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BUENOS AIRES: Ladronas leads off Dori Media Group’s NATPE highlights, which also includes Date Blind.  Ladronas is an action series that tells the story of widowed Emma Blinder, who is shocked to discover that her deceased husband, a prominent judge, …

 TORONTO: Canada’s S-VOX is offering free airtime on all of its broadcast properties to humanitarian aid organizations delivering relief to Haiti, following last week’s devastating earthquake.  S-VOX operates the Canadian basic cable network VisionTV, local stations Joytv 10 in the …

LONDON: A range of movies from Sony Pictures Television are headed to Swedish home-entertainment service Vodder to be available on demand. In an agreement that marks SPT’s first VOD deal in Scandinavia, Vodder users can immediately access a range of …

SYDNEY: XYZ Networks’ The Lifestyle Channel has commissioned a second season of Come Dine with Me Australia, with local production to be handled again by Granada Media Australia.  The show watches as amateur chefs compete against each other in hosting …

BURBANK: Production kicks off today in Hollywood on the fourth season of the hit Disney Channel series Hannah Montana. The hit series’ finale episode will air in spring 2011 on Disney Channel U.S. and, shortly thereafter, on Disney Channels worldwide, …

NEW YORK: TV Latina, World Screen’s Spanish-language publication is showcasing a NATPE preview site, natpe.tvlatina.tv, which includes a range of features and interviews, a special video report with Octavio Florisbal, the CEO of TV Globo, and a host of other …

LOS ANGELES: Former The Girls Next Door star and Playboy playmate Holly Madison has been given her own half-hour reality show on E!, Holly’s World, while another new addition to the network features the lives of three sisters and their unconventional …

PASADENA: Transitioning from its current eight-hour program schedule, Planet Green is expanding its content offerings for a 24-hour format, creating a new prime-time programming block, Verge. Planet Green moves to the new 24-hour schedule on March 29. Verge will feature …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Hope for Haiti, a two-hour telethon presented by MTV Networks to benefit earthquake relief efforts, is to air commercial free across a host of channels in the U.S., among them ABC, NBC, FOX and HBO, and will also …

NEW YORK: Ludorum’s Chuggington is headed to Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney programming block in the U.S. on January 18, while Learning Curve Brands is rolling out a toy line for the hit train-themed property internationally. Chuggington, which invites preschoolers to …