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LONDON: The BBC has rolled out a new Red Button interactive service for CBeebies, following the launch of a dedicated iPlayer for the preschool channel earlier this year. With the Red Button functionality, kids can access an  area featuring games …

NEW YORK: Mark Burnett is set to executive produce the upcoming People’s Choice Awards, taking place January 6 in Los Angeles and airing live on CBS. The awards show, where fans honor their favorites in movies, music and television, will be …

LONDON: The British entertainment channel LIVING is set to launch in high definition exclusively on Virgin Media on October 6, joining a number of other HD channels on the cable platform. The simulcast channel will feature shows such as Ghost Whisperer, …

VANCOUVER: Nerd Corps Entertainment has been given the greenlight for a second season of The League of Super Evil (L.O.S.E.), with new broadcasters signing on as well. Canada’s YTV, the commissioning broadcaster, has ordered 26 new half-hour episodes. The series …

BUENOS AIRES: Production has begun on Swindlers (Impostores), which Flor Latina Entertainment Group will be delivering internationally from December.   The story centers on the adventures of Alex and Vicky, two young swindlers with very different personalities. Alex is rational, …

ATHENS: The Skai Group in Greece has commissioned its first ever international format, ITV Studios’ Nanny 911, which will premiere in winter as part of the broadcaster’s prime-time lineup. The format has successfully aired in the U.S. on FOX, and …

WOODLAND HILLS: A further 21 half-hours of the comedy clip show It Only Hurts When I Laugh will be on offer from TvFilmBiz at MIPCOM. The show, from Brad Lachman Productions, starts airing this October in the U.S. on Tru …

TORONTO: Discovery Kids in Latin America is set to air Breakthrough Films & Television’s animated series My Big Big Friend, which will premiere in 2011. The 52×11-minute series is about three children and their imaginary friends. Through their imaginations, they …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has licensed four kids’ shows, including Fun with Claude and Igam Ogam, to Australian broadcaster ABC. The deal, brings Fun with Claude, Shaolin Wuzang and Igam Ogam to ABC1, while ABC2 will air Laura’s Star. ABC also opted for multiplatform elements for Igam …

LOS ANGELES: The Jim Henson Company has secured new broadcast deals with Nickelodeon in Australia and Al Jazeera in the Middle East for the CGI-animated series Dinosaur Train, in addition to signing up Selecta Vision as the home entertainment, TV …