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LONDON: The NBC Universal dancing and weight-loss competition format Dance Your Ass Off has received its first international commission, with TV2 of Denmark signing on for ten hour-long episodes. The series will air from starting this Wednesday on TV2 in …

MONTREAL: At its Awards of Excellence Gala, to be held on May 27, the Alliance for Children and Television (ACT) will honor Cécile Bellemare with the Outstanding Achievement Award and Jean-François Grenier with the Emerging Talent Award. Cécile Bellemare served …

LONDON: The U.K. indie Windfall Films has named Nicky Huggett as head of development, tasked with working to open new doors with British and international broadcasters. Huggett previously served in this same capacity at Australian indie Essential Media & Entertainment. …

MIAMI: The Telemundo Internacional telenovela Second Chance is slated to premiere in Brunei, taking a Monday through Sunday 5 p.m. slot on RTB. The production stars Mario Cimarro, Lorena Rojas, Andres Garcia and Martin Karpan.The show has been a hit …

SAINTES: A second season of the 3D preschool series Nouky & Friends is slated to launch on KI.KA on May 3. The series, from Belgium-based Noukie’s Pictures, follows the adventures of Nouky, a little bear; Paco, a blue donkey and …

LONDON: As part of a previously announced strategic partnership, BBC Motion Gallery has relaunched its website powered by Thought Equity Motion’s technology platform and the two companies now cross-represent selected international content sales. The enhanced site is bolstered with millions …

MIAMI: Bola Cinta, the first co-produced telenovela between Latin Media Corporation and its Malaysian partner, Worldwide Rights Corporation, is to make its debut in June on Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). Bola Cinta is a love story set in the world …

NEW YORK: Carl Icahn has amended his previous tender offer for Lionsgate stock, launching a bid to take over all of the company’s outstanding shares. The billionaire financier recently announced a tender offer to up his stake in the company to …

BURBANK: CNN’s chief international correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, is heading to ABC to host the Sunday morning public affairs program This Week. Amanpour will join ABC in August, and until then, Jake Tapper, ABC’s White House correspondent, will be the host. …

NEW YORK: Citing internal e-mails at YouTube, Viacom says the file-sharing site was aware of copyright infringement taking place but opted not to do anything about it; the Google-owned company has hit back, accusing Viacom of "secretly" uploading its content to …