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LONDON, April 5: BBC Worldwide will be at MIPTV this month with an enhanced local production team and a raft of formats, headlined by new offerings like Love Production’s Baby Borrowers alongside established hits such as Dancing with the Stars. …

NEW YORK, April 5: Following the successful launch of the Italian version of NBC’s late-night, long-running sketch show Saturday Night Live, the series’ distributor, Broadway Video Enterprises, is looking to do further format deals in key European markets. BVE’s senior …

ORLANDO, April 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has reached a new deal with Ripley Entertainment to continue developing versions of the Believe It or Not! TV series outside of the U.S. The 88×1-hour series was originally produced in the …

NEW YORK/PARIS, April 4: In its first major international co-production agreement, Lifetime Networks is partnering with TF1 International, the distribution arm of France's market-leading broadcaster, to produce and distribute TV movies on the worldwide market. The alliance kicks off with …

BURBANK, April 4: Emmy and Promax Award-winner Vince Manze, who has been the president and creative director of The NBC Agency since 1999, has been named to the newly created position of president of program planning, scheduling and strategy at …

MUNICH, April 4: Sylvia Schmoeller has joined Super RTL as its new senior manager for acquisitions and co-productions. She will be responsible for the acquisition of content for all of Super RTL's platforms and the expansion of the channel's presence …

MIAMI, April 4: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has promoted Arlyne Obregon to VP of advertising sales in Latin America, reporting to Klaudia Bermudez-Key, SPTI's senior VP and general manager of advertising sales in Latin America. In her new position, …

REGINA, April 4: Minds Eye International has appointed Patricia Brandino as its managing director. Brandino will be joining Kevin DeWalt, the president of Minds Eye International, at MIPTV this month, where they will debut the two-part, four-hour mini-series The Englishman’s …

NEW YORK, April 4: News Corporation’s shareholders have approved the company’s $11-billion asset-swap agreement with Liberty Media. The deal, announced in December, sees Liberty Media exchanging its 16.3-percent interest in News Corporation for 38.5 percent of the DIRECTV Group, regional …

LONDON, April 4: NBC Universal is planning to launch 20 localized channels in 23 markets across Europe, Asia and Latin America in order to double the revenues of its global networks division over the next two to three years, it …