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  • TBS gets into Hot Tub with Warners
    UPFRONTS: Warner Horizon TV has three scripted projects in development at US cablenet TBS, including a drama about golf and a comedy from the scribe behind movie Hot Tub Time Machine.
  • Lythgoe looks for unsigned bands
    UPFRONTS: Nigel Lythgoe, the man behind So You Think You Can Dance, is developing a new musical show for cable TV that seeks the best unsigned bar band in America.
  • CBS trailer: Vegas
    UPFRONTS: Watch the trailer for CBS's upcoming fall season drama Vegas, ordered from CBS TV Studios for the Tuesday 22.00 post-NCIS: Los Angeles slot.
  • CBS trailer: Partners
    UPFRONTS: Watch the trailer for CBS's upcoming fall season comedy Partners, ordered from Will & Grace duo Max Mutchick and David Kohan for the Monday 20.30 slot.
  • CBS trailer: Made in Jersey
    UPFRONTS: Watch the trailer for CBS's upcoming fall season drama Made in Jersey, ordered from Sony Pictures TV for the Friday 21.00 slot.
  • CBS trailer: Elementary
    UPFRONTS: Watch the trailer for CBS's upcoming Sherlock Holmes drama Elementary, ordered for next season for the Thursday 22.00 slot.
  • Bochco, Bay on TNT dev slate
    UPFRONTS: Cable network TNT has unveiled a development slate that includes dramas from Michael Bay (Transformers), Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue) and Shane Brennan (NCIS).
  • Upfront about new drama
    UPFRONTS: After four US networks announce their fall schedules, and with one more to come tomorrow, Michael Pickard takes a look at the new dramas coming to air next season.
  • CBS makes its move
    UPFRONTS: CBS has unveiled its primetime line-up for 2012/13, with new timeslots for Two and a Half Men and 2 Broke Girls.
  • Sky, TVNZ set to build Igloo
    Low-cost pay-TV service Igloo will launch in New Zealand next month after an investigation ruled it did not breach anti-competition rules.
  • BBC1, BBC2 to drop kids' shows
    The BBC's governing body has approved plans to drop children's programming from flagship channels BBC1 and BBC2.
  • Rai set for Showdown
    Italian pubcaster Rai will air a primetime gameshow based on a German format in which two families compete for a cash prize.
  • MundoFox aims high in first Upfront
    MundoFox will be a "game changer" in the US Hispanic market, offering Spanish-language programmes "worlds apart" from those aired by its rivals, its president has told C21.
  • Endemol takes Cooks abroad
    Endemol has picked up international rights to a new competitive cooking format being made for UK satcaster Sky1.
  • RTÉ to axe London base
    Irish public broadcaster RTÉ will shut down its London office in order to release funds for local production, despite government opposition to the closure.
  • C4, Pact hammer out new terms
    The UK's Channel 4 has agreed to new terms of trade with indie producers' body Pact to cover its new catch-up channel 4seven and video-on-demand service 4oD.
  • Sky Atlantic enters The Newsroom
    UK digital network Sky Atlantic is lining up Aaron Sorkin's latest drama The Newsroom for an October debut.
  • Viacom pacts with Televisa
    Mexican broadcaster Televisa has renewed its output deal with distributor Viacom International Media Networks for another five years.
  • BBC puts kids back in the kitchen
    The BBC has ordered a new season of Junior MasterChef, returning the format to UK television after two years.
  • Aspire adds to top management
    The Comcast-backed channel being set up by former basketball star Magic Johnson to target African-Americans has appointed a general manager.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE

  • Upfronts analysis: NBC UPFRONTS: In the first of five exclusive reports from the presentations in New York, programming insider Marc Berman gives C21 his take on NBC's comedy-laden line-up for next season.
  • Another Planet BBC Worldwide’s senior VP of programming and TV channels David Weiland unveils plans for Lonely Planet programming blocks. Clive Whittingham reports.
  • Sony fashions Facebook Millionaire GAMES FOR TV: Sony Pictures Television is gearing up to launch a global social game version of hit TV format Who Wants to be a Millionaire? via Facebook, plus a play-along second screen app, Stephan Zingg tells Jonathan Webdale.
  • Carnival atmosphere New legislation aimed at increasing the amount of local content shown on Brazilian pay-TV has been welcomed by the country's producers. Ed Waller reports.
  • Howard’s way As Reveille founding partner Howard T Owens gets his feet under the table at Nat Geo US, he tells Clive Whittingham about his plans to transform the network’s output.
  • The inbetweener GAMES FOR TV: Zodiak Media tapped Utinni Games to take supernatural drama Being Human into social games. Founder Chris Etches tells Jonathan Webdale why TV is keen to get into the space.
  • Shifting sands of social gaming GAMES FOR TV: Despite Facebook’s meteoric rise as a games platform over the past few years, IHS Screen Digest senior games analyst Steve Bailey argues that the honeymoon may be over.
  • King of the geeks GAMES FOR TV: Machinima.com has become the biggest online video channel you may never have heard of. Founder, chairman and CEO Allen DeBevoise tells Jonathan Webdale how geeks are inheriting the earth.
  • Springtime for MENA Producers from the Middle East and North Africa, as in most areas, are developing formats for the global marketplace. But is the region’s TV landscape right for such a move, asks Ed Waller.
  • TVification of gaming GAMES FOR TV: While all the talk may currently be about the ‘gamification’ of television, Ex Machina founder and CEO Jeroen Elfferich argues the entertainment industry needs to think differently.