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BURBANK: The one-hour scripted drama Make It or Break It, created and written by Holly Sorensen, has been given a 10-episode order by ABC Family. Set in the world of competitive gymnastics, the series follows a group of teen Olympic …

LONDON: LIVING has secured the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to seasons five and six of Medium from CBS Studios International. The fifth and sixth season of the U.S. paranormal drama will premiere exclusively on LIVING, with a second run on Virgin1. …

NEW YORK: The ad downturn and declining box-office revenues hurt Viacom’s bottom line in the second quarter, with profit down 32 percent to $277 million on revenues that were down 14 percent to $3.3 billion. "While the global economy continued …

HAMILTON: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has reached a deal to acquire the Romanian production and distribution outfit MediaPro Entertainment from firms controlled by Adrian Sarbu. CME will shell out $10 million in cash to MediaPro Management and MediaPro BV, both controlled by …

BEIJING: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific is teaming up with the Chinese search engine giant Baidu for a localized website for the Discovery Channel. Discovery Channel Chinese, launching today at discovery.baidu.com, provides a platform for users to interact and share knowledge and information …

PARIS: The Japanese girl group AKB48 will perform at the MIPCOM opening cocktail party at the Majestic Hotel, where variety-show producer and inventor of the format, Yasushi Akimoto, will be be on hand. AKB48 was created by Akimoyo with the …

LONDON: The BBC has announced that it will begin sharing a selection of its online video news content with the websites of several leading British newspapers, beginning with The Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Independent and the Daily Mail. The …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Two new Dutch-language deals have been secured by AETN UK to launch HISTORY and HISTORY HD onto additional platforms in Benelux. In the Netherlands, both the high-definition and standard-definition services for HISTORY are now carried on CanalDigitaal, while …

BURBANK: Kia Motors is on board as the exclusive sponsor of a new five-part web series on ABC.com focusing on Lost‘s Dharma Initiative. Mysteries of the Universe: The Dharma Initiative is a mock documentary series exploring the fictional organization from …

LOS ANGELES: The multiplatform kids’ entertainment service Kabillion surpassed 3 million VOD orders in May and June, according to data from Rentrak. As of July 1, Kabillion has become the sixth highest-rated channel overall among children’s VOD services on the …