BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International and Idea Asia Media are planning to produce local versions of When You Smile, A Year to Remember and The Man of Your Life for China. Idea Asia Media and Telefe previously partnered on The Successful Mr. and Mrs. Pells and Just in Time for the ...

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MIAMI: Roy Meyeringh has been named the director of affiliate sales for the U.S. Hispanic region at MGM Networks Latin America. Meyeringh will be supporting the company’s strategy for the U.S. Hispanic market, securing distribution growth, branding and positioning awareness. He will work directly with Marcello Coltro, the executive VP ...

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MIAMI: Three more series from Telemundo Internacional, Aurora, Victoria and Marina, have been added to Netflix for Latin America. Through Telemundo’s deal with Netflix, a selection of its top productions are available for streaming online in more than 40 countries in the region, including Mexico, Brazil and the Caribbean. The ...

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LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels (FIC) has purchased HM Capital Partners’ majority stake in the Fox Pan American Sports service in Latin America, along with announcing that it will launch Fox Sports in Brazil in February 2012. FIC completed the purchase from HM Capital Partners of the majority interest in Fox ...

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MIAMI: Univision Communications has acquired the exclusive U.S. TV and digital rights for the home games of four additional Liga Mexicana teams for its Univision Deportes channel. In addition to its rights for América, Pachuca, Estudiantes Tecos, Santos, San Luis, Queretaro, Atlas and Atlante, Univision now has exclusive rights for ...

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MIAMI: The Univision Network has unveiled its midseason lineup, which includes the new weight-loss challenge series Dale con Ganas from the creators of The Biggest Loser. Beginning January 11, Dale con Ganas, hosted by Alfonso Poncho de Anda (Wake-Up America) will air weekly. The series features Hispanic top trainers María ...

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MIAMI: Caracol TV International has made its content available on the newly launched Hulu Latino. Subscribers of Hulu and Hulu Plus will be able to access Caracol’s portfolio, which features suspense, drama, comedy and romance. Hulu Latino is the first to offer content in Spanish through their online video service ...

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SÃO PAULO: Apple has launched its iTunes Store in Brazil, offering content from studios such as Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures, and will bring the service to 15 additional Latin American countries. The iTunes Store in Brazil offers thousands of movies to rent or purchase, in ...

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LOS ANGELES: Hulu has launched a dedicated Spanish-language programming service, Hulu Latino, featuring content from Univision, Caracol Televisión and Comarex, among others.  The entire current season of prime-time shows from Univision, Galavision and Telefutura are available to users of the Hulu Plus subscription service. Users of the free Hulu service ...

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MEXICO CITY: Jesica Stescobich has been tapped to lead sales for Latin America at Comarex. Stescobich will be responsible for sales in territories such as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. She will report to Marcel Vinay, Jr., the CEO ...

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