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LONDON, January 19: LIVINGtv in the U.K. has picked up the basic cable rights to the first season of Bravo’s hit culinary talent search Top Chef from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Top Chef is scheduled to air on the …

MIAMI, January 19: MTV Networks Latin America has licensed the U.S. edition of the Endemol format Exposed, as well as the rights to develop its own version of the dating show. Exposed uses Layered Voice Analysis (LVA) to let its …

PARIS, January 19: Marathon International has licensed the kids’ series Team Galaxy to RTL2 in Germany for launch this fall. The German broadcaster has picked up 52 episodes of the show to launch this September. GMTV in the U.K., La …

LOS ANGELES, January 19: Amp’d Mobile has inked content distribution deals with the NBA, CSTV and Dime and Bounce Magazines to broadcast live basketball games and highlights for NBA and NCAA games, as well as top summer basketball tournaments. Amp’d …

HONG KONG, January 19: Celestial Pictures has inked a deal with the online movie distributor Jaman Inc. that makes a range of titles from the Shaw Brothers library of Chinese-language features available for online download in the U.S. and Canada. …

MEXICO CITY, January 19: Universal Channel in Latin America is expanding into the mobile arena with the launch in Mexico of a site delivering exclusive content from the network to Telcel subscribers. The site, www.universalchannel.mobi, will give users access to …

DUBAI, January 19: More than 75 buyers have confirmed their participation at the fifth Middle East Showcase by TV France International, taking place at the Dusit Hotel in Dubai on January 24 and January 25. The buyers include channel directors, …

PORT WASHINGTON, January 19: KOCH Vision has acquired the North American home video rights to four more seasons of the hit Australian drama McLeod’s Daughters from Southern Star International. McLeod’s Daughters, produced by Millennium Television and Nine Films and Television …

SAN FRANCISCO, January 19: Gonzalo Ferreyra has been promoted to VP of sales, publishing and home video at VIZ Media, effective immediately. Ferreyra will continue to report to Hidemi Fukuhara, the president and CEO of VIZ Media. He will oversee …

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 …