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SANTA MONICA, August 20: Stratus Entertainment has taken over all of the assets of the youth-focused Hispanic network Latin Television (LTV) from the previous owners, who last month announced plans to exit the broadcasting business in order to focus on …

LOS ANGELES, August 20: American Cinema International and Cinevision International have teamed up to acquire and distribute Latin-themed product to the U.S. home entertainment marketplace. The partnership has already secured deals with Navarre/BCI and Image Entertainment to distribute a minimum …

SYDNEY, August 20: The prime-time premiere of Southern Star’s Crime Investigation Australia on August 14 on Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine Network captured a 34-percent average all-audience market share against the U.S. drama Numb3rs and the British series Life Begins. The …

NEW JERSEY, August 20: Alfred Haber Distribution has secured deals for the new weekly series Hollywood Uncensored, to be carried this fall on Five, Seven Network, Denmark’s TV2, Norway’s TV3, Kanal Fem in Sweden and MBC in the Middle East. …

HARRINGTON PARK, August 20: Cary Grant: The Leading Man, the fourth title released from Janson Media’s Hollywood Collection, is now available for all television, home-entertainment and new-media markets worldwide. Narrated by Richard Kiley, Cary Grant: The Leading Man was originally …

SYDNEY, August 20: Courtney Gibson, currently the head of arts, entertainment and comedy at ABC TV in Australia, has been appointed the network’s executive head of content creation, effective November 5. In this newly created position, Gibson will lead and …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, August 17: Blueprint Entertainment has promoted Elizabeth Madariaga to executive director of development, a move that will see her relocate from Los Angeles to the company’s Toronto offices. In her new role, she will continue to develop prime …

AMSTERDAM, August 17: Bo Stehmeier has been named as head of sales and co-production at Off the Fence, with responsibility for the Americas, the U.K., German-speaking territories and Africa. In his new position, Stehmeier will handle the sale of finished …

NEW YORK, August 17: VH1’s Scott Reich has been tapped as the VP of programming at Concert.TV, a digital television network dedicated to live music performances and documentaries. In his new role at Concert.TV, Reich will direct the programming across …

WINNIPEG, August 17: CanWest Global Communications Corp. has received approval from Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) to take control of Ten Network Holdings. CanWest can now exercise its right to exchange its ordinary shares and convertible debentures of The …