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LONDON: BBC One has ordered a pilot for Mrs. Brown’s Celebrities, a Saturday night game show, from ITV studios’ 12 Yard Productions. Mrs. Brown’s Celebrities will have contestants compete in a quiz with assistance from various celebrities. The show will be hosted by comedian Brendan O’Carroll, who will portray Mrs. Brown, …

LONDON: Around 85 new exhibitors are on board for this year’s Brand Licensing Europe (BLE), which is taking place from October 16 to 18 in London. Warner Bros. Consumer Products, DreamWorks Animation, Endemol Worldwide Brands and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe are among those new to the convention this year. Overall, …

LONDON: Channel 5 has struck a partnership with the National Film and Television School’s TV entertainment department that sees the broadcaster commit to commissioning and broadcasting a show that has been developed and produced by students. Channel 5 will work with the school’s staff and students to nurture a new TV project …

LOS GATOS: Netflix is extending its streaming service into Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland by the end of the year. Subscribers will be able to sign up for the instant watch function, with a wide variety of Hollywood, local and international TV shows and movies to be available at launch. Netflix …

LONDON: A new update to the Sky+ app allows Sky TV customers to use their iPad as a television remote control. The enhanced app allows users to change channels as well as pause, play and rewind using their iPad. Sky customers can also manage their planner through the iPad app, allowing …

MOSCOW: CTC Media has secured a multi-year output agreement with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution for its Channel 31 in Kazakhstan. The deal is a first for the Kazakhstan market. Channel 31 will gain the exclusive rights to broadcast a range of feature films and TV shows from the Warner Bros. …

LONDON: Sky and UPC have renewed their existing carriage deal for Ireland, enhancing the agreement with the addition of HD versions of a range of networks. UPC will continue to offer its customers across the Republic of Ireland Sky’s entertainment, news, sports and movies channels through its cable TV service. Now, …

LONDON: Georgina McNeilly has been hired as Power’s VP of international sales, effective this month. McNeilly, who is replacing Mark Dineley, will work under Susan Waddell, the CEO of Power. In her new position, she will manage the company’s sales operations in Russia and CIS, Scandinavia and parts of Central and …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has renewed its exclusive pay-TV broadcast rights for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the Baltics, along with adding online rights to its agreement. The agreement takes effect with the start of the 2012-2013 season and carries on through the end of the 2014-2015 season. The rights—covering Estonia, …

LONDON: Time-shifted viewing accounted for just 10 percent of the U.K.’s TV consumption in the first half of 2012, meaning that 90 percent of linear television watching was of live, scheduled channels. According to the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB), commercial TV viewing during the first half of the year, from …