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LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has acquired the multiplatform drama Slide, which will be the first-ever drama in Australia to launch with an online prequel, followed by episodes to air on Foxtel in April next year. The online elements for Slide …

MUNICH/LONDON: TV-Loonland has taken on the rights for the preschool series WordWorld across TV, home entertainment and new media for Western and Eastern Europe, including Russia, Africa and South Africa and Israel. WordWorld includes 74 11-minute episodes, eight music clips …

HANOI: Discovery Channel has launched a new initiative in Vietnam to support aspiring filmmakers, with a view to producing five specials that will air across the region. First Time Filmmaker (FTFM) Vietnam will provide local filmmakers with hands-on training and professional …

NEW YORK: Casey Bloys has been upped to senior VP of HBO Entertainment comedy series, while Jocelyn Diaz joins the company as VP for drama series. Bloys oversees the development and production of all half-hour scripted comedy series for the …

BUENOS AIRES: Fox International Channels’ Fox Telecolombia division has begun production on Cadabra, a new supernatural series that will be available across Latin America on premium cable via LAPTV. The 13×1-hour series focuses on a 17-year-old boy whose escape from …

LOS ANGELES: The hit fashion-competition Project Runway made its debut outing on Lifetime, beating out all cable competition in key demographics and coming in as the highest-rated premiere for the series. Project Runway generated a 3.2 rating among women 18 …

SINGAPORE: The entertainment news series TMZ is now available in Asia on HBO’s network of channels, with daily segments to air within 24 hours of their U.S. broadcast from Tuesday to Saturday. TMZ daily news segments will run after the …

HILVERSUM: The game-show formats Pyramid, 50-50 and Russian Roulette have been sold by 2waytraffic to Egyptian broadcaster ERTU. Pyramid originally launched in the U.S. more than 30 years ago. The game show has since aired in 20 countries, including the …

SUNNYVALE: A new white paper from research firm In-Stat and technology firm Telegent Systems predicts that the number of free-to-air analogue mobile TV users worldwide will rise from 54 million today to 300 million by 2013. Analogue mobile TV has …

LONDON: The Royal Television Society’s (RTS) bi-annual Cambridge Convention, which will take place at Kings College from September 16 to 18, will focus on how the British media industry can adapt in the current economic climate to ensure a strong …