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NEW YORK, July 28: BBC Worldwide Americas will hold its BBC Showcase Latin America for the third year, with the event slated to take place at the JW Marriot Hotel in Rio de Janeiro from September 17 to 19. Targeting …

LOS ANGELES, July 28: Beginning next month, The MGM Channel will be broadcast across sub-Saharan Africa via the DTH platform My TV. Bruce Tuchman, the executive VP of MGM Networks, noted, “This agreement represents a very positive development for us …

LONDON, July 28: British outfit Zig Zag Productions has delivered to Five a documentary about people who choose to be cryonically preserved in the hopes of being brought back to life in the future. Five will air the special, Death …

AMSTERDAM, July 27: Liberty Media subsidiary chellomedia has formed a joint venture with Tel Sell to launch a live home shopping network in the Netherlands this October. The as-yet unnamed channel will replace the existing Tel Sell network, reaching 4 …

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 …

LOS ANGELES, July 27: PorchLight Entertainment has picked up the international distribution rights to the Canadian animated preschool property Gofrette, which is set to launch on CBC next year. Produced by Zoe Mae Productions and Subsequence Entertainment, the 52×12-minute series …

LOS ANGELES, July 27: here! has acquired the film Beastly Boyz, a horror thriller from director David DeCoteau, for broadcast this August. The film centers on vigilante Travis who seeks revenge on the murderers of his sister, who speaks to …

PALISADES PARK/LONDON, July 27: Alfred Haber Distribution has entered into a consultancy agreement with Lazarus Consulting for the development and acquisition of specials, series, and formats in the U.K. Lazarus Consulting was formed by former Celador International executive Steve Lazarus …