• The formats for The Next Great Leader and Trade Up have gone overseas, following a series of deals at Distraction Formats. The political reality show, originally developed by CBC, has gone to Pyramedia, a TV production company that operates in the Middle East and north Africa. The game show Trade Up has gone to MasMedia in Sweden. Distraction has also sold The Last Word to Spain’s Tri Neo Films, while Dirty Rotten Cheater went to TV4 in Poland. A deal was also reached for reality show You Be the Judge, to air on Direct Sight in Ukraine.

• Blueprint Entertainment has a green light from Teletoon for 26 half-hours of the live-action tween comedy Go-Girl.

• Space has acquired the two-hour pilot for Caprica, a spin-off of Battlestar Galactica, from the Sci Fi Channel.

• IFC Entertainment has bought the American DVD and VOD rights for Home Movie, a horror by first-timer Christopher Denham, while Anchor Bay Entertainment has taken the Canadian DVD rights.

• High Fidelity HDTV has signed a five-year, first-look deal with production house Off the Fence.