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CANNES, October 14: BBC Worldwide has announced a format deal on its hit motoring brand Top Gear in Russia, with 15 episodes in the works for REN TV. The local outfit MIR Reality Production will produce the Russian adaptation of …

ENGLEWOOD, October 14: Party Down, a new half-hour original comedy series, will debut exclusively on Starz in the first quarter of 2009, and is the first show produced for the network by its sister company, Starz Media. The comedy is …

CANNES, October 14: At a showcase in Cannes this evening, Endemol unveiled its latest format, 20Q, billed as the ultimate battle between man and machine and inspired by the handheld electronic game from Mattel. In the first round of the …

SÃO PAULO, October 14: Globo TV International has placed Guilherme Bokel at the helm of a new Board of International Production, which will assist the company in its efforts to develop and roll out content for the global market. "According …

MUNICH/BURBANK, October 14: On Demand Deutschland (ODD), a joint venture between On Demand Group and Tele München Gruppe, has closed a multiyear licensing agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution to launch Warner TV, an SVOD-branded service. ODD will launch …

CANNES, October 14: ITV Global Entertainment’s Granada International Australia division has renewed its output deal with TVNZ, keeping the long-running soap Coronation Street on the flagship channel TV One. Announcing the multigenre, multiyear deal, Augustus Dulgaro, the senior VP of …

CANNES, October 14: At a press conference in Cannes, Televisa Internacional announced two key initiatives—the expansion of its new-media capabilities, and a tie-up with Spain’s Imagina that kicks off with a local version of the Argentine series B&B for commercial …

WASHINGTON/BOSTON, October 13: National Geographic Television (NGT) and NOVA have closed a multiyear editorial agreement to collaborate on a number of new programs, which will air on the PBS science series NOVA and be handled internationally by NGT. Programs currently …

NEW YORK/CANNES, October 13: Sesame Street English, a new 26×2-minute series from Sesame Workshop, features anime-style versions of the show’s signature Muppets introducing preschoolers to the English language. Sesame Street English, which can be adapted for classrooms, uses research-based methods …

NEW YORK/CANNES, October 13: Entertainment Rights (ER) has clinched a U.S. slot for its new CGI animation Shelldon, and has taken on the rights to the award-winning preschool property Me, Myself and the Others. The series Shelldon is set to …