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NEW YORK: American Idol creator Simon Fuller is setting up a new entertainment company, but has also signed a deal with CKX—the parent company of 19 Entertainment—that will keep him involved with the hit talent show. Fuller, the founder and CEO of …

NEW YORK: VH1 Classic and Mark Burnett Productions have teamed up for a new weekly hour-long docu-series, Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp, which watches as 15 musicians from a variety of backgrounds get transformed into rock stars.  Production is set …

LONDON: ITV Studios has been commissioned for a new half-hour scripted comedy for BBC Three, White Van Man, while the company’s Leeds-based production unit, Shiver, has been tapped to produce the format May the Best House Win for ITV1 Daytime. White …

NEW YORK: Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick have been cast to star as best friends in the TV Land sitcom pilot Hot in Cleveland.  Betty White has also been cast in the comedy pilot as a recurring guest star. …

LOS ANGELES: Army Wives, cable’s number one rated drama series among women 18 to 49, is returning to Lifetime Television for a fourth season with 18 fresh episodes, starting April 11.  From ABC Studios, Army Wives is the most successful …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International’s India: A Love Story, the winner of the 2009 International Emmy Award for best telenovela, has been picked up by Ecuavisa in Ecuador.  The novela achieved an audience share of 81 percent for its last …

MIAMI: Ciega a Citas (Date Blind), a co-production from Dori Media Contenidos and Rosstoc, has been sold by Dori Media Group into Bulgaria, its seventh country within two months. The show launched in Argentina in October and was the highest …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Darren Childs, the managing director of BBC Worldwide Channels, discusses the rollout of channels such as CBeebies, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge and BBC HD and their plans for original content creation.   …

LONDON: The Policy Exchange think tank has released a report calling for a radical transformation of the BBC and the privatization of Channel 4 in order for public-service broadcasting in the U.K. to survive. A key recommendation is for the …

LONDON: Fireworks International has picked up the worldwide distribution rights for the new multiplatform series Splatter, from horror filmmaker Roger Corman. The three-part series stars Corey Feldman as Jonny Splatter, a hard-partying music legend who racked up a long list …