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'The ABC drama The Slap, based on Christos Tsiolkas'sbestselling novel, will screen in the US and Canada after being sold to pay-TV outfit DirecTV and Ontario-based public broadcaster TVOntario. The series, produced by Matchbox Pictures, majority owned by NBCUniversal, has been sold in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and other territories in eastern Europe and Asia.' Michael Bodry.