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Cottage Life greenlights seven series
TVBlue Ant Media-owned specialty channel Cottage Life has greenlit seven new series, including My Retreat and Selling Big, which will launch as the channel begins transmitting in Canada this fall.
Mundo Fox orders heaping helping of Jamie Oliver
TVFremantleMedia has sold six of the celebrity chef’s series to the American Spanish-language broadcast net, and has lined up other sales to Globosat and Fox Life for Jamie’s Food Fight.
TLC launching “Bakery Boss” pilot on Memorial Day
TVThe latest High Noon-produced vehicle for Buddy Valastro (pictured) will air immediately following the season six premiere of Cake Boss.
Upfronts ’13: Ovation lines up “Kuhnert Chronicles,” “Culture Pop”
TVU.S. arts network Ovation is boosting its original programming with The Kuhnert Chronicles, a series on boundary-pushing artists, and Culture Pop, focusing on creative events and personalities.
Autentic takes over Tangram International
FILM / TVMunich-based producer-distributor Autentic has acquired a majority stake in German documentary prodco Tangram International, for an undisclosed sum.
Upfronts ’13: Seacrest making music series for Telemundo
TVIn addition to Ryan Seacrest’s music competition series Duelo Musical: Super Estrella, U.S. cable net Telemundo has greenlit gossip program Suelta La Sopa and game show Entre Grandes Y Chicos.
HBO acquires Toback doc on Cannes film fest
FILM / TVHBO has picked up Tyson director James Toback’s latest documentary, a “cinematic exploration” of the Cannes Film Festival called Seduced and Abandoned (pictured).
All3Media Intl secures global rights for “Million Second Quiz”
TVAll3Media International will launch NBC’s multi-platform primetime game show, The Million Second Quiz, internationally at MIPCOM this October.
“Follow the Leader” lands on PBS
FILM / TVThe documentary following three high school class presidents with larger political aspirations has gained a June 30 airdate on the U.S. pubcaster.
Fox, Ramsay to team on “Junior MasterChef”
TVThe series, produced by Gordon Ramsay’s shingle One Potato Two Potato and Shine America, will air on the U.S. broadcast net Fridays at 8 p.m. (Pictured: Ramsay, left, and MasterChef U.S. judges)
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