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MIAMI: Univision Communications has tapped Germán Pérez-Nahim as senior VP and operating manager of TeleFutura, following his stint as VP of Univision Studios. Pérez-Nahim, who was general manager and programming VP at Venezuela’s Televen prior to joining the U.S. Hispanic …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has added to its catalogue more than 100 hours of new programming from Scripps Networks International, with additional episodes for series such as Cupcake Wars and Great Food Truck Race. The first season of Cupcake Wars sold …

MIAMI: The telenovela Teresa is set to premiere on Univision Network on March 30 at 9 p.m. The series, which comes from the producers of the telenovela Rubi, centers on a seductive woman who lies and cheats to get what …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is continuing to add to its drama catalogue, with the new series The Reckoning joining its slate in time for MIPTV.  The Reckoning stars Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty, Extras) alongside Max Beesley (Survivors, Hotel Babylon). The drama is …

NEW YORK: In a deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises and 19 Entertainment, Cameo Stars, which offers up celebrity-based virtual products, is set to bring American Idol’s top-ten finalists to Facebook as "social cameos." The deal will enable the social media network’s users …

NEW YORK: TV Kids has prepared a MIPTV Preview multimedia site, delivering interviews with Turner’s Stuart Snyder and Nickelodeon’s Victoria Justice, along with features on the state of the business and reinventing classic brands, as well as other resources. To see …

NEW YORK: The 2011-12 programming lineup for The Hub is to include nine brand-new original series, joining ten returning shows with fresh episodes, for a total of 425 half-hours of new productions.  Original series on the roster include The Aquabats …

  NEW YORK: TV Kids’ special video report features interviews with Nickelodeon’s Cyma Zarghami, Disney EMEA’s Orion Ross, KI.KA’s Sebastian Debertin, Sprout’s Andrew Beecham and Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Tim Brooke-Hunt.  brightcove.createExperiences(); This video, entitled Learning to Share, is a special report from …

LONDON: The TV Land sitcom Retired at 35 has been picked up for prime time by a number of broadcasters through deals signed by DRG, which is launching a new comedy at MIPTV and has wrapped up a range of …

SYDNEY: The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) is set to launch its new animation series Flea-Bitten at MIPTV. The half-hour cartoon comedy, featuring a dog and a flea as a pair of unlikely friends who have escaped from the pound, …