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PALISADES PARK: For the tenth consecutive year, Alfred Haber, Inc. has been appointed exclusive international distributor for the Latin Grammy Awards, which celebrate the best in Latin culture and music. The tenth annual event will be broadcast in the U.S. …

NEW YORK: Ad expenditures in the U.S. fell 4.1 percent to $141.7 billion last year, according to TNS Media Intelligence, with a 9.2-percent drop in the fourth quarter alone. “The ad market at 2008 year end was buffeted by a …

LONDON: The award-winning TV producer, journalist and author David Simon has signed on to deliver a Masterclass at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF), taking place August 28 to 30. Simon, a creator, writer and producer, will explore …

LONDON: NBC Universal is set to launch the Universal Channel in Greece, debuting exclusively on Conn-x TV, the IPTV platform of OTE. Universal Channel offers a range of series and movies from the likes of Universal Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and CBS …

ROME: Fox Channels Italy has started production on The Monster of Florence, originally titled Il Mostro di Firenze, a 6×1-hour mini-series based on the true story of Italy’s most notorious and mysterious serial killer. Based on the screenplay by Daniele …

BURBANK/UTRECHT: Warner Bros. Entertainment has secured carriage for the Warner TV subscription video-on-demand service in the Netherlands on Ziggo. The Dutch cable operator will offer more than 150 motion pictures, 600 TV series episodes and 100 hours of animation from …

LOS ANGELES: The Gotham Group has inked a deal to exclusively represent Cuppa Coffee Studios, the Canadian outfit behind the stop-motion hits Celebrity Death Match for MTV and Starveillance for E! Network. The representation will cover feature work, with an …

LOS ANGELES: Rogers Cable Communications has entered a multi-year deal with Gravitas Ventures, a distributor and programmer of content across VOD platforms, adding Gravitas Movies and Gravitas Events packages to the Canadian cable provider. Gravitas will license 20 hours of new content per …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Communications’ net profit for the first quarter surged to $119 million from the year-ago period’s $34 million, on revenues that were relatively stable at $817 million. "The growth Discovery delivered in the first quarter despite economic and foreign …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a third season of the hit comedy Wizards of Waverly Place, which is also set for a movie adaptation that will premiere in August.  Wizards of Waverly Place is TV’s number one program in its …