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LONDON, April 11: Zeal Television has secured the representation rights to the new musical game show format Singing Bee, which is currently in development for NBC. ITV in the U.K. has already picked up the rights and commissioned a 90-minute …

ATLANTA, April 11: Journalist and news executive Tony Maddox has been named the executive VP and managing director of CNN International, succeeding Chris Cramer. Reporting to Jim Walton, the president of CNN Worldwide, Maddox will have responsibility for a news …

LONDON, April 11: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is bringing its anime channel Animax to Central Europe by rebranding the existing A+ network, which SPTI acquired last year, and is in advanced negotiations to take the service to key European …

BUENOS AIRES, April 11: On April 16 at 6 a.m., National Geographic Channel in Latin America will launch Nat Geo & Me, a new preschool block. Airing daily for six hours, the block targets kids aged 2 to 5. Its …

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 …