BURBANK, September 3: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution has been picked up for a second season on ABC.

KUALA LUMPUR, September 3: Fox International Channels (FIC) has firmed up a carriage deal with Astro to bring Nat Geo Wild to Malaysia.

HONG KONG, September 3: The series Black Gold is to make its debut on truTV in Asia on September 4.

MEXICO CITY, September 3: TV Azteca's hit reality show The Academy is headed back to Azteca International on September 12, but this season will celebrate the bicentenary by featuring participants from Latin American countries such as Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.

MUNICH, September 2: ProSiebenSat.1's production and distribution arm, Red Arrow Entertainment Group, has acquired a 51-percent interest in Kinetic Content, the venture established by former RDF USA CEO Chris Coelen.

SILVER SPRING, September 2: A gunman who took three hostages at Discovery Communications' headquarters yesterday afternoon was shot dead by police after a four-hour standoff.

LONDON, September 2: Pulse Films, producer of the hit show Pineapple Dance Studios, has tapped ITV Studios Global Entertainment to handle the international distribution for Showbusiness, a new scripted reality dance series.

BUENOS AIRES, September 2: The Spanish-language lifestyle network Utilísima has added two new original shows to its schedule, featuring fashion expert Martín Llorens and celebrity chef Chepina Peralta.

LOS ANGELES, September 2: Lucy Liu has signed on to narrate the new Showtime documentary Redlight, which exposes the horrors of the illegal sex trade market in Southeast Asia.

NEW YORK, September 1: Following its launch in Singapore on StarHub, Scripps Networks International's Food Network Asia rolls out today in Taiwan on DTH operator DishHD.

NEW YORK, September 1: HBO has picked up the U.S. TV rights for the documentary Precious Life, directed by Israeli broadcast journalist Shlomi Eldar and produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Yoav Ze’evi.

LONDON, August 31: ITV1 is set to launch a new documentary strand, Perspectives, which will encompass factual films from a variety of filmmakers and presenters, who offer their take on subjects ranging from life in modern Britain to the arts.

NEW YORK, August 30: Newcomer Modern Family took home the statuette for outstanding comedy series at last night's Primetime Emmy Awards, while Mad Men scored its third consecutive win for best drama.

MUNICH, August 30: Australia's Seven Network will launch its own version of SevenOne International's Beat your Host! next week in a 7:30 p.m. slot.

NEW YORK, August 30: U.S. health and wellness network Veria has ordered a second season of 13 episodes of its reality series The Incurables.

HARRINGTON PARK, August 30: Janson Media has sold Vikings: Journey to New Worlds from its Giant Screen Films collection to Legend International Company (LIC) of China.

LOS ANGELES, August 30: Mike Eisner, formerly at WME Entertainment/William Morris Agency, has been named senior VP of legal and business affairs at Hasbro Studios.

BEIJING, August 27: National Geographic Channel, China International Television Corporation and China Radio, Film & Television Programs Exchanging Centre are collaborating in an effort to promote documentary production in China.

LOS ANGELES, August 27: The soon-to-launch kids' network The Hub has added to its slate of original programming with Hubworld, a weekly half-hour pop-culture magazine show.

SÃO PAULO, August 27: Globo TV International is making its second outing at DISCOP Africa, with a slate of series, documentaries, TV movies, musicals, mini-series and formats to offer.

LOS ANGELES, August 27: The final 12 participants have been selected to take part in WESTDOC's PitchFest 2010, where documentary and reality producers can present new works-in-progress directly to funders and network development executives.

CHICAGO, August 27: Towers Productions promoted Mike Schmiedeler, an 11-year company veteran, to VP of development and executive producer, responsible for program origination and editorial oversight.

LONDON, August 26: New drama serials, as well as a selection of comedies and factual shows, have been added to Channel 4's fall schedule.

NEW YORK, August 26: Auction Hunters, a new unscripted original series for Spike TV, looks at the world of storage-unit actions and the people who make their living hunting unclaimed property.

TEMECULA, August 26: Outdoor Channel is to launch in Asia through an exclusive broadcast agreement with Multi Channels Asia (MCA), while a new deal with Chello Zone takes the channel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

LOS ANGELES, August 25: In the new G4 series Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan, viewers will meet real members of the U.S. Navy who have trained extensively to face the specialized challenges of this high-risk military position.

BEIJING, August 25: Marking its first-ever digital deal in China, BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution has landed a content supply agreement with Internet portal Sohu.com that sees its drama, children's and educational programming licensed over two years.

TORONTO, August 25: Portfolio International has landed deals for the kids' series Heads Up! and Spellz with Thailand's True Visions.

NEW YORK, August 25: Veria has a new season of Yoga For Life, hosted by Kurt Johnsen, with 20 fresh hour-long episodes.

LONDON, August 24: The sale of audio-visual archive content generates 364 million euros in revenues annually, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of close to 5 percent over the last five years.