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NEW YORK, December 17: Showtime has acquired the hit British series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, a half-hour comedy based on the best-selling, real-life diaries of a high-end call girl, from IMG Media. Showtime will air the first 8×30-minute …

NEW YORK, December 17: Food Network and Rachael Ray have secured a two-year agreement for a new prime-time series, Rachael’s Vacation, for launch in January, as well as an extension of her signature daytime series 30 Minute Meals for 60 …

LONDON, December 17: BBC Worldwide has added celebrity interviews from British chat-show legend Michael Parkinson to its dedicated channel on the video sharing site YouTube. In the 25 years of his chat show, Parkinson has interviewed celebrities like Dame Judi …

TEL AVIV, December 17: Dori Media Group (DMG) announced that it has sold an additional 1,806 hours of its telenovela series and formats to international broadcasters, for total combined sales of $2.6 million. The company announced that total sales could …

LONDON, December 17: Power will be presenting a wide-ranging slate at NATPE, including drama, action-adventure, sci-fi/fantasy and contemporary adaptations, headlined by Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe is a 13-part drama being produced for NBC. Directed by Yves Simoneau, this adaptation of …

MONTREAL/LOS ANGELES, December 17: Bejuba! Entertainment has inked a new deal with French broadcaster Canal J for the CGI-animated action-comedy series Jibber Jabber, for debut this holiday season. The 26-episode series, targeting 6- to 12-year-olds, features two imaginative 7-year-old fraternal …

PARIS, December 17: Taffy Entertainment has scored several international deals for the CGI-animated preschool series Dive Olly Dive! with broadcasters in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In Europe, the U.K.’s GMTV has picked up the series for its preschool strand …

HOLLYWOOD, December 17: The Jim Henson Company has appointed Los Angeles-based Brandolution to handle the U.S. and Canadian licensing for its newest animated preschool series, Sid the Science Kid, formerly titled What’s the Big Idea? Brandolution will work with The …

SINGAPORE, December 17: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will present a live telecast of the FIFA World Player 2007 awards gala across Asia tomorrow. For the first time, the hour-long event will be shown live across Asia from the Opera House …

DANVILLE, December 17: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has launched a comprehensive new licensing program for the ninth season of the hit CBS reality series Big Brother. JTMG is the exclusive licensing and merchandising agency for Endemol USA and its …