ITV Studios Global Entertainment Seals OZ, NZ Agreements

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CANNES: Broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand have signed up for a range of content from ITV Studios Global Entertainment, which wrapped up deals from a number of genres totaling more than 150 hours of programming.

FOXTEL in Australia took the entertainment series Louis Spence’s Showbusiness for its Arena channel. White Van Man went to The Comedy Channel. Love/Hate is headed to W and Police POV is to air on Crime & Investigation Network.

XYZnetworks opted for a second season on the reality show Four Weddings USA for its LifeStyle YOU service. The deal also features Katie & Alex: For Better, For Worse and Psychic Sally for LifeStyle YOU; Zoo Days for The LifeStyle Channel; alongside a variety of factual entertainment content, including May the Best House Win for LifeStyle FOOD; and Britain’s Best Dish and Country House Cooking Contest for LifeStyle FOOD.

Joe Maddison’s War is making its way to ABC TV in Australia, along with season two of Miranda and the latest season of the kids’ series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. Seven Network acquired the prime-time dramas Vera and Lewis.

Augustus Dulgaro, ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s locally based senior VP for Asia Pacific, commented, “There is great demand in this region for high quality primetime content across all genres and we are delighted to confirm this wide range of deals. The programming acquired for audiences in Australia and New Zealand is a fantastic representation of the strong content and wide breadth of variety in our portfolio and we are looking forward to seeing these titles debut throughout 2011.”