Gonna Love You, which features families being introduced to celebrities as fake fiancés. The pilot will be produced by one of Banijay Entertainment’s U.S. production …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: ITV Studios U.K. has received a commission from ITV1 for the five-part The Oaks, based on a pilot produced for FOX in 2007. This is the first major commission to come out of the creative collaboration pact between ITV Studios and Twentieth …

SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) is rebranding its Discovery HD channel as Discovery HD World effective today with a new logo and a slate of a new content, including Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World. The new look …