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NEW YORK, May 21: Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), a division of Lightworks Enterprises, has acquired Kralyevich Productions, Inc. (KPI), an Emmy Award-winning producer of non-fiction and fiction series and specials for broadcasters such as A&E, National Geographic Channel, The History …

BURBANK, May 21: Disney-ABC International Television has closed deals in 130 territories on the ABC series Ugly Betty, the U.S. adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Betty la fea. Announcing the news yesterday as the studio unveiled its new network pickups, …

DALLAS, May 21: Beginning Sunday nights in January 2008, the long-running PBS British drama strand Masterpiece Theater will broadcast The Complete Jane Austen, which includes adaptations of all of Jane Austen's six novels, and Miss Austen Regrets, a new drama …

LONDON, May 21: The BBC’s combined international news services attracted a record global weekly audience of more than 233 million during 2006-2007, an increase of 23 million from the previous year. The global figures include the combined news services of …

MIAMI, May 21: Nickelodeon Latin America has closed several key regional broadcast deals for Kappa Mikey, the channel’s first anime series created and produced entirely in the U.S., by Animation Collective. Nickelodeon Latin America has secured deals for the series …

LOS ANGELES, May 21: The Hispanic-targeted LATV Network, the first bilingual music/entertainment digital multicast network in the U.S., has expanded its reach by securing a 10-market affiliation agreement with Entravision Communications Corporation. With the new agreement, LATV is now placed …

MIAMI, May 21: MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) has acquired a range of new programming that will air on MTV Latin America and Vh1 Latin America later this year, including the animated adult series Sons of Butcher from Picture Box …

LONDON, May 21: As of today, WorldTV has begun delivering a bouquet of seven South Asian channels, including the leading entertainment networks Sony Entertainment Television Asia and Star Plus, to viewers across continental Europe, excluding the U.K. and Ireland. The …

LONDON, May 21: Indian entertainment giant Eros International has launched a channel on YouTube featuring trailers and music videos from its catalogue of Bollywood releases. Accessible at www.youtube.com/erosentertainment, the channel delivers movie trailers, music videos and other footage from Eros …

LONDON, May 21: BBC Food has acquired a raft of new culinary series for premiere on its African feed this winter, including Cooked: Weekends Away, which is set in southern Africa. Produced by Cooked In Africa Films, Cooked: Weekends Away …