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NEW YORK, July 27: AETN International has signed format options for two popular A&E shows: Growing Up Gotti and Spying on Myself. Spying on Myself has been optioned in multiple territories, including TF1 in France, El Mundo in Spain, Einstein …

KNOXVILLE, July 27: A selection of series and specials from Scripps Networks’ Food Network are set to air in the U.K. on the UKTV Food channel beginning next month. The agreement includes popular series such as Everyday Italian with Giada …

LONDON, July 27: The Flextech-owned Challenge network has picked up the British broadcast rights to the Miss World pageant, taking place in Poland this September, in an exclusive deal with the Miss World Organisation and Zeal Television. The 56th Miss …

SINGAPORE, July 26: MTV Networks Asia Pacific has postponed its first ever MTV Asia Movie Awards, originally slated to take place October 6 in Singapore, due to “scheduling issues,” the company said today. The announcement comes just over a month …

LONDON, July 26: ITV is set to air its own version of America’s Got Talent, the Simon Cowell format that has been a hit for NBC this summer. The British series, from Simon Cowell’s production company SYCO TV, will see …

SILVER SPRING, July 26: On October 1, Discovery Communications will launch its worldwide initiative Discovery Atlas, a five-year project focusing on the culture, geography and natural phenomena of a range of countries, kicking off with China. October 1 sees the …

NEW YORK, July 26: The N has given a second season order to MarVista Entertainment’s teen-targeted surf series Beyond the Break, with rollout slated for early 2007. The N, Viacom’s nighttime network for teens, has ordered an additional 10 half-hour …

MAINZ/NEW YORK, July 26: After a 16-year stint, Horst Müller is exiting his post as the head of ZDF Enterprises’ New York office. As of next month, the operation will be run by Susanne Müller. Her primary mission will be …

LONDON, July 26: Baby TV has inked a carriage deal with Dutch MSO Casema, which has about 1.4 million basic subscribers in the Netherlands. With carriage already on UPC’s systems in the Netherlands, as well as on Multikabel, Delta, CAIW …

ALVISO, July 26: OMD and Nissan are among the companies that have signed up as clients of TiVo’s new Audience Research and Measurement (ARM) division, offering advertisers and media-buyers second-by-second data and analysis on DVR viewing of commercials. "TiVo's Commercial …