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BURBANK: O.D. Welch has been named COO of James Cameron and Vince Pace’s Cameron-Pace Group (CPG). Welch, based out of the company’s Burbank headquarters, will be responsible for leading CPG’s global expansion, focusing on strategic planning and execution, international business …

MUNICH: The award-winning Studio100 Media preschool series Big and Small is returning for a third season. The series, which currently airs daily on CBeebies, features brand-new episodes co-produced by Kindle Entertainment and Belfast-based Sixteen South Television. The original creative team …

LOS ANGELES: Lawless Entertainment is to represent Conversations with Cass, a series of 30-minute conversations hosted by Cass Warner, granddaughter of Harry Warner, one of the founders of Warner Bros. Studios. The project, which is currently in post-production, features Cass …

NEW YORK: American Greetings Properties (AGP) and international licensing agent CPLG France have renewed three Strawberry Shortcake product licensees in France. The renewed roster of partners features Hemma Editions, which will create coloring and activity books, notebooks, sticker books and …

MIAMI: Venevision International and Netflix have signed a deal that allows subscribers in Latin America to access a selection of telenovelas such as Eva Luna, starring Guy Ecker and Blanca Soto. The agreement will give Netflix subscribers access to five …

GÜTERSLOH: Thomas Rabe, the CFO at Bertelsmann, will succeed the company’s current chairman and CEO, Hartmut Ostrowski, effective January 1, 2012. Ostrowski is resigning from the executive board and will move on to the supervisory board. Ostrowski joined Bertelsmann in …

RESTON: In examining the impact of tablets, smartphones and connected devices on media consumption habits, comScore has found that television remains the primary medium for watching TV shows and movies. comScore’s Digital Omnivores: How Tablets, Smartphones and Connected Devices are …

NEW YORK/SARATOGA: The Roku streaming platform now offers instant access to more than 1,400 titles for streaming on TV, including HBO shows such as Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and True Blood. HBO GO has joined Roku’s growing collection of entertainment channels. The …

SÃO PAULO: DISH Network in the U.S. now offers TV Globo Internacional’s Portuguese-language channel via IPTV. TV Globo Internacional provides news, exclusive programming, live sports, telenovelas, mini-series, kids’ shows and more. The 24-hour channel has more than 580,000 premium subscribers …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International has signed a deal for Miditech to be the exclusive sales agent for its series and formats in India. Telefe’s catalogue has telenovelas, series, magazine shows, comedies, entertainment programs, documentaries and movies. Miditech will distribute the …