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NEW YORK/BEVERLY HILLS: CBS Corporation and Netflix have entered into a two-year non-exclusive agreement for a selection of shows, including hits such as Californication and Dexter, to be streamed instantly for subscribers in Canada and Latin America. Starting in September, …

TORONTO: Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Shaw Media have awarded 11 projects with C$242,000 ($256,000) in grants and no-interest loans from Shaw Media-Hot Docs Funds. Six completion grants amounting to C$182,000 ($191,750) were awarded to Buzkashi!, The Lost …

LOS ANGELES: Fox Networks and Fox Broadcasting Company have unveiled a new online authentication initiative that sees programming available only to pay-TV customers during an eight-day window. Starting August 15, video distributors that participate in the authentication service will have …

NEUILLY: Revenues for the first half of the year at M6 fell 3 percent to 719.7 million euros, of which 356.5 million euros was derived from advertising on the M6 channel. Ad revenues on M6 were up 5.3 percent on …

MEXICO CITY: Grupo Televisa has licensed around 3,000 hours of novelas, series and entertainment programming for streaming on Netflix in Latin America. The non-exclusive deal makes Televisa programming available to Netflix one year after its broadcast TV airing. The agreement …

WARSAW: Romance TV Polska, a joint venture of Mainstream Media and ZDF Enterprises, has joined the lineup of Poland’s Platform ‘n’, which now has 28 HD channels on its service. Romance TV Polaska will also be added to the SVOD collection of …

LONDON: The inaugural Dublin Super Cup is set to air in more than 160 territories around the world, through agreements signed by Endemol Sport, in combination with its partner rights agencies. This reach is due to a combination in-house rights …

LONDON: In commemorating the tenth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, National Geographic Channel is presenting the world television exclusive of George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview. The documentary, set to air in the U.S. on August …

SÃO PAULO: Cat’s Cradle (Cuna de Gato), a telenovela distributed by Globo TV International, is to premiere on the Teledoce channel in Uruguay on August 1, following the channel’s success with Seize the Day (Vivir la Vida). Cat’s Cradle has …

CHEVY CHASE: Production for the new travel series The Layover, hosted by Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations, has been greenlit by the Travel Channel and is expected to premiere in the fourth quarter of 2011. The Travel Channel and Zero …