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LIMA: Enfoca Inversiones, one of the main investments groups in Peru, has acquired a stake in Compañía Latinoamericana de Radiodifusión, the owner of broadcaster Frecuencia Latina. Enfoca Inversiones and Baruch Ivcher, the chairman of the board of Frecuencia Latina, will jointly control the company. With the transaction, Ivcher stated that …

NEW YORK: The July/August digital editions of the Spanish-language TV Latina and the Portuguese-language TV Brasil are now available, featuring interviews with Turner Broadcasting’s Juan Carlos Urdaneta and Globosat’s Alberto Pecegueiro, among many others. The TEPAL, ABTA and Andina Link Centroamérica edition of TV Latina features a special report on the top cable …

CARACAS: The Miss Venezuela pageant is going to be presented live in HD across Latin America by DIRECTV, following a deal with Venevision. This year marks the second time the beauty pageant will be broadcast live in high-definition exclusively for DIRECTV HD subscribers in Latin America. Miss Venezuela is scheduled …

MIAMI: Adding to its existing broadcast deals with several Mexican football teams, Univision Deportes has clinched an agreement for games involving Chivas de Guadalajara. The multi-year deal begins July 2013 and includes all languages and platforms. It covers Chivas’s Liga MX and Copa Mexico matches, as well as its worldwide …

MIAMI/SANTIAGO: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has clinched a deal to launch Comedy Central Latin America on VTR in Chile. The channel, first introduced to the region a few months ago, will premiere on the Chilean cable operator tomorrow, delivering imports such as Mr. Sunshine, Married With Children and The …

PREMIUM: MundoFOX, a general-entertainment Spanish-language channel for the U.S. Hispanic market, launched this week. Hernán López, the president and CEO of Fox International Channels, talks about the network’s unique program schedule that targets Hispanics who may be dissatisfied with what’s available on competing channels. WS: What is the programming strategy …

BUENOS AIRES: Michelle Wasserman has exited her position as the head of international business, programming, formats and production services at Telefe International. Wasserman has been with Telefe for more than a decade. She says that she plans to "take on new challenges within the media." Telefe issued a statement on …

NEW YORK: Ricardo Salinas, the founder and chairman of Mexico’s Azteca television network, is to serve as the gala chair for the 40th International Emmy Awards gala, which is taking place on November 19 in New York City. Salinas will preside over the gala and will open the program. The …

PREMIUM: Anthony Doyle, the regional VP of Turner International for Brazil, shares with World Screen his views on how new Brazilian content quotas may impact the portfolio of networks he oversees in this rapidly developing market.   The new Brazilian law 12.485/2011 mandates that pay-TV channels operating in the country devote …

PREMIUM: As viewers across the globe are still caught up in Olympic fever watching the games in London, TV Globo’s CEO, Octavio Florisbal, talks to World Screen Newsflash about how Brazil and his network are gearing up for the upcoming FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.   WS: How is …