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LONDON: Zodiak América Latina is a new division of the Zodiak Media Group that will work on developing and producing content across Latin America and in the U.S. Hispanic market. The new division will be led by Giorgio Gori as …

MIAMI: Venevision Productions’ Eva Luna reached more than 9.7 million viewers during its April 12 two-hour finale on Univision. The hit telenovela, starring Guy Ecker and Blanca Soto, had an average rating of 27.8 in its 8 p.m. time slot …

LOS ANGELES: The Style Network has a host of new shows in development and has ordered ten episodes of Glam Fairy, a spinoff of Jerseylicious, from Endemol USA. The new show focuses on Alexa Prisco as she sets up The Glam …

NEW YORK: In what it is calling its biggest acquisition to date, truTV has picked up ABC’s version of Wipeout, and has unveiled its upcoming programming initiatives. The network has licensed the exclusive, off-network cable rights to the Endemol format-based series …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency has received offers from the U.S. Hispanic market and a host of European territories for the Show TV Turkish drama Magnificent Century, which was launched to the international market at MIPTV. Broadcasters in Spanish-speaking U.S.A., Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, …

LONDON: The Walt Disney Company’s London-based production hub for EMEA is working with Canada’s Nerd Corps Entertainment and YTV on the new animated comedy Rated A for Awesome, which is set to make its debut this June in the U.S. …

BURBANK: ABC Family has picked up the hour-long scripted drama Jane By Design, which is set to premiere in early 2012. The series centers on Jane, a teenager who scores a job at a trendy retail company when employers mistake …

ATLANTA: Castalia Communications has appointed Court Stroud as senior VP of new business. In his new role, based in New York, Stroud will help strengthen Castalia’s advertising sales and strategic partnerships, as well as develop new business initiatives for the …

LOS ANGELES: Pop Monkey Productions has inked a deal with veteran game-show creator Merrill Heatter to secure the international format rights to GSN’s Catch 21, as well as to represent Heatter’s upcoming game show, Hollywood Teasers. Catch 21, which is …

LAS VEGAS: Speaking at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corporation, weighed in on government intervention in disputes with cable operators, spectrum allocation and the impact of new technologies on the company’s "bread-and-butter" business of …