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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 …

NEW YORK, May 21: RHI Entertainment has appointed former GSN executive Russell Maitland to the newly created position of senior VP of advertising sales. Based in New York, Maitland, who has already assumed the post, will be responsible for leading …

LONDON, May 21: Providence Equity Partners is said to be leading a consortium of private equity funds that is mulling a $15-billion bid for British quad-play provider Virgin Media. Private-equity interest in the firm, where Sir Richard Branson is the …

LONDON, May 21: The British Academy Television Awards were presented last night at a ceremony at the London Palladium, with the Pioneer Audience Award going to BBC’s Life on Mars, while the International award went to HBO’s Entourage. In the …

STOCKHOLM, May 21: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting has launched a new pan-Scandinavian online video streaming site offering up on-demand access to movies, series and sports content. Located at www.viasatondemand.se, .dk and .no. Viasat OnDemand will provide streaming of a …

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, …