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BUENOS AIRES, March 26: Telefe International has licensed its hit teen telenovela Flinderella to Cartoon Network in France for launch April 14 at 6:45 p.m. As it has done elsewhere, Telefe will be looking to develop off-screen licensing and merchandising …

NEW YORK, March 26: SCI FI Channel has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to the science-fiction series Charlie Jade from Park Entertainment. The series follows Charlie Jade, a rogue private detective in a world dominated by greedy multinational corporations. When …

STAMFORD, March 26: Advertising spending on alternative media, including online, mobile and digital out-of-home platforms, is expected to grow 20.2 percent to $88.24 billion in 2008, according to PQ Media, with a compound annual growth of 17 percent to reach …

MIAMI, March 26: Production wraps this week on The History Channel Latin America’s new original series Historia Extrema (Extreme History), a historical adventure challenge produced by Endemol Argentina. Set in the rugged terrain of the Andes near Mendoza, Argentina, and …

NEW YORK, March 26: NBC Universal has elevated USA and SCI FI Channel chief Bonnie Hammer to a new post that adds Chiller, Sleuth and Universal HD to her remit, as well as puts her in charge of the newly …

BURBANK, March 26: DIC Music, a subsidiary of DIC Entertainment, is launching www.cuetunes.com, a new website that aims to offer affordable, royalty-free production music to television and film studios. DIC hopes that the new venture will allow film and television …

NEW YORK, March 26: Advertising spending in the U.S. rose just 0.2 percent in 2007 to reach $148.99 billion, according to TNS Media Intelligence, while fourth-quarter adspend was down 0.1 percent on the year-ago period. “The ad market remains stalled …

STOCKHOLM, March 26: Sparks Network has added three new companies to its roster in Asia—Lemon Production, NEXTEP and Vietnam Media Corp.—bringing the total number of Sparks members to 20 worldwide. Lemon Production, based in Jakarta, was founded by Hasani Abdulgani, …

MEXICO CITY, March 26: TV Azteca has reached a deal to acquire 70 percent of Latitud TV in Guatemala in an agreement that also brings the Mexican broadcaster’s content to Latitud’s UHF channels 31 and 35. The alliance allows TV …

TORONTO, March 26: Canwest-owned Global Television will introduce an array of new programming in May, ranging from dramatic series like Swingtown and Durham County to animated movies like Shark Tale. The slate of new programming is headlined by dramas like …