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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 …

TORONTO, April 10: Breakthrough Animation has begun developing two new animated series targeted to the 18-to-35-year-old demographic: the 26×30-minute dark comedy The Orphanage, and the 26×5-minute pop-culture satire Foolz ‘N The Hood, with both series available for broadcast, broadband and …

LONDON, April 10: Distraction has announced a raft of new formats for MIPTV, including the prime-time entertainment series Star Attraction, the game show Guess Who? and the scripted comedy Serial Frank. Star Attraction, which was originally broadcast on Société Radio-Canada …

LOS ANGELES, April 10: Taffy Entertainment has secured the worldwide distribution rights to Howie Mandel’s Emmy-nominated 81×23-minute series Bobby’s World, which was relaunched in January on Kabillion’s VOD and broadband platforms. Bobby’s World, which was originally broadcast on FOX from …