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MEXICO CITY, July 16: Grupo Televisa has received approval to acquire 49 percent of Mexico’s second-largest cable platform, Cablemas, on the condition that it makes its free TV channels available to all pay-TV operators in the country. A Bloomberg report, …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: This October, Nick Jr. will launch Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, a new half-hour interactive series that introduces preschoolers to the Mandarin language. The series, launching during Nickelodeon’s preschool block on October 22, offers 2- to 5-year-olds the …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: Ben Silverman, the new co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, issued a raft of announcements at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour today, including tweaks to NBC’s fall schedule and several new programming …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: This winter, VH1 Classic will feature the U.S. premiere of the seven-part series Seven Ages of Rock, a co-production with the BBC that explores the progression of rock music. The new series will make its U.S. …

PARIS, July 16: Seven industry leaders are slated to deliver keynote speeches at MIPCOM this October, including Leslie Moonves, CBS Corporation’s president and CEO, and Emilio Azcárraga, the chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa. Moonves, this year’s MIPCOM Personality of …

LONDON, July 16: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has secured a number of high-volume broadcast deals across Asia, including a package totaling 142 hours with Malaysia’s Media Prima. The Media Prima deal covers 142 hours of comedy, drama, lifestyle and factual programming. …

LONDON, July 16: Private equity firm Providence is said to be gearing up to make a bid for British quad-play provider Virgin Media, which announced earlier this month that it was exploring strategic alternatives for the company, including a possible …

MIAMI, July 16: Nickelodeon Latin America has launched NickTurbo, a new broadband video system that will allow viewers to watch 10 hours of new Nickelodeon programming online each week via the site www.MundoNick.com. The 10 hours of new programming will …

SAUSALITO, July 16: Sony Pictures Entertainment is relaunching Grouper, the user-generated content site it acquired last August, as Crackle, a streaming entertainment network that aims to find, and develop, emerging talent for online, TV and film projects. "Crackle's irreverent editorial …

LOS ANGELES, July 16: The magazine Entertainment Weekly and the cable network TV Land have teamed up for The 50 Greatest TV Icons, a two-hour special counting down the television personalities who have made their mark throughout history. Produced by …