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LOS ANGELES: A. Smith & Co. Productions has tapped Paige Davis to host its new syndicated series based on the popular For Dummies book series. Life For Dummies will cover a wide range of topics through a combination of interviews, …

WINNIPEG: Canwest Global Communications Corp has retained RBC Capital Markets to assist in the possible sale of five of its TV stations, including CJNT-TV in Montreal, so that it can focus on its flagship Global brand as well as its specialty networks. …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has released Discoveries…Asia, a new four-part HDTV series that explores parts of Japan, China and Korea. The 4×1-hour series is the latest installment in Janson’s Discoveries…series of travelogues. It explores destinations such as Japan, Tokyo and Central …

REDMOND/LOS ANGELES: The company founded by former U.S. network execs Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman has launched its long-awaited entertainment and celebrity content destination, Wonderwall, with MSN. Wonderwall focuses on pop culture stories, personalities and trends, with celebrity information, photos, videos …

BURBANK: ABC’s new half-hour comedy series Surviving Suburbia, starring Bob Saget and Cynthia Stevenson, will launch on April 6 at 9:30 p.m., following Dancing with the Stars. Saget (Full House) and Stevenson (Men in Trees) play Steve and Anne Patterson, …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime’s new reality series DietTribe, about a group of friends who commit to lose weight together, has been renewed for a second season of eight, one-hour episodes. Premiering this summer, the show will follow the tribe as they …

LONDON: The science-fiction dramas Being Human, Survivors and Primeval are slated to premiere on BBC America later this year.  Making its U.S. premiere, Being Human takes a look at the lives of three 20-somethings and their secret double-lives as a …

LONDON: The gaming publisher Mindscape has been licensed to produce the first ever Coronation Street game for Nintendo DS, while ITV Global Entertainment also signed on RTL Games for an activity game based on the drama. Mindscape’s new game, an …

HONG KONG/LONDON: Yeshpal Sharma has been named STAR’S VP of distribution and advertising sales for the U.K. and continental Europe.  Sharma will oversee STAR’s operations across the territory, focused on expanding advertising sales and distribution of STAR’s Indian and Chinese-language TV …

SINGAPORE: NBC Universal Global Networks’ Universal Channel and SCI FI Channel are now available in Hong Kong on the now TV platform. The launch builds upon NBC Universal Global Networks’ expansion strategy, with plans to have more than 100 channels globally by 2010. "NBC Universal Global Networks is …