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LOS ANGELES, October 4: CaribeVisión, a new television network targeted to the Hispanic-Caribbean market in the U.S., will premiere an original entertainment news program, Hollywood Café, on October 21 at 7:30 p.m. The half-hour weekly series will be hosted by …

LONDON, October 4: HIT Entertainment has appointed two new publishing partners for its recently acquired girl-skewing property Rainbow Magic, and offered a first look at the upcoming television series based on the property at the Brand Licensing show. HIT has …

LONDON, October 4: FremantleMedia will head to MIPCOM armed with a diverse range of formats, led by The Next Great Band, Hole in the Wall, The Gift, Temptation and I Know You Know. FOX’s musical talent show The Next Great …

LONDON, October 3: Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global, has unveiled a new brand identity for itself and its operating companies and business units. Chellomedia’s operating companies and business units will now use “Chello” in the business name, …

SYDNEY, October 3: BBC One has renewed the Australian medical drama All Saints, distributed by Southern Star, for a further 43 hours that will air in early 2008. Produced by Seven Network in Australia, the fifth season of All Saints …

SINGAPORE, October 3: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) will launch the American version of SportsCenter in Southeast Asia, as well as in Hong Kong and China, beginning Monday, October 8. The U.S. version of SportsCenter is the sixth edition of this …

LONDON, October 3: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a new development deal with Ireland’s Waddell Media (WM), the producers of the Discovery U.S. series Future Weapons, for a series of factual projects for the international market. A dedicated team of …

NEW YORK, October 3: Lightworks Enterprises has reached a co-production agreement with the Colombian outfit La Productora for Narc-Ops, a documentary about the underground world of drug smuggling. Emmy-award winning producer KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group, will co-develop …

PARIS, October 3: The Gurin Company in the U.S. has optioned the French format The Smart Word from Fort Boyard producer Adventure Line Productions (ALP). The Smart Word was created by ALP and Innovatron—the company founded by Roland Moreno, the …

TORONTO, October 3: CCI Entertainment has entered into a deal with Dubai-based Blink Studios for the development, production and sale of entertainment properties, the first of which is a preschool CG animated series entitled Tooterville, which will be previewed at …