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LOS ANGELES, May 15: Fox International Channels and Fox Television Studios have teamed for Mental, a show to be produced in Latin America in English for the U.S. and the international markets. From executive producers Deborah Joy LeVine (Lois and …

CORAL GABLES, May 15: MGM Networks Latin America has tapped its COO, Melvin Pérez, to succeed Gustavo Pupo-Mayo as its new CEO. “I’m very satisfied with my transition in the company, and I believe my work is done,” said Pupo-Mayo, …

SANTA MONICA, May 15: VH1 has secured a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution for the full library of the hit reality dating franchise The Bachelor. The agreement includes 12 cycles of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, as …

LOS ANGELES, May 15: Globo TV International and Telemundo Internacional will jointly handle sales of the version of the Brazilian novela hit The Clone that is being produced for the U.S. Hispanic market. As previously announced, Telemundo Studios and Globo …

CENTENNIAL/HONG KONG, May 15: Comcast’s International Networks, an aggregator of multi-ethnic programming in the U.S., has struck a deal with News Corporation’s STAR Group to represent five of its Indian channels to MSOs throughout the U.S. The agreement will see …

LOS ANGELES, May 15: American Cinema International (ACI) is looking to seal Latin American deals on its Jack Hunter series at the L.A. Screenings, with the first few episodes available for buyers to view for the first time. “It looks …

BURBANK, May 15: SOAPnet has picked up six new movies from Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Twentieth Television for its Sunday Night Movie franchise, kicking off with the broadcast of My Date with the President’s Daughter on May 18 at 10 …

NEW YORK, May 15: Lifetime Networks has closed a wide-ranging agreement for Cox Communications to launch all of the company’s new multiplatform networks. The deal includes Lifetime Television HD, Lifetime Movie Network HD, Lifetime On Demand and Lifetime Movie Network …

NEW YORK, May 15: FOX’s 2008-09 season, which is set to feature J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, among other new shows, will deliver the “jolt” that broadcast television needs, said the network’s chairman of entertainment, Peter Liguori. Announcing …

NEW YORK, May 15: Comedy Central will continue to roll out new series and specials, as well as returning hits, across its summer schedule, including the original variety series The Gong Show with Dave Attell. On May 18 at 9 …