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ALVISO: Best Buy and TiVo are parterning to drive distribution of the DVR brand and to give the retail chain a digital platform in consumers’ homes. TiVo and Best Buy plan to investigate the development of a user interface for …

LONDON: Around The World In 80 Days, a reality show in which six pairs of celebrities race around the world and embark on challenges to raise money for charity, is one of the highlights for BBC One this fall. The 6×1-hour …

LOS ANGELES: Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has licensed the off-net cable rights to the popular CBS comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine to Lifetime Television, which aims to launch the show in the fall of 2010. Lifetime will hold …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has given the go-ahead to a sitcom from Gary Sanchez Productions and Debmar-Mercury starring Jon Heder, with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy writing and producing the show. Distributed by Debmar-Mercury, the untitled, multi-camera sitcom, premiering next year, …

MUMBAI: India’s leading Hindi-language general-entertainment channel, Star Plus, is launching its own version of Moment of Truth next week, called Sach Ka Saamna. The show premieres July 15 and will air Monday to Friday at 10:30 p.m. The contestant who can …

LONDON: Crime & Investigation Network (CI) in the U.K. has commissioned eight new HD shows from local production outfits, including four series and four specials. Living with Murder, set to debut in fall 2009, is a 6×1-hour series that looks at how the …

LONDON: In its first major content deal with Channel 4, UKTV has acquired 187 hours of programming from the broadcaster, encompassing entertainment, comedy and drama. The slate will premiere across four of UKTV’s ten thematic channels: G.O.L.D., Dave, Watch and Yesterday, …

NEW YORK: Bravo is currently casting for the third season of The Real Housewives of New York City, set to premiere in 2010. The cable network says that production will begin this fall. Casting is currently under way for "additional housewives," …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the rights to Jimmy Two-Shoes to Disney Channel in Japan for a fall 2009 launch. Walt Disney Television International Japan picked up 26 half-hour episodes of the animated comedy, produced by Breakthrough Animation in association with …

LORETO: Rainbow SpA, Big Bocca Productions and Panini have signed a deal to roll out 3-D figurines in the U.K. based on the boy-skewing property Huntik. The show was developed in partnership with m4e and is currently on air on Jetix in …