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LAS VEGAS, January 30: Marie Osmond has joined up with Program Partners for a new entertainment/lifestyle talk show, titled Marie, set to launch in syndication in fall 2009. "I've always wanted to do a show for women that would offer …

UNIVERSAL CITY, January 30: Former SCI FI Channel executive Nora O’Brien has been appointed VP of drama programming at Universal Media Studios. In her new position, O’Brien will act as both a development and a current executive for scripted series. …

HOUSTON, January 30: Continental Airlines has reached an agreement with LiveTV to offer 36 channels of live, inflight satellite-based television programming provided by DIRECTV at every seat on its U.S. flights. Customers will be able to choose from a variety …

BUENOS AIRES, January 30: Telefe International has named Jesica Stescobich as the sales executive for Latin America, the U.S. and Canada. In her new role, Stescobich will be in charge of Telefe International’s customer relations in Latin America, the U.S. …

LAS VEGAS, January 30: On March 3, Nickelodeon Latin America will debut its first youth-targeted telenovela in the region, Karkú, which it acquired from TVN Chile. Kark?/i> is a coming-of-age drama that follows the adventures of a group of teenagers …

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 …

WEST PALM BEACH, January 29: The classic series Baywatch, represented by FremantleMedia, has scored a slot on ION Television, via a deal with distributor Litton Entertainment. The show joins ION’s prime-time lineup on March 3 at 10 p.m., airing Mondays …