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MUNICH: A broad portfolio of new formats will be on offer from SevenOne International, with Culture Shock: Norway, Money Trap and Ice Soccer among the highlights. The reality show Culture Shock: Norway takes a group of ten disoriented Norwegian-Americans and drops them …

HARRINGTON PARK: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has renewed its deal with Janson Media for the When Nature Strikes Back specials Monsoon and Landslides to air in Latin America. When Nature Strikes Back is a series of documentary specials about …

LOS ANGELES: Matt LeBlanc has teamed up with David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik for a new single-camera comedy series that is due to premiere on Showtime and BBC Two in 2010. The six-episode Episodes has a show-within-a-show format, focusing on …

LONDON: The 3-D animated series Little Krishna leads off Evergreen Entertainment‘s slate, which also features Crazy Cavemen. Little Krishna, from BIG Animation, has been a hit on Nickelodeon India. The 13-episode series features Little Krishna being relentlessly pursued by demons …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has announced plans for a new family-friendly game show, Perfect 10—executive produced by former NBC executive Craig Plestis and Identity‘s Tim Puntillo—that will be launched as a format to the international market at MIPCOM next week. The in-studio …

LONDON: Further international sales have been secured by ITV Studios Global Entertainment for the U.S. version of Hell’s Kitchen, which airs on FOX. Hell’s Kitchen USA is now watched in more than 180 territories around the world. New broadcasters include …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games and the London 2012 Olympic Games to International Media Content (IMC), the parent company of SportMax in the Caribbean. The rights deal covers …

TORONTO: The Fremantle Corporation has already firmed up a number of sales for the crime and investigation series Snapped ahead of MIPCOM, with deals in France, Sweden and Australia, among other territories. Canal Plus’ Planete Justice in France picked up …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Sales Company has licensed its Booky Movie Trilogy to Starz in the U.S. and Sky Movies in the U.K. Starz scored all three movies in the trilogy: Booky Makes Her Mark, Booky and the Secret Santa and Booky’s Crush. …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Films & Television has been commissioned by TELETOON Canada to produce a new prime-time family comedy, Crash Canyon. Crash Canyon follows the Wendells, whose lives take an interesting turn when they drive off a cliff and land in …