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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 …

BURBANK: From A. Smith & Co. Productions, the producers of such hits as Hell’s Kitchen, comes Crash Course, an automotive competition reality series set to air on ABC Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. Starting August 26, Crash Course puts teams …

TORONTO: Canada’s TELETOON welcomes four new series to its daytime schedule this fall, along with further episodes from nine returning shows. The new fall schedule kicks off September 7 with Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Airing Monday to Friday at …

TORONTO: The Corus Entertainment female-skewing Canadian channels W Network, Cosmopolitan TV and VIVA have lined up a host of new and returning lifestyle series, dramas and movies for their fall schedules. W Network, aimed at women 25 to 54, adds …

MONTREAL: Canadian production outfit Incendo, which is currently filming the new TV movie Second Chances, has tapped Gavin Reardon to lead its international sales efforts out of Los Angeles. The company, headed up by Jean Bureau and Stephen Greenberg, has also …

LONDON: Five has reduced its programming budget for this year by 25 percent to £165 million in response to the advertising downturn. This is the biggest percentage reduction in program spend among all the major British broadcasters, press reports reveal. …

LONDON: Exclusive digital content based on the British soap Coronation Street is being developed by ITV Studios’ digital productions unit for itv.com. Coronation Street‘s website will host some 100 minutes of premium video content every month, including cast interviews, backstage …

LONDON: ITV1 has unveiled its programming slate for the fall, with highlights that include a new drama with Robbie Coltrane and a documentary marking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. Announcing the upcoming schedule, Peter Fincham, …

  SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: TBS has ordered an additional 20 episodes of the comedy Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, taking the total for the series to 172 episodes. TBS has ordered a total of 46 new episodes of House of Payne in …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD: After four decades of serving Hollywood, 20th Century Props is going out of business, putting more than 93,000 items, from the rattan furniture used on The Golden Girls to Howard Hughes’ desk from The Aviator, on the auction …