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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 …

LOS ANGELES: AmericanLife Network (ALN) has appointed industry veterans Ed Frazier, John Goldhammer and Jon Lunsford to take on senior roles at the baby-boomer network. Frazier will serve as managing director of network operations. Goldhamer will serve as executive VP …

HONG KONG: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has named Todd Miller as executive VP of networks for the Asia Pacific, overseeing all of the company’s channels across the region. Miller’s expanded remit includes the branded television networks AXN, ANIMAX and Sony …

SCHAUMBURG/HONG KONG: STAR launched four of its South Asian channels—Star India Plus, Star One, Star India News and Star India Gold—on Comcast Cable in Chicago. The channels, delivering Hindi entertainment, news and Bollywood films, launched on Comcast in Chicago today. “We …

TORONTO: DECODE Enterprises has notched up international sales in France, Scandinavia, Canada and Latin America for the family series Grandpa in My Pocket, produced by Adastra Creative. Canal+ in France, French-speaking TFO and Knowledge in Canada, CBeebies Latin America, Norway’s …

SILVER SPRING: Next month, Planet Green is set to premiere the six-part series The 100 Mile Challenge, based on the 2006 bestselling book The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating. The show is being billed as part reality series, part docu-soap, …

LONDON: The BBC Trust has launched a review of BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and the Red Button. Although this is part of a regular series of reviews, it will be the largest and most significant the Trust has …