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BUENOS AIRES, July 9: A new study from Frost & Sullivan expects that mobile-content revenues in Latin America will soar from $1.15 billion last year to $8.93 billion in 2014. Mobile content services accounted for 3.1 percent of all mobile …

NEW YORK, July 9: TV Kids, World Screen’s targeted publication for the children’s content business, is launching a comprehensive distributors guide in time for MIPCOM Junior. The portable guide will feature information on a host of distributors of kids’ content, …

LOS ANGELES, July 9: A new three-year prime-time TV contract for the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has been approved by the union’s 70,000 members by a 62.4-percent margin. “Today’s vote reflects the ability of AFTRA members …

ATLANTA, July 9: Mark Lazarus, who left his role as president of Turner Entertainment Group after a management restructure in January of this year, has joined Career Sports & Entertainment (CS&E), an Atlanta-based agency. Lazarus joins the firm as its …

LONDON, July 9: Bruce Steinberg, the former CEO of HIT Entertainment, has been appointed as the non-executive chairman of Bragster.com, an online community devoted to “bragging and daring”. The move follows Bragster receiving a financial injection from Intel Capital and …

LONDON, July 9: Laurence Dawkin-Jones is leaving UKTV to serve as the U.K. managing director of NBC Universal’s global networks division, starting in the fall. In this newly created position based in London, Dawkin-Jones will be responsible for setting the …

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9: A new special for National Geographic Channel chronicling four months in the lives of gang members in South Central, Los Angeles, is slated to air this month. L.A. Gang Wars will air at 9 p.m. on …

BURBANK, July 8: Jamila Hunter, most recently with Twentieth Century Fox Television, has been named to the newly created position of senior VP of programming and development for alternative and digital at NBC Entertainment. She will be responsible for developing …

OTTAWA, July 8: Knight Enterprises and Sympatico/MSN have formed a partnership to develop and distribute high-quality Internet videos about food techniques and wine. Knight Enterprises has produced a series of reference videos that are now available for on-demand streaming from …

PARIS, July 8: Taffy Entertainment has increased its Latin American presence, scoring deals on Code Lyoko, The Fantastic Four, Dive Olly Dive! and Creepie with several broadcasters, via its agent in the region, HOLA Entertainment. The Fantastic Four, an animated …