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HILVERSUM, October 4: Endemol International has inked new deals in Hungary, Greece and Israel on its game show format Take It or Leave It, which has already run for two seasons in Italy and is in production for a second …

SYDNEY, October 4: E! Networks’ Style channel has picked up the rights to Beyond Distribution’s new series Maxed Out, which aims to help women with poor spending habits. Sherry Fynbo, Beyond’s VP of sales for the Americas, said of the …

MIAMI, October 4: Panama’s Telemetro Channel 13 will produce a local version of Televisa Estudios’ variety format Dancing for a Dream (Bailando por un Sueno) as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. In the show, eight contestants will team up …

TORONTO, October 4: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired the U.S. and international distribution rights to four new films, bringing to 20 the total number of new features and television movies that the company has acquired in the last 12 …

ENGLEWOOD, October 4: A Federal Court has blocked TiVo’s injunction against EchoStar Communications Corporation that would have prevented the satellite platform from rolling out certain models of its digital video recorder to subscribers. The injunction, issued in August, stemmed from …

PARIS, October 4: Ed Galton, the executive VP of business development at Xilam, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s two new properties for MIPCOM: Rintindumb and Rahan, Son of the Dark Age. Rintindumb is made up of 75 1 …

MEXICO CITY, October 4: TV Azteca is standing by its decision to shut down production on the new Telemundo reality show Quinceañera at the end of last month, as part of its legal dispute with the production company Nostromo, and …

NEW YORK, October 4: Lightworks Program Distribution has lined up relationships with Daro Film Distribution, GA & A, JC Media, Peace Arch Television and Vision Plus Entertainment to complement its worldwide distribution activities on key titles like Michael Apted's Being …

STUDIO CITY, October 4: Crown Media Holdings, parent company of Hallmark Channel in the U.S., has tapped former Court TV chairman Henry Schleiff as president and CEO, succeeding David Evans, who stepped down in May. Schleiff will join Crown Media …

TORONTO, October 4: Disney Channel in the U.S. has acquired the first season of This is Emily Yeung from marblemedia distribution for its Playhouse Disney preschool block. The series is a spin off of This is Daniel Cook, which also …