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LOS ANGELES: Michel Rodrigue, a veteran in the international formats industry, has entered into an exclusive agreement with the newly formed outfit Engine Entertainment to serve as distribution consultant for its formats division, Engine Formats. Under the terms of the …

PALISADES PARK: For the 16th consecutive year, Alfred Haber Distribution has scored the exclusive international distribution rights for the Golden Globe Awards, which will air on NBC in January 2011. The three-hour live event, produced by dick clark productions (dcp) in …

LONDON: RDF Rights has secured a number of agreements for the children’s arts and crafts show Mister Maker, which now has broadcast deals in more than 100 countries. The show has been sold to the CITI Channel in Ukraine, Ecuavisa …

PARIS: PGS Entertainment has firmed up a raft of new sales for Samka Productions’ animated series I.N.K.: Invisible Network of Kids, which is already set to launch on, among other broadcasters, France 3, Germany’s SUPER RTL and ABC in Australia. A …

TEL AVIV: The new cross-platform reality show The Frame leads off Armoza Formats slate for MIPTV, which also includes The Bubble, Upgrade, Comedians at Work and The Package. The Frame, a one-hour bi-weekly show that lives 24 hours a day …

BUENOS AIRES: On the roster for MIPTV from Telefe International are WAGs, Love for the Game and 3, 2, 1 Let’s Win! WAGs, Love for the Game is produced by Telefe, Underground and Endemol, and is currently airing in prime …

NEW YORK: Syfy has commissioned a script for a half-hour comedy pilot. The single-camera series stars Jonathan Silverman (Weekend at Bernie’s), with Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville), who created the show, to co-star. The show follows the lives of two friends, former …

BURBANK: The acclaimed series 24, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, will end its eight-season run with a two-hour finale on May 24 on FOX.  As the countdown to the finale, the final 11 hours will air uninterrupted Mondays …

EL SEGUNDO/BRISTOL: ESPN 3D is to launch on DIRECTV in June, adding to the service’s offer of dedicated 3D channels that includes its own linear 3D network, N3D, powered by Panasonic. ESPN 3D will showcase a minimum of 85 live …

LONDON: Endemol’s new division, Endemol Worldwide Brands, will focus on extending the company’s properties across multiple platforms, including investment in product development and the creation of games applications and branded entertainment. Serving as CEO of the new division is Oliver …