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ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network is bringing the 24-hour commercial-free channel BabyTV to the U.S. in its Spanish-language suite, DishLATINO. DISH Network is the first pay-TV provider to offer the channel, dedicated to babies and toddlers, in the U.S. BabyTV features short-form …

TORONTO: The Banff World Media Festival will present Felicia Day with the 2011 nextMEDIA Outstanding Online Performance Award for her hit online series The Guild. Day is the writer, producer and star of the sitcom web series about a group …

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT: A boost in adspend helped drive up TF1 Group’s 2010 revenues 11 percent to 2.6 billion euros, with a net profit that more than doubled to 229 million euros. Advertising revenues for TF1 gained 8 percent to 1.55 billion …

PARIS: Enanimation, Ellipsanime and Rai Fiction have teamed up to develop and produce a multiplatform 26-episode animated series, Cross Worlds, for delivery in 2012. The 26×30-minutes series features an unlikely group of five teenagers who have to join together to …

NEW YORK: In conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati at NATPE 2011, César Conde, the president of Univision Networks, discussed his programming strategy at the leading U.S. Hispanic broadcaster. Watch an excerpt here.   brightcove.createExperiences(); Wish you had been at …

MIAMI: Xavier Aristimuño has been upped to senior VP of sales and international business development for Asia at Telemundo Internacional. In his new position, Aristimuño will remain focused on promoting sales and acquisitions, placing a strong focus on developing new …

MADRID: A new tie-up sees the format catalogue of TOAC exclusively distributed in Colombia and Ecuador by Televideo, while TOAC distributes Televideo’s content in Spain. Televideo has produced more than 1,000 hours of mini-series for Colombian and U.S. Hispanic channels …

  NEW YORK: David Ellender, the global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), talks about attracting top-name talent and the importance of delivering buzz-generating, high-quality programming, in this video interview.   The tenth season of American Idol is currently under way on FOX (with a …

NEW YORK: CBS Corporation saw huge gains in its fourth quarter, with net profit soaring from $58.8 million to $283 million on revenues that were up 11 percent to $3.9 billion. "CBS’s exceptional fourth-quarter results capped an extraordinary year for the company," …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation’s fourth-quarter revenues increased by 7 percent to $9.7 billion, delivering a net profit of $1.02 billion, up from $955 million in the year-ago period. For the full year, meanwhile, revenues were up 6.1 percent to $37.9 billion, …