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LOS ANGELES: Raze, a digital media company with a Latin focus, has expanded its leadership team and board of directors with the addition of executives from Discovery Communications and VICE.

LONDON: Lifetime Latin America has inked a deal with FremantleMedia International (FMI) to become the home of the Project Runway franchise in Latin America.

MIAMI: Beau Ferrari has been appointed as executive VP of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.

Mexico overtook Brazil in 2016 to become Latin America’s largest pay-TV market, according to Digital TV Research, despite Brazil having twice as many TV households.

MIAMI: U.S. Spanish-language network Telemundo is slated to premiere a pair of biopic series based on the lives of Hispanic music legends Nicky Jam and José José.

MEXICO CITY: The brand-new series Women, Breaking the Silence has debuted on TV Azteca’s main channel, Azteca Trece.

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca has two new networks, adn40 and a+, for Mexican audiences.

MIAMI: Ricardo Coeto has been named executive VP of production for Telemundo Studios, with an eye toward scripted.

BUENOS AIRES: Pierluigi Gazzolo, the president of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) – Américas, has announced that Telefe’s new management team, which incorporates the rest of the company’s portfolio in Argentina, will be co-led by Guillermo Campanini as COO and Dario Turovelzky as director of global content.

NEW YORK: Spanish-language network HITN has launched a new programming strategy based on thematic blocks dedicated to topics such as health, science, technology, natural history and kids’ content.