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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 …

PARIS: Leading off Mediatoon’s MIPTV slate is The Garfield Show, which has already sold in more than 130 countries, along with the new series Yummy Toonies. The 52×11-minute The Garfield Show, produced by Dargaud Media, has a second season in production. …

LONDON: Among the roster of star talent heading to Cannes for MIPTV is Idris Elba, who will be on hand to launch the BBC drama Luther, distributed by BBC Worldwide. Elba is best know for his role as Stringer Bell in …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate has named Priscilla Pesci as senior VP of television marketing and Toni Crotts as executive director of television marketing. Pesci, formerly senior VP of marketing for MGM Worldwide Television group and most recently head of her own marketing …

HILVERSUM: A new co-owned joint venture between Nordisk Film TV and Talpa Media will focus on producing programming for broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The new JV sees the production of Talpa formats in the genres of reality, …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Ken Lowe, the chairman, president and CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive, talks about the rebranding of Fine Living into the Cooking Channel, plans for the recently acquired Travel Channel and new ways to connect …

SILVER SPRING: For the first time ever, Discovery Communications will be bringing a variety of formats to MIPTV that extend across genres such as adventure, competition, lifestyle and others. “It’s a new and exciting time for Discovery as we move …

LONDON: In a move that is being criticized by the likes of the Premier League and the English Cricket Board, Ofcom has ruled that Sky must offer its flagship sports channels to other platforms at a wholesale price set by …