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LONDON, April 12: Guinness World Records has reached a deal to distribute its original programming on Joost, with more than 35 hours of the British show Ultimate Guinness World Records initially available worldwide via the online TV platform. Additional content …

NEW YORK, April 12: NBC News has cancelled Don Imus’s talk show on MSNBC over racially charged comments he made about the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University. MSNBC simulcasts the Imus in the Morning Talk Show that originates on …

NORTH BAY VILLAGE, April 13: Atlantic Broadband, a cable platform that services customers in Florida, Maryland/Delaware, South Carolina and Western Pennsylvania, has added Caracol Television Internacional to its Mundo Latino Spanish-language service. In addition to its slate of Colombian novelas, …

NEW YORK, April 11: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has launched a new outreach initiative, the Ambassador Program. Ambassadors are active members who volunteer on behalf of the Academy to act as representatives in their respective countries. …

SEOUL/TOKYO, April 11: Korea’s KBS is teaming with Japan’s NHK to co-produce the six-part documentary series Asian Corridor in Heaven, set to be completed this fall. It will air in September on KBS-1 in Korea, followed by a Japanese rollout …

NEW YORK, April 11: NBC Universal’s Bravo network has reached a development deal for Take My Ex, a new one-hour reality dating show format in which divorcees become matchmakers for their ex-spouses. Sam Mettler, the creator and executive producer of …

LONDON, April 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises has secured a new round of international broadcast deals for its teen drama Falcon Beach, which has now been licensed to 115 territories worldwide. Falcon Beach has recently been licensed to Asian broadcasters such as …

Taffy Entertainment has secured four new deals for its animated series Fantastic Four—based on the Marvel franchise—in Europe and Latin America, with the U.K.’s GMTV acquiring the series for its weekend children’s strand, Toonattik, which airs on ITV1 and CITV. …

HILVERSUM, April 11: Endemol International has notched up a range of new deals on its U.S. productions, among them ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Season four of the show has sold to UKTV in the U.K., Polsat in Poland, Viasat …

LONDON, April 11: Entertainment Rights has secured a raft of new broadcast and home entertainment deals for its preschool series Rupert Bear—Follow the Magic, which has now been licensed into over 65 territories since its launch at MIPCOM 2005. The …