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TORONTO: Ronald D. Moore, the writer and executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, has been added to the Master Class speaker lineup at the Banff World Television Festival, which is celebrating its 30th edition this June 7 to 10. “Banff’s Master Class …

SAN FRANCISCO: Lifetime Networks has launched the U.S. version of Roiworld.com, the recently acquired Korean "dress up" casual gaming site for women. In the month its introduction to the U.S., Roiworld.com has recorded 1.3 million unique visitors and 43 million …

MUNICH/CANNES: A varied slate will be on offer from Bavaria Media Television at the upcoming market, with highlights such as the TV version of Heinrich Breloer’s Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family. The adaptation of the Nobel Prize-winning novel by …

LONDON: ITV Global Entertainment has sold season five of Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay, produced by Granada America, to more than 80 territories across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. The fifth season has been acquired by …

LAUSANNE: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has scored the rights to the Vancouver 2010 and the London 2012 Olympic Games for all platforms, including free-to-air, subscription TV, the Internet and mobile phones. CCTV VP Sun Yusheng called the agreement a "milestone in …

LONDON: Darlow Smithson Productions, an IMG Company, has been commissioned to produce a three-part documentary series that peeks into the mind of one of the world’s most famous living scientists, Stephen Hawking. Tentatively titled Stephen Hawking’s Universe, the project will …

NEW YORK/ROME: The program licensing agreement between AETN International and Italian broadcaster La 7, which was originally reached in 2002, has been extended for a further three years. Series and specials La 7 has licensed under the deal include Ancient …

STOCKHOLM: Greek production outfit Kapa Studios-Karagiannis is latest company to join the Sparks Network umbrella. The company has produced more than 1,500 hours of fiction series for prime time in Greece, and this year it is producing the top-rated Lakis …

LOS ANGELES: Hallmark Channel has increased its programming slate for the 2009/10 season, with 35 original movies to offer. Films in production include Mrs. Miracle, about a single father and the housekeeper he finds who helps bring his family together …

NEW YORK: Little Airplane Productions has presold Tobi!, its new series of four-minute interstitials, to Treehouse TV in Canada and Nickelodeon in Australia. Tobi! centers on a little boy who wants to make his world a better place to live …