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MIAMI, March 22: Venevision International has launched Venemobile, a new business unit focused on providing Spanish-language wireless entertainment. Venevision will provide content for the wireless phone market worldwide, in particular the U.S. Hispanic market, including TV and film clips, photographs …

LONDON, March 22: Cineflix International has licensed three of its in-house productions for broadcast into Europe and the U.S., including its first-ever deal with Germany’s Super RTL for the science series ExperiMental. The 20×30-minute ExperiMental has also been licensed to …

NEW JERSEY, March 22: Alfred Haber, Inc. (AHI), has now cleared the 2007 49th Annual Grammy Awards in over 177 countries around the world, reaching a sales milestone. AHI has represented the Grammy Awards internationally for the past eighteen years. …

BOSTON, March 22: APT Worldwide has secured the international representation rights to selected current and upcoming titles from Oregon Public Broadcasting's (OPB) factual programming catalog, including The New Heroes, a series hosted by Robert Redford. The New Heroes is a …

MIAMI, March 22: As part of a realignment of its entertainment division under recently installed entertainment executive VP Carlos R. Bardasano, Telemundo has announced the appointments of several key senior executives. The realignment includes the appointment of experienced industry executives …

LOS ANGELES, March 22: Lifetime Television has named Julie Stern as its new VP of production, effective immediately. Stern joined Lifetime in May 2006 as the senior director of production. Based in Los Angeles, she will continue to be responsible …

NEW YORK, March 22: NBC Universal and News Corporation today announced plans to launch what they are calling the largest-ever Internet video distribution network, featuring hours of ad-supported full-length programming; distribution partners AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!; and a slate …

LOS ANGELES, March 22: Starz Entertainment has filed suit against Buena Vista Television alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract, citing Disney’s decision to distribute through online retailers the very same movies it licensed for broadcast to Starz. Starz maintains …

BRUSSELS, March 21: The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has given its backing to proposed legislation setting European Union-wide criminal sanctions for those who infringe on intellectual property rights for commercial gain. The first EU directive aiming at harmonizing national …

MILAN/MADRID, March 21: According to wire reports, Mediaset has signed a confidentiality agreement with Telefónica over its interest in acquiring a majority stake in Endemol. Earlier this month, Telefónica confirmed its intention to offload its 75-percent interest in the format …