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LONDON: BT has become the first U.K. pay-TV provider to offer movies on a buy-to-keep basis as well as to rent. Through BT's YouView box, customers are able to buy many of the latest movies from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, along with a selection …

LONDON: ITV has ordered a new tactical quiz show, The 21st Question, from Chocolate Media, which is part of NBCUniversal International Television Production. The 21st Question features exactly 21 questions. One player faces ten challenges through a series of "winner stays on" rounds. These test both strategy and wits. Only …

LONDON: Remarkable Television has been commissioned by ITV to produce the game show Ejector Seat, which will debut in daytime later this year. Andi Peters will be the presenter for the fast-paced general knowledge quiz. The show watches as six players are sat at the top of a track that …

PARIS/MUNICH: Olivier Courson, the chairman and CEO of STUDIOCANAL, and Rola Bauer, the president and partner of TANDEM Communications, are to present a joint keynote address at MIPTV on Tuesday, April 8. The keynote, entitled TANDEM/STUDIOCANAL: European Sensibility—Global Appeal, will touch on the companies' international productions and announcements of new …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Showcase is expecting its largest event yet, with a record 725 delegates attending, and highlights such as the new drama The Musketeers. Paul Dempsey, the president of global markets at BBC Worldwide, said: “We’ve had a phenomenal response to our 38th annual Showcase in Liverpool with many …

LONDON: Janice Hadlow, the controller of BBC Two and BBC Four, is to step down from her role and take up a new post within the BBC. Hadlow is moving to the role of controller of special projects and seasons. She will develop and originate cross-platform series, seasons and other …

LONDON: Sky Sports has signed a seven-year deal to show exclusive live coverage of the PGA Tour until at least 2022. The new pact takes effect in 2015, and extends Sky's partnership with the Tour into its 30th year. The agreement comprises 32 live events from the PGA Tour, as …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights has picked up the international distribution rights for Legend 17, a Russian ice hockey biopic starring Danila Kozlovsky and Oleg Menshikov. Legend 17 tells the true story of ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov, who was at the height of his career during the 1970s. The production was …

LONDON: Expanding its bouquet of free-to-air channels, ITV has unveiled ITVBe, targeting a younger, female audience with lifestyle and reality programming from the U.K. and the U.S. ITVBe will serve as the exclusive home of The Only Way is Essex. It will also feature the Real Housewives franchise from the …

LONDON: Taylor Lautner, best known for playing Jacob Black in the Twilight Saga film series, is set to star in the second season of the BAFTA-nominated comedy Cuckoo for BBC Three. Lautner takes over the male lead from Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live). He will play a handsome and mysterious …