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LAS VEGAS, January 30: In panels moderated by Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen and TV Latina, at NATPE, Univision’s CEO, Joe Uva, and Telemundo Communications Group’s president, Don Browne, discussed the rapidly expanding U.S. Hispanic market. …

LAS VEGAS, January 30: Telemundo Internacional has secured a deal to distribute Bandeirantes’ first-ever HD telenovela, Dance Dance Dance, excluding Brazil and parts of Asia. Dance Dance Dance is a romantic musical story, and is the first telenovela to be …

NEW YORK, January 30: Oxygen will kick off its new reality series Deion & Pilar: Prime Time Love on Super Bowl Sunday, with a special “SuperSneak” look at the series during the halftime show on February 3. The 22-minute, commercial-free …

LOS ANGELES, January 30: Judge Judy Sheindlin has signed a new multi-year deal with CBS Television Distribution to continue headlining the top-rated court show Judge Judy, which has been renewed through 2012. CBS has picked up the show through the …

HONG KONG, January 30: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has inked an agreement to provide a selection of feature films and television series on-demand to South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom. SPTI’s content will be available to SK Telecom’s customers …

BOGOTÁ,  January 30: Si Hay Ideas, a Teleset company, has finalized two deals with FremantleMedia-owned Grundy Producciones in Spain and RCN TV in Colombia for its catalogue of original entertainment formats. Si Hay Ideas has optioned the interactive quiz show …

LOS ANGELES, January 30: Australia’s Animalia Productions and PorchLight Entertainment have reached an international multi-year licensing deal for the high-definition CGI-animated children’s TV series Animalia with Penguin Group, the publisher of the book by Graeme Base on which the show …

NEW YORK/BLOOMINGTON, January 30: Nickelodeon and Mall of America, the largest shopping center in the U.S., have unveiled plans for the grand opening of Nickelodeon Universe, the first Nickelodeon theme park in the world, on March 15. Additionally, Nickelodeon will …

MUNICH, January 30: SevenOne International has announced that British broadcaster ITV is developing a local version of ProSieben’s Beat Your Host game-show format, titled Beat The Star. Hosted by Vernon Kay, the U.K. version will differ from the German concept …

CALGARY, January 30: The Shaw Rocket Fund has unveiled the panel of international jurors that will select the finalists of the 2008 Shaw Rocket Prize, which awards C$50,000 to the best independently produced Canadian youth or family program. The jurors …