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LONDON, March 19: VH1 Latin America has acquired the 8×46-minute reality series Celebrity Fit Club USA from Granada International for launch today in Mexico and Argentina, with broadcast in Brazil to follow later this year. The most recent season of …

WASHINGTON, March 19: AmericanLife TV Networks, the only independent network devoted to the U.S. “Baby Boomer” generation, is making its documentary, A Journey to Darfur, available for international distribution, with a deal already closed with France 2. The documentary premiered …

LOS ANGELES, March 19: The new half-hour game show Let’s Play Crosswords from Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE), William Morris Agency and Program Partners has cleared in over 65 percent of the U.S. for a syndication launch in the fall. Following …

BRISTOL, March 19: In a deal brokered by its global mobile agent Crucible Media, Aardman Animations has appointed Player X to represent its mobile video content in North America. Player X will launch mobile video content from the acclaimed British …

LOS ANGELES, March 19: The online resource ModernMom.com has announced the soft launch of Modern Mom TV, a new online channel providing advice for busy mothers. Modern Mom TV has notched up more than 5,000 views since its March 7 …

EKATERINBURG, March 19: Russian distributor Studio U7 has licensed the fourth season of The Most Extreme series, originally broadcast on Animal Planet in the U.S., to the Russian national broadcaster TNT. The series, which was produced by New Zealand-based NHNZ, …

KNOXVILLE, March 19: Former Yahoo! executive Deanna Brown has joined Scripps Networks to assume the role of president of the interactive group, a newly created position at the lifestyle media company. Most recently, Brown served as the general manager of …

NEW YORK, March 19: New Nielsen data says that the average U.S. home receives a record 104.2 TV channels, up by almost 8 on 2005, tuning in to almost 16—15.1 percent—for at least ten minutes per week; in 2000, this …

LOS ANGELES, March 19: According to a Reuters report, comedian Carol Burnett has filed a copyright infringement suit against the FOX animated sitcom Family Guy for poking fun at her and her series The Carol Burnett Show, which ran on …

MAINZ, March 19: ABC has acquired the format rights to the long-running format Wanna Bet? (Wetten, dass…?) from Germany’s ZDF, with Phil Gurin set to develop the U.S. version and the U.K.’s Ant and Dec signing on to host. A …