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LONDON, April 5: Cineflix has ordered 52 hours of new programming and returning series from its factual and factual entertainment divisions, including a new season of Paradise Lost. Scheduled to debut on Five in the U.K. and Discovery HD in …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, April 5: Blueprint Entertainment and marblemedia have started production on their flash-animated series The Dating Guy. The 13 half-hour episodes tackle relationships from the perspective of people in their twenties. Created by marblemedia partners Mark Bishop and Matt …

LONDON, April 5: Alchemy Reality, Alchemy Television Group’s non-scripted division, has linked up with Hallock Healey Entertainment to develop and produce You Won!, a new daytime game show, and has also agreed to represent three game-show formats from Ireland’s Green …

MONTREAL, April 5: At MIPTV next week, a total of 64 companies will exhibit under the Canada Pavilion, spearheaded by Telefilm Canada, marking the largest national pavilion at the market. Telefilm’s partners at MIPTV are British Columbia Film, the Ontario …

SINGAPORE, April 5: Led by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), a total of 17 Singaporean companies will be exhibiting at MIPTV under the Singapore Pavilion, which will highlight an extensive slate of Asian-themed factual titles. In the run …

SYDNEY, April 5: Beyond Distribution is heading to MIPTV with a diverse blend of factual entertainment, headlined by the fighter pilot reality series Jetstream. The 8×1-hour Jetstream chronicles the white-knuckle adventures and trials of an elite group of Air Force …

LONDON, April 5: Galleon Holdings will offer up to international buyers at MIPTV the first season of its multiplatform reality talent show Super Soccer Star, a co-production with China’s Guangdong TV Sports Channel and the U.K.’s Chelsea Football Club. The …

NEW YORK, April 5: Defiance Entertainment will be showcasing a lineup of reality series, sports highlights and documentary features, among others, at this year’s MIPTV. Headlining the slate is the third season of Amazing Adventures of a Nobody. The reality-based …

LONDON, April 4: British viewers can expect up to four free high-definition channels on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, as part of a technology upgrade that is being facilitated by media regulator Ofcom. Ofcom announced that viewers should be …

EL SEGUNDO, April 4: DIRECTV has added TV Nanny, Russia’s first children’s channel, to its WorldDirect programming platform. TV Nanny is a 24/7 network that provides entertaining and educational programming for kids, while teaching the values and traditions of the …