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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 …

HONG KONG, March 26: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) will stage the 15th CASBAA Convention in Hong Kong from October 28 to 30 with the theme Subscribe to the Future—All Eyes are on Asia. The three-day …

BETHPAGE, March 26: Cablevision Systems has added Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand, featuring first-run, hit and classic movies, to its current SVOD services available to iO TV digital cable customers. Offering more than 150 first-run movies at all …