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LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has secured a range of deals across Latin America covering a number of genres, while in Canada sales were made from its young-adult catalogue. Globosat in Brazil signed up for the BET Awards 2010, while …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has selected Zee TV’s Subhash Chandra as the honoree for this year’s International Emmy Directorate Award. Chandra is a pioneer of Indian pay TV, founding Zee TV as the country’s first Hindi-language satellite channel …

SÃO PAULO: India: A Love Story, a telenovela from Globo TV International, has launched on Singapore’s Channel 5, which is owned by MediaCorp, during prime time. The drama centers on the differences between Brazilian and Indian cultures, and how love …

MUMBAI: RTL Group and Reliance Broadcast Network Limited have formally entered into a joint-venture pact for the rollout of three networks in India. The 50/50 joint venture will be incorporated in India. The pact includes two English-language thematic TV channels; one …

SINGAPORE: BBC Worldwide Channels in Asia has promoted Ryan Shiotani to VP and Daphne Kang to director of programming. In his new role, Shiotani will lead strategic programming efforts for BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies in Asia. …

PARIS: Reed MIDEM has released the final dates for MIPTV 2012, with the market set to begin Sunday April 1, rather than on Saturday, March 31, as initially announced. In an email to the organization’s clients and partners, Laurine Garaude, director of …

LOS ANGELES: Summit Entertainment has signed an exclusive output deal with HBO that covers its theatrical releases from January 2013 through the end of 2017. The studio, which currently has an output deal with Showtime, is the only "mini-major" to …

NEW YORK: The fictional beauty brand Jabot featured in the CBS daytime drama series The Young and the Restless is being adapted into a full line of color cosmetics and skincare products. The Jabot cosmetics first appeared on The Young …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation has combined its venture capital arm, Comcast Interactive Capital, with the Peacock Equity Fund to form Comcast Ventures, valued at $750 million. The new joint entity will invest in early-to-late stage businesses that represent the next generation …

LONDON: DRG has added to its catalogue the documentaries Living in the Time of Jesus, produced for National Geographic in the U.S., and My Mother Diana, a production for Channel 4 in the U.K. Living in the Time of Jesus …