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LOS ANGELES: HBO Latin America has picked up the fifth season of the teen drama M.I. High from BBC Worldwide, while also taking on the late-night music series Later with Jools Holland, among other titles. The hit BBC teen drama M.I. High …

NEW YORK: Univision has announced its newest reality program for the 2011-2012 broadcast season, Si Se Puede, which comes from Dan Broome of The Biggest Loser and Emilio Estefan. The series is a fitness and weight loss competition targeted toward …

MADRID: BRB Internacional has sold a number of animated series across Latin America, including Iron Kid, Bernard and A Thousand and One Americas. Televideo picked up Iron Kid, which features a teenage hero with a bionic arm on a quest for world …

LOS ANGELES: The Charlie’s Angels reboot for ABC and the ’60s-set Pan Am headline Sony Pictures Television’s new crop of shows that will be presented to broadcasters in Los Angeles. Scheduled for Thursdays at 8 p.m., the new take on …

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company in India has joined forces with UTV Motion Pictures, a leading Bollywood studio, to co-produce Disney-branded family films for local audiences. The two companies will share creative responsibilities for the slate, with UTV handling production, marketing …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has signed up Brazil’s Grupo Banderiantes de Comunicação for the free-TV rights for the new Power Rangers Samurai as well as classic Power Rangers episodes. Rede Bandeirantes is set to air all 40 episodes of Power …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network is offering its new customers three months of the Blockbuster By Mail service for free, following on its recent acquisition of the home-entertainment rental chain. New customers to the DISH service who activate qualifying programming through August …

LOS ANGELES: Steven Spielberg’s Terra Nova and a Bones spinoff are among the new network series being showcased by Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution at the L.A. Screenings, alongside cable fare like FX’s Elijah Wood comedy Wilfred and Showtime’s Homeland. On the …

BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe has rolled out the HBO GO Internet streaming service to customers in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. HBO GO is now available to HBO subscribers with a broadband Internet connection in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and …

NEW YORK: Vme is to present the Spanish-language premiere of the mini-series The Kennedys (Los Kennedy), along with the big-budget drama Piratas and a host of other new series and specials on the planner for 2011-12. The Kennedys, starring Greg …