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LOS ANGELES, February 6: Granada America has secured a pilot deal with Lifetime Television for the game show The Big Match, hosted by British personality Cat Deeley. The program, which is based on a format by Granada America’s executive producers …

LONDON, February 6: The BBC’s children’s channel CBBC has unveiled a slate of new dramas, as well as returning series like The Sarah Jane Adventures. Among the new dramas premiering on CBBC are Half Moon Investigations, about crime corruption and …

MIAMI, February 6: The U.S. Hispanic network Telemundo has become the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, according to its results for the January NTI survey period, and scored its best prime-time performance numbers in nearly two years. According to Nielsen Media Research …

SILVER SPRING, February 6: Discovery Communications has added new portals to its direct-to-consumer mobile website for Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Health and Planet Green. Consumers can access the new portals through their mobile phones at www.discoverymobile.com, as well …

SAN FRANCISCO, February 6: This March, the digital channel PBS World will debut Global Voices, a new 26-part documentary series produced by ITVS International. The rollout of Global Voices on Sunday, March 30 at 10 p.m. marks the first original …

BURBANK, February 6: DIC Entertainment has launched Horseland-branded girls’ merchandise across Europe, with a product line spanning a diverse range of consumer goods. The products are debuting alongside the company’s announcement that it has greenlit 26 new half-hours of the …

LONDON, February 6: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a slew of international broadcast deals for The Orange British Academy Film Awards, bringing the total number of territories in which the event will air to more than 100. The event will air …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, February 6: Shaftesbury Films has entered into a representation agreement with the William Morris Agency (WMA), expanding the Canadian producer’s reach into the U.S. market. The deal follows a recent sale secured by WMA for Shaftesbury’s new one-hour …

OTTAWA, February 6: Amberwood Productions has licensed an additional 26 half-hour episodes of its animated children’s series The Secret World of Benjamin Bear to Poland’s HAGI for various Eastern European territories. The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is targeted at …

DANVILLE, February 6: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has been named by Reveille and MGM Consumer Products as the licensing agency for both the latest American Gladiators series and the classic original. JTMG will launch products in such key consumer …