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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 …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has sold the preschool series 3rd & Bird!, created by Josh Selig and produced by his company, Little Airplane Productions, to Canada’s Treehouse. Aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds, the series will premiere on Treehouse on Monday, …

BOULOGNE: TF1 has released its financials for the first half of the year, showing a 16-percent decrease in revenues to 1.1 billion euros, with net profit down 61 percent to 49 million euros. French broadcasting revenues took the biggest hit, …

  TORONTO: Temple Street Productions and Family Channel in Canada have begun principal photography on Angel on Campus, with production continuing throughout the summer in Toronto. The series was created by Frank van Keekan (Kids in the Hall, Mad About You), who …

ROME: Fox Internationals Italy is launching a new channel, devoted to classic TV series from the 70s, 80s and 90s, on the SKY Italia platform. The launch of Fox Retro on August 1 brings the number of Fox International Channels …

LONDON: BT Vision has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television for the video-on-demand rights to a range of new and library feature films, including Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The British digital TV service will also have the rights to Angels …

SYDNEY: XYZnetworks’ The LifeStyle Channel has commissioned Southern Star Entertainment to produce the 12×30-minute gardening series Garden Angels, presented by horticulturalists Melissa King, Jody Rigby and Linda Ross. Garden Angels will premiere on September 3 at 7:30 p.m. on The …

NEW YORK: Steven Selikoff takes on the newly created role of VP of development for series at RHI Entertainment in a further expansion of the company’s Los Angeles programming office, which opened in May. In his new role, reporting to …