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BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has signed a multiyear free-TV deal with Brazil’s Globo, one that will see series such as Gotham heading to the channel.

MIAMI: Telemundo has promoted Angel Domenech to the post of VP of creative strategy.

The number of pay-TV subscribers in Latin America is forecast to climb from 72.02 million by end-2016 to 83.56 million by 2021, according to Digital TV Research.

BUENOS AIRES: Grupo Clarín is planning to split up its equity interest in Cablevisión, the subsidiary that operates its cable television, internet and data transmission businesses, into a new Argentine corporation under the name of Cablevisión Holding.

SÃO PAULO: Brazilian pay-TV channel Globo has launched as part of the basic-television package on TV Vodafone in Portugal.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America in July, Tamanho família on Brazil's TV Globo drew the most social-media buzz, according to The WIT.

MIAMI: Pasiones, a channel that airs telenovelas and drama series in Spanish, has become available in the U.S. on Cox Communications, which has also expanded the distribution of WAPA America.

MIAMI: NBC Universo has tapped production executive Fernando Gastón to serve as VP of production and development.

RIO DE JANEIRO: FOX Sports Latin America has inaugurated its new Brazilian studio, a 43,000-square-foot facility in Rio that will begin operations in time for the opening week of the 2016 Olympic Games.

SÃO PAULO: Globo has partnered with mobile platform Snapchat to create content for the 2016 Rio Olympics.