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PARIS/COPENHAGEN: Two new deals have been firmed up by Banijay International for the reality show Tempted, which is heading into production for MTV Russia and TET in Ukraine.  The channels have agreed to run the show as a strip during prime time, having given an order for 60 one-hour episodes. ...

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MIAMI: Disney Media Distribution Latin America and Vista Productions have agreed to produce a local version of Brothers & Sisters in Colombia. The series will be based on the original American version created by Jon Robin Baitz for ABC. Brothers & Sisters follows the life of the Walkers, a family from California ...

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MIAMI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Televisa have entered into an exclusive first-look co-production deal that covers scripted and telenovela formats. SPT will have a first look at all Televisa’s scripted and unscripted formats for potential co-production. The deal covers all territories outside of the U.S. and Latin America. Televisa ...

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LOS ANGELES: U.S. cable channel CMT has renewed the karaoke game-show series The Singing Bee, produced by The Gurin Company and JUMA Entertainment, for a fourth season. The format, sold by DRG, has been produced in 30 countries, including Israel, Argentina, Australia, Belgium and Russia, among others. The U.S. series, ...

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ISTANBUL: Two new French entertainment formats have joined the catalogue of Global Agency, which recently firmed up a deal to serve as the exclusive distribution partner for all formats from the French production outfit Coyote. The celebrity entertainment format Before I Was Famous is from Reservoir Prod. The show follows ...

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MADRID: Phileas Productions has closed a deal with the Argentinean production house Pepper Mind to bring its game-show format The ATM to six countries across Latin America.  The format has been optioned in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Pepper Mind will be responsible for implementing the format in ...

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LONDON: The British drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl is being remade in Latin America through a deal between Endemol and Chilean pubcaster TVN. The Chilean adaptation will air in prime time on TV. Endemol Chile will produce its own version starring Fernanda Urrejola. The drama was originally produced ...

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BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International’s The Roldans has been given a local treatment in Greece, where it is airing as The Vasiliadis on Mega TV. The show was produced locally by Studio Alta. It launched on January 8 as a double episode and now takes on a daily half-hour slot at ...

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LONDON: Trish Kinane has been appointed president of worldwide entertainment at FremantleMedia, after having served as acting president in the role since last year, while Rob Clark becomes the director of global entertainment development. Kinane will continue to report to Gary Carter, the COO of FremantleMedia. She will continue to ...

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LONDON: Target Entertainment has picked up the international format and finished-program rights to the T Group Production series Storage Hunters, which is produced for the U.S. network truTV. Target has sold the series to Dave in the U.K., SBS in the Netherlands and Canadian channel OLN, which will all launch ...

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