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WEST PALM BEACH: Miami Vice and March of the Penguins are among the theatrical features slated to air on ION Television, following new package deals with NBC Universal Domestic Television and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. ION has shored up more than …

LAS VEGAS: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is gearing up for live version of the popular NBC summer series America’s Got Talent at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. America’s Got Talent Live will be produced by FremantleMedia Enterprises and Simon Cowell’s SYCO …

LONDON: Former Disney executive Cindy Rose has been named executive director of television at Virgin Media, effective November 1. Rose will lead the British quad-play platform’s strategy for TV, including development of its digital platform and VOD service. Rose was most recently …

BURBANK: The ninth season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars will feature a roster of talent that includes former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, singer/actress Kelly Osbourne and Donny Osmond, part of the brother-sister performing duo Donny & Marie. The two-hour season …

LONDON: Sky Arts has licensed the rights to HBO’s critically acclaimed drama In Treatment for a daily weeknight 10 p.m. slot. The series stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychoanalyst. Each 30-minute episode, Monday to Thursday, features a different patient, while …

PALISADES PARK: This week’s FOX special Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage is to be represented internationally by Alfred Haber Distribution. The two-hour reality special about Nayda Suleman, a single mother of 14 children, including octuplets, is scheduled to broadcast on FOX …

LORETO: Rainbow has shored up slots on the fourth season of Winx Club in almost all of the 100 territories that carried the first three seasons of the popular girl-skewing animated series. Deals include Cartoon Network for Australia, New Zealand, …

DUBAI: Lara Haddad has been named to the position of head of production and fiction at Endemol Middle East, based in the company’s Dubai and Beirut offices. Reporting to Ziad Kebbi, managing director, and Dany Karam, creative director, Hadded is tasked with …

TORONTO: Cookie Jar Entertainment and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) have unveiled a dedicated Busytown Mysteries website, offering preschoolers the chance to interact with the hit series through a variety of games and other elements. The website, located at busytownmysteries.ca …

LONDON: William Miller takes the role of director of talent and brand ventures at BBC Worldwide Content & Production, reporting to the division’s managing director, Wayne Garvie. Miller is tasked with building an international profile for, and developing commercial opportunities with, …