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SÃO PAULO: Globo has announced its multiplatform coverage strategy for next month’s Olympics in Rio, including the broadcast of 4K content and an additional digital channel focused on the games.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America in June, Batalha dos Cozinheiros on Brazil’s Rede Record generated the most buzz on social media, with around 19,300 comments on Facebook and Twitter, according to The WIT.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Fuse Media named Viacom veteran Marc Leonard as its new senior VP of content strategy.

NEW YORK: Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has named Isaac Lee to the newly created position of chief news, entertainment and digital officer.

Bilingual Spanish-language broadband homes in the U.S. are more likely to have pay-TV and OTT video service subscriptions than the average U.S. broadband household, with nearly 80 percent subscribing to one or more OTT platforms, according to a new Parks Associates report.

TORONTO: DIRECTV Latin America has picked up the Kim Cattrall comedy Sensitive Skin, which is distributed by Tricon Films & Television.

MIAMI: U.S. Hispanic media company Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) has tied up with Bunim/Murray Productions to develop and produce content for the digital hub LaMusica.

WARSAW: SPI International’s FilmBox portfolio of channels for Latin America will now include channels in Spanish and Portuguese.

SÃO PAULO: The ABTA Expo & Conference 2016 wrapped with a well-attended session about how pay-TV platforms can maintain their subscriber bases in trying economic times by focusing on the value of digital services to consumers.

LONDON: Daniel Rodriguez has been tapped by U.K.-based lifestyle programming distributor Parade Media to oversee its business in Latin America.