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LAS VEGAS, January 16: Canada’s CTV has become the first international broadcaster to come on board for On The Lot, FOX’s new unscripted series from Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg. Burnett and Spielberg are actively searching for Canadian competitors for …

TORONTO, January 16: Barna-Alper Productions has announced a range of network deals on its stable of new productions, including a commitment by CBC for a TV movie about Celine Dion. Production begins this March on Celine, written by Donald Martin …

PASADENA, January 16: Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has extended his relationship with PBS through at least 2022, committing to produce a minimum of three major series like The War, slated to air this September, as well as several other …

NEW YORK, January 16: Lightworks Program Distribution (LPD) has added Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II, produced for ABC in the U.S., to its slate of offerings available to buyers at NATPE this week. The film, …

SINGAPORE, January 16: The Media Development Authority has issued a commercial IPTV services license to SingNet, which is planning to roll out a platform later this year featuring a slate of HD channels from Mega Media. SingNet’s IPTV service will …

LAS VEGAS, January 16: U.K.-based production and distribution outfit 111 Pictures is at NATPE this week showcasing two new reality shows, including Voyage: Killing Brigitte Nielsen, which has been picked up by BSkyB. The 6×54-minute series with Nielsen is scheduled …

NEW YORK/LONDON, January 16: The global broadband TV service from Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the founders of the online telephony service Skype, will roll out this year under the brand name Joost. The platform was previously known as The …

BURBANK, January 16: DIC Entertainment has confirmed a range of broadcast and home entertainment agreements on its new girl-skewing series Horseland, airing in the U.S. on the KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS Saturday-morning block. In Europe, DIC has signed …

LOS GATOS, January 16: The online movie rental company Netflix is launching a new feature that allows subscribers to download movies and TV series instead of waiting for the DVD to arrive in the mail. Netflix will make the new …

MIAMI, January 16: Nickelodeon Latin America has licensed its first original live-action series, Skimo, to Televisa’s Canal 5 in Mexico. This partnership further strengthens Nickelodeon’s relationship with Televisa, which currently airs Unfabulous, Drake and Josh, SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, Danny …