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LOS ANGELES: Glee has become the first new show of the season to receive a full pickup, after giving FOX its best premiere numbers for a new scripted series in three years. FOX premiered the pilot of the Ryan Murphy musical …

LONDON: Cineflix International has sold the fourth season of Windfall Films’ hit engineering series Monster Movies to new broadcasters in Europe. The show has already notched up sales with Discovery Europe and Kabel 1 and N24 in Germany. Monster Moves …

LOS ANGELES: Donna Ebbs has been appointed senior VP of programming for the Hasbro-Discovery Communications joint venture television network expected to launch in late 2010. The as-yet-unnamed network will reach approximately 60 million U.S. households on what is currently Discovery …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has released the results of its TV Pulse Survey, which found that 81 percent of individuals plan to watch prime-time TV this fall and many will use on demand, the Internet and DVRs when tuning in to the …

LONDON/TORONTO: ITV Studios, Global Entertainment has shored up the international distribution rights to Shaftesbury Films’ new drama series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. Set to be launched at MIPCOM, the 8×1 hour series is based on the bestselling award-winning book by Dr Vincent …

LISBON: The Portuguese cross-media production company beActive is teaming with the Brazilian telco OI Telecom for a new online thriller that is set to premiere October 1.  Final Punishment is the latest multiplatform production from beActive, known for its series Sofia’s Diary …

STOCKHOLM: Clara Scherman has been named the head of TV4 Group’s new acquisitions department, as the company continues to integrate with Canal+. Through its acquisition of C More Entertainment, which operates under the Canal + brand, the TV4 Group has …

HONG KONG: Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific has licensed the new ABC series FlashForward to ten broadcasters across the region for broadcast in 44 countries, including to Australia’s Seven Network and Singapore’s MediaCorp. Both Seven Network and MediaCorp will air …

ABU DHABI: Jane Smith has been named general manager of ibtikar commercial at twofour54, focusing on the multiplatform exploitation of the content being produced by the division. Smith was most recently the chief creative and commercial director at Entertainment Rights. She …

NEW YORK: At the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, Little Dorrit took home the most wins, with seven in total, followed by Grey Gardens with six and 30 Rock with five. Total wins for HBO were 16, then NBC with 11. …