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NEW YORK: Beginning January 30, the female-skewing Spanish lifestyle network Cosmopolitan Television Iberia will be available in HD on Digital+. Hearst Entertainment & Syndication’s Cosmopolitan Television Iberia has been operational in Spain since 2000. It reaches about 3 million homes. The Cosmopolitan …

LONDON: Classic Media has received a commitment from CBeebies for the popular preschool series Postman Pat through 2015. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Postman Pat and the series’ long-standing broadcast partnership with the BBC. The BBC has re-licensed …

BURBANK: Angela Bromstad has said that she will step down as president of prime-time entertainment at NBC and Universal Media Studios. The news comes just a few days after Comcast received regulatory approval for its deal to buy 51-percent of …

MEXICO CITY: Comarex and Telcast Media Group have teamed up to offer Telecast 3-D, an integrated marketing and program concept that delivers viewers the experience of 3D. The Telecast 3-D concept ranges from offering 3D glasses, revenue-boosting 3D programming and …

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca’s drama series format Men Wanted (Se Busca un Hombre) has been adapted and produced for a debut a Dubai and 14 countries across the Middle East. The Arabic version of Men Wanted premiered on January 15 …

LOS ANGELES: Liz Dolan is taking on the newly created post of chief marketing officer for Fox International Channels (FIC). Dolan, who most recently served as chief marketing officer for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and spent dearly a decade in …

LOS ANGELES: Expanding its "Characters Welcome" brand, USA Network has announced the pickup of two new scripted originals: A Legal Mind and Necessary Roughness. The two shows will premiere with 90-minute episodes, followed by 11 one-hour episodes. A Legal Mind stars Patrick …

LONDON: Amanda Wilson and Elliot Johnson, former ITV Studios and Avalon executives, have formed the new indie production company Sharp Jack Media, specializing in entertainment, factual entertainment and quiz formats. The two will be joint managing directors of the U.K.-based …

LOS ANGELES: Writer and executive producer Jeff Kline, whose credits include The Hub’s Transformers: Prime, has signed a four-year development and production deal with Hasbro Studios. Kline previously worked on Jackie Chan Adventures, Men In Black: The Series, Roughnecks: The Starship …

MILAN: The new animated series from Volleyball champion Andrea Lucchetta, Spike Team, has secured a Sunday morning slot on Rai 2 in Italy. The show is produced by Lucky Dreams and Rai Fiction under the artistic direction of Maurizio Forestieri and …