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LOS ANGELES: Among the five series scoring renewals from VH1 are I Want To Work For Diddy and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, alongside new projects featuring Dr. Drew Pinsky and Tiffany "New York" Pollard. In the second season of …

LOS ANGELES: The Mirage Group has given the go-ahead for development of a live-action feature film that looks at the origins of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with release slated for 2011. Mirage is partnering with producers Scott Mednick …

LONDON: NBC Universal International Television Distribution has sold the exclusive U.K. multichannel rights for The Rachel Zoe Project to UKTV to air on its soon-to-relaunch lifestyle channel Really. The 6×1-hour observational-documentary series features celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and her trusted …

CAMBRIDGE: IPTV will struggle to find its footing in Latin America, according to Pyramid Research, taking a backseat to other platforms until 2012, when it will reach a 5-percent penetration of all pay-TV subscriptions. Pyramid estimates that by 2014, the region …

MIAMI: Effective immediately, Borja Perez will serve as VP of integrated solutions and digital media for the Telemundo Communications Group. Perez will report to Jacqueline Hernández, the COO of Telemundo and Peter Blacker, executive VP of digital media and emerging …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment’s original drama series Copper for Canwest, set to air on Global Television in Canada, has been picked up by ABC for a U.S. run. The 13-part series is billed as a "character-driven workplace drama" about five rookie cops. …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has extended its agreement with The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, scoring the exclusive cable and satellite, terrestrial and multimedia rights to the Wimbledon Championships from 2009-2014 in 24 markets across Asia. ESS has been carrying some Wimbledon coverage in Asia …

LONDON: A new agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board makes BBC Motion Gallery the exclusive global representative of an archive that features all England home Test, One-day and Twenty20 matches. BBC Worldwide’s clip licensing business is already home to …

BURBANK: Ten years after its first appearance in the U.S., the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire is returning to the ABC prime-time schedule with Regis Philbin for a special two-week run this summer. The show premieres August 9 …

PARIS: The 17th edition of DISCOP East has already signed up more than 1,200 participants for the three-day event, which will take place at the Sofitel Atrium Hotel in Budapest from June 17 to 19. The event will be preceded …