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NEW YORK: A+E Networks is relaunching History en Español (HEE) with a refreshed on-air look and new programming strategy, with more than twice the number of premiere hours.

SÃO PAULO: Scripps Networks Interactive has secured carriage for Food Network in Brazil on the pay-TV platform NET and Claro HDTV.

CANCUN: Ted Baracos, the director of market development at Reed MIDEM, tells World Screen Newsflash about some of the highlights of this month’s MIP Cancun Latin American market and summit.

NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY: Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise Combate Americas and TV Azteca have entered into an exclusive year-long deal to air live world championship MMA events in the U.S. and Mexico.

JOHANNESBURG: At DISCOP Johannesburg, Cisneros Media Distribution is presenting the telenovelas Separated By Love and Sweet Thing.

Almost a fifth of Latin America’s TV households will pay for an SVOD package by 2021, up from 10.9 percent by end-2016, according to Digital TV Research.

JOHANNESBURG: At DISCOP Johannesburg, Televisa Internacional is presenting the drama Secrets at the Hotel, about Julio, who seeks to discover what happened to his sister after she abruptly stops corresponding with him while working at a hotel.

JOHANNESBURG: The telenovela Against Our Destiny is among the titles that Caracol Internacional believes will resonate with buyers at DISCOP Johannesburg.

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group has licensed the full season of the romantic comedy Esperanza Mia (My Lovely Hope) to MTV in Latin America for broadcast in Southern Cone territories.

MIAMI: A new leadership team has been put in place for Zee Mundo, the first Bollywood movie channel dubbed in Spanish.