January 25, 2012
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LOS ANGELES: Bellum Entertainment is representing a new half-hour show from celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito, which has already been cleared on all 17 of the Tribune Broadcasting owned-and-operated stations. The E/I (educational/informational) series launches this fall. DiSpirito’s show is one of three series included in Bellum’s E/I deal with Tribune ...
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January 25, 2012
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PREMIUM: The documentary acquisitions and co-productions manager at RTI SpA – Mediaset Group talks about what she is seeking for Italia 1 and Retequattro. TV REAL: What channels fall within your remit? BAGLIANI: RTI – Mediaset is the main commercial network in Italy. We have both a free- and pay-TV ...
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January 25, 2012
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NEW YORK: A new TLC reality series to be executive produced by What Not to Wear star Stacy London with BBC Worldwide Productions is currently in the works, with an expected May premiere date. The eight-part series features the Brooklyn fashion boutique Lee Lee’s Valise, run by husband and wife ...
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January 25, 2012
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LONDON: Free-to-air broadcaster Chilevision has snapped up the format rights to the TéVé Media Group title Psychic Challenge from Zodiak Rights. The Chilean channel will produce 13 80-minute episodes this February for broadcast in April. Psychic Challenge is a national search for people who claim to have psychic powers, whose ...
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January 25, 2012
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LONDON, January 25: Cineflix Rights has closed a range of deals with North American and Latin American broadcasters, including Smithsonian and FOX Latin America, among others. Smithsonian Networks picked up seasons 8, 9 and 11 of Mayday: Air Disaster, which investigates aviation disasters. Cineflix also sold seasons two and three ...
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January 25, 2012
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LONDON/LOS ANGELES: September Films, the DCD Media-owned producer of reality and entertainment programming, has tapped Lisa Mao as its first development VP, based in the Los Angeles office. Mao will report to Richard Hansil, the senior VP of creative at September Films USA. She joins the company from the Travel ...
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January 24, 2012
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NEW YORK: Shahs of Sunset, a new series from Ryan Seacrest Productions that spotlights six young Persian-American friends living in Los Angeles, is slated to make its premiere on Bravo on March 11. The show marks the first collaboration for Bravo and Ryan Seacrest Productions. Seacrest also executive produces, alongside ...
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January 24, 2012
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LOS ANGELES: Associated Television International (ATI) has cleared season seven of its Emmy-nominated program Laura McKenzie’s Traveler in more than 72-percent of the U.S. The travel series, produced in association with USA Weekend, features host Laura McKenzie venturing to popular and off-the-beaten-path destinations across the globe. She has been featured ...
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January 24, 2012
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WASHINGTON, D.C./MAINZ: National Geographic Channel has secured the six-part documentary series Last Secrets of the Third Reich from ZDF Enterprises. Last Secrets of the Third Reich features new insight and archive material that expose the contradictions and inner workings of Hitler’s Nazi regime. The series will premiere on NGC in ...
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January 24, 2012
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NEW YORK: Electus International has signed up broadcasters in nearly 100 countries for the second season of the VH1 reality series Mob Wives. XYZnetworks in Australia picked up the show for LifeStyle YOU, while Shaw Media has taken it for Canada. In Latin America, MTV is set to broadcast season ...
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