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NEW YORK: The TV Latina app has been updated for the L.A. Screenings, providing programming listings, news, a directory of company suite numbers and a host of other resources, all delivered in Spanish. Download it here. The features of the Spanish-language TV Latina app include: TV Listings: The ultimate resource …

MIAMI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) is supplying the free-TV rights for a number of movie titles, including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, to VIP 2000 TV for 14 countries across Latin America. Along with the rights for the second film in the Hobbit trilogy, the package includes a number of …

PARIS: TV5MONDE has signed the first agreement for the C Music TV channel in Latin America and the Caribbean, on behalf of THEMA. The 24-hour channel features classical and cinematic music, showcasing music videos, artist interviews, live performance excerpts and behind-the-scenes footage. The channel has now launched in the Dominican Republic, …

NEW YORK: TV Latina has unveiled a Spanish-language preview site for the L.A. Screenings that includes a special video report about formats in Latin America, featuring FremantleMedia’s Jack Alfandary, Comarex’s Marcel Vinay, A+E Networks’ Mayra Bracer and Pedro Torres of El Mall, along with a host of other resources. Along …

LOS ANGELES: Sierra/Engine Television is working with Pixo Entertainment to produce the animated series Don Cheto for the YouTube channel NuevOn, which is tailored to young, multicultural Latinos. Known as "el hombre del vozarrón" (the loud-voiced man), Don Cheto is the host of a top-rating morning radio show for Latinos …

LOS ANGELES: Brazil takes center stage in a number of the current productions from Bandeirantes Communication Group. Across the genres of reality, fiction and documentary, Band is offering titles that “show the various realities in the country,” says Elisa Ayub, the company’s director of international contents. One of the series …

MIAMI: The Cisneros Group of Companies has made an initial investment of $10 million in Mobly, a leading home-furnishing webstore in Brazil that is part of the Rocket Internet corporate portfolio. The total investment, made through Cisneros Interactive Group, could top $20 million in a year. Mobly launched in Brazil …

MEXICO CITY: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres (What Women Keep in Silence), a drama series from Azteca, is proving to be a success on Chilevision in Chile. Since its premiere on the network, Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres, which is adapted and produced for viewers in Chile, has earned an average of …

MIAMI: Telemundo Media is working with zeebox to add new second-screen experiences to its programming, with expanded social and mobile interaction offered. Those who download the zeebox app will gain access to exclusive second-screen experiences for Telemundo content, starting with the 2013 Latin Billboard Awards, which air on April 25. …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Telemundo’s cable network for Hispanic millennials, mun2, is set to deliver more than 200 hours of original programming in the 2013/2014 season, including the new series Horoscopos, Viva Los Vargas and Reinas de Realty. Horoscopos is focused on regional Mexican music stars Horoscopos de Durango. Viva Los Vargas …