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ISMANING, January 31: EM.Sport Media has taken a 15-percent stake in Cologne-based Wige Media, a film and TV production outfit that specializes in sports content. The shares were acquired from the securities trading bank Close Brothers Seydler for a sum …

SANTA MONICA, January 31: Lionsgate has completed two volume programming deals with M-Net in South Africa and Yes-DBS Satellite Services in Israel. The deals include Lionsgate’s new one-hour and half-hour series, mini-series, movies of the week and library films. Titles …

ATLANTA, January 31: Cartoon Network is developing a spin off of its popular action-adventure series Ben 10 that takes the characters five years into the future. Ben 10: Alien Force features Ben Tennyson as a 15 year old, using his …

LOS ANGELES, January 31: Showtime Networks is working with Internet TV service Brightcove to launch a customized Internet-based offering for its 2008 Primetime Emmy Campaign, which will allow voting Academy members to view full seasons of the network’s original series. …

NEW YORK, January 31: MGM Consumer Products has tapped New York-based Big Tent Entertainment as the exclusive licensing agent for Argentina and Chile, responsible for supporting its entire portfolio of properties, which includes classics such as Pink Panther and Rocky. …

NEW YORK, January 31: Hispanic news and information outlet ImpreMedia and V-me have entered into a collaboration to inform and engage Latino voters in the U.S. through combined election coverage and news teams, beginning on February 5—Super Tuesday—and continuing through …

ROME, January 31: The Fox Entertainment channels in Italy make heavy use of American series, featuring hits such as Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, House, CSI and Criminal Minds. And while the writers’ strike will affect these channels’ schedules, their programmer …

SANTA MONICA, January 31: GSN has announced plans to premiere a new 40-episode game show, titled Bingo America, beginning March 31 at 7 p.m. Developed and executive produced by Andrew Glassman, the show will be fast-paced, blending the classic elements …

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 …