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LONDON: National Geographic Channel UK has picked up Cineflix International’s Border Security USA, while Discovery UK went for seasons two and three of Surf Patrol. Border Security USA is Cineflix’s first U.S. prime-time network program. The 13×1-hour series, which aired …

LONDON/BURBANK: NBC is on board for a pilot of an American version of the acclaimed ITV drama Prime Suspect, to be penned by Without a Trace‘s Hank Steinberg. The Helen Mirren police drama written by Lynda La Plante aired on …

BERLIN: Sony has announced several new European initiatives for its line of Bravia TV sets, including new models in the U.K. featuring integrated Freesat receivers. Freesat, operated by the BBC and ITV, offers some 140 TV, radio and interactive channels …

NEW YORK: Rainbow Media Holdings has firmed up the third international carriage deal for Sundance Channel with a launch on Free in France. Sundance Channel debuts in France today, on the eve of Free’s tenth anniversary. The 24-hour channel will …

LOS ANGELES: The soon-to-launch premium movie channel EPIX has clinched an output agreement with Roadside Attractions covering up to 22 theatrical releases. The deal covers titles scheduled to hit theaters this year, next and in 2011. They will be broadcast …

STOCKHOLM: Priit Leito has been appointed CEO of TV3, TV6, 3+, Power Hit Radio and Star FM in Estonia, taking up the role on September 28. Leito replaces Kaspars Ozolins, the CEO of free-TV Baltics within Modern Times Group, who …

NEW YORK: Advertising spending in the U.S. fell by 15.4 percent to $56.9 billion in the first half of the year, according to The Nielsen Company, with cable TV the only medium to have recorded growth in the period. Ad …

MUNICH: Tandem Communications has added Malisa Scott to its management team as partner and COO. Scott was most recently was the managing director of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) Germany, overseeing all of SPHE’s activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland …

NEW YORK: AMC has given the greenlight to season four of its acclaimed drama Mad Men, on the heels of record ratings for the premiere of the third season. The return of Mad Men last week lured 4.5 million viewers. …

LONDON: ITV Global Entertainment has sold the drama Wuthering Heights into new territories, with deals in Australia, the U.S. and Brazil, among others. ABC in Australia, WGBH in the U.S., W Network in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand, VRT in …