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NEW YORK, January 18: According to TNS Media Intelligence, advertising during the Super Bowl game has accounted for 682 minutes—over 11 full hours—of commercial time throughout the past 20 years, representing 221 different advertisers and translating into $1.72 billion in …

LOS ANGELES, January 18: This spring, FOX will launch the tentatively titled When Women Rule the World, an unscripted series that promises to turn traditional gender roles upside down. The unscripted series will reveal how women and men react in …

LOS ANGELES, January 18: CBS has ordered the 15th and 16th editions of Survivor for broadcast during the 2007-2008 season. As Survivor enters it’s 14th edition this spring, it remains one of television’s highest-rated reality series. This fall, Survivor: Cook …

SINGAPORE, January 18: Singapore has become the first Southeast Asian nation to offer commercial HDTV services, with the launch of StarHub’s HD Plus today featuring Discovery HD and National Geographic Channel HD. The launch follows StarHub’s successful HDTV trial that …

PARIS, January 18: TV France International is moving its annual Rendez-Vous from Saint-Tropez to Biarritz for the first time this year so that it can double its exhibition space. Rendez-Vous takes place September 3 to 7 at Le Bellevue Conference …

NEW YORK, January 18: Sundance Channel will add clips of its content to YouTube this year, kicking off with programming produced from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Throughout the year, Sundance will add clips from its original series, films and …

LONDON, January 18: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is producing a British version of the game show Pyramid for Challenge that will be hosted by Donny Osmond, who helmed the American version from 2002 to 2004. Challenge has commissioned SPTI …

NEW YORK, January 18: BBC Worldwide is looking to further boost its format business in Latin America, setting up a new production outfit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The operation will seek to ramp up the local production of BBC and …

LONDON, January 18: LIVINGtv has inked a deal with Bunim-Murray Productions for the rights to Oxygen’s The Bad Girls Club for launch in the second quarter of this year. The Bad Girls Club is Oxygen’s highest rated premiere ever. The …

BRISTOL, January 18: Aardman Animations’ new kids’ series Shaun the Sheep has notched up deals in 60 markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America since its MIPCOM 2006 launch. TF1 in France has acquired the franchise across all rights including …