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EL SEGUNDO: DirecTV’s Audience Network is to serve as the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for Paul Abbott’s new Sky Atlantic drama Hit and Miss. Chloë Sevigny (Big Love, Boys Don’t Cry) stars in the show as Mia, a contract killer who is …

MIAMI: According to a research study from the U.S. network Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más, U.S.-born Hispanics are dominating the 18 to 29 adult demographic and are estimated to make up 65 percent of the demo by 2015. The study, …

NEW YORK: Exim Licensing Group, the Latin American licensing agent of the American Greetings Properties (AGP) brand Strawberry Shortcake, has already secured eight licensees for the region for greeting cards, gift wrap and party goods. Licensees include Granmark, which signed …

NEW YORK/ARLINGTON: Spike TV and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have formed an exclusive partnership with plans to telecast the 2012 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow running from January 10 to 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. Spike …

LONDON: Optomen International has scored sales for more than 60 hours of Optomen and One Potato Two Potato programming to English-speaking territories following MIPCOM. The fifth season of Great British Menu was sold to Food Network in the U.K. The …

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: Zodiak Kids has made m4e a new licensee for the merchandising rights in German-speaking territories for the preschool series Little Princess. The merchandising of the 65-episode 11-minute series in Benelux is handled by m4e’s subsidiary Telescreen. The current German …

LONDON: Chello Zone’s Horror Channel in Italy has secured a selection of survival films from Cinemavault, featuring, among others, Billy Zane, Malcolm McDowell and Noel Gugliemi. The films are set to premiere in 2012 on the Horror Channel, which launched …

BOSTON: According to new research from Strategy Analytics, consumers who use personal devices such as tablets and smartphones while watching TV are ignoring commercials almost completely. The report, Multi-Screen User Behaviors in the Home, finds that high-impact scenes on television divert …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has sold a range of unscripted programs to Discovery Networks across multiple territories, including Italy, Spain, the Middle East, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. Discovery Networks International picked up the television rights to titles …

WARSAW: More than 5 million households in Poland have at least two TV sets, according to a survey by TGI MillwardBrown, while 1 million have three or more. The number of households with at least three TV sets has doubled …