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Covering 95 percent of all U.S. Hispanic TV homes, and accompanied by online and mobile platforms, Univision is the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S. For 50 years it has been serving the Hispanic community with an ever-popular mix of …

MADRID: The RTVE sales department will be at the Audiovisual from Spain pavilion at NATPE with a slate of programming from Televisión Española. Programming includes Love in Difficult Times, a daily series that’s in its sixth season in Spain. New …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT) the free-TV and radio broadcast rights to the London 2012 Olympic Games. “Cuba has a strong Olympic tradition, and over the years Cuban athletes have …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Federal Communications Commission, in a 4-1 vote, today gave the greenlight to the proposed combination of Comcast and NBC Universal, with the deal likely to close by the end of the month. “This is a proud and exciting …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has sold the format rights to the Sat.1 comedy Danni Lowinski to CBS Television Studios. CBS Television Studios will produce the pilot for the dramedy for consideration at The CW. The pilot, starring Amanda Walsh (Sons & …

NEW YORK: Randy Falco, former chairman and CEO of AOL and president and COO of NBC Universal Television Group, has been hired as the executive VP and COO of Univision Communications. Falco will oversee all revenue-generating functions for the company, …

NEW YORK: Ben Silverman’s Electus has set up a global distribution division with its acquisition of Engine Entertainment, the venture founded by former Power executive Chris Philip. The new division, Electus/Engine Distribution, will be led by Philip as president. He will …

SILVER SPRING: As of February 1, FitTV will be rebranded as Discovery Fit & Health, featuring a slate that combines the fitness programming of the current channel with the real-life stories from the now defunct Discovery Health. Discovery Fit & …

HAMBURG/MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has picked up a 49-percent interest in Studio Hamburg DocLights, a production company that specializes in nature films, documentaries and factual entertainment. Studio Hamburg Produktion Gruppe retains 51 percent of the shares in the outfit, which will …

TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has received an order for an additional 14 episodes of its animated comedy Almost Naked Animals from Canada’s YTV. The series features free-spirited animated animals in their underwear that run a beach-front hotel. The series premiered …