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MIAMI, July 31: Telemundo Internacional’s novela Second Chance has launched in prime time on Citizen Television in Kenya and on the Galaxy TV and Gotel TV networks in Nigeria, and is set to roll out on several additional stations in …

DURBAN, July 31: Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour, a feature-length documentary about the environment, will premiere in South Africa at the upcoming Durban Wild Talk Africa festival, taking place next month. The 4-day festival, kicking off August 27 at ICC …

WOODLAND HILLS, July 31: California-based Showcase Entertainment has licensed its live-action kids’ adventure series Flight 29 Down to Canada’s Family Channel. The 30×30-minute show, which has already launched on Family Channel’s weekend evening schedule, follows the adventures of a group …

BRIGHTON, July 31: British factual distributor Electric Sky has struck new deals on a host of lifestyle, travel and wildlife titles following its outing to DISCOP. The Meaning of Food (3×1 hour) by U.S. producer Pie In the Sky and …

NEW YORK/LONDON, July 31: Pimp My Ride’s producing partners Bruce Beresford Redman and Rick Hurvitz have joined IMG Entertainment to develop and produce non-scripted television shows, branded programming and other multiplatform entertainment content. Beresford Redman and Hurvitz will report to …

NEW YORK, July 31: Second quarter revenues at CBS Corporation were down 3 percent to $3.4 billion, while profit fell from $781.7 million to $404 million. For the first half of the year, meanwhile, revenues were down slightly to $7 …

LONDON, July 31: Jason Thorp, senior VP and managing director of FX UK, has been promoted to managing director of Fox International Channels UK. The promotion comes on the heels of a 30-percent year-on-year audience share increase for FX. Hernán …

LONDON, July 31: British Sky Broadcasting has reached a deal to acquire the computer and electronic hardware manufacturer Amstrad, whose set-top boxes are already used by a portion of the platform’s subscribers, for £125 million. The offer values the company—founded …

NEW YORK, July 31: Rob Barnett, who spent 11 years at MTV and VH1 and was most recently president of programming at CBS Radio, has launched My Damn Channel, a new online destination featuring content from comedian Harry Shearer and …

MIAMI, July 31: Warner Channel in Latin America has acquired a raft of new U.S. programming from CBS Paramount International Television, including Showtime’s Californication with David Duchovny and CBS’s Cane starring Jimmy Smits. Cane is a drama about the power …