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NEW YORK: Comedy is at the forefront of Univision Communication Inc.’s (UCI) strategy to reach younger audiences, with a new slate of sitcoms and shows planned for the 2016-17 season.

MIAMI: For the 2016-17 season, the Discovery U.S. Hispanic portfolio of channels will focus on popular genres such as adventure and motoring, as well as home and family.

NEW YORK: Telemundo's newly unveiled lineup includes four so-called super series, as well as a Sunday prime-time programming block featuring a kids' talent show, two miniseries, a late show hosted by Don Francisco and more.

LOS ANGELES: At the L.A. Screenings, Sato Co. is looking to shore up sales for the French documentary Human, which presents interviews with more than 2,000 people across 60 countries.

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is teaming up with Mashable, Vox, Tastemade, Buzzfeed and Wise Entertainment in an effort to produce content geared toward Millennials.

NEW YORK: Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has launched a new Los Angeles-based development and production unit that will create original content for its portfolio of owned networks, as well as third-party channels and platforms.

BUENOS AIRES: Smilehood Media’s female-skewing comedy According to Roxi, which began life as a popular web series, has been picked up for free TV in Argentina.

LOS ANGELES: Brazil’s Band Content Distribution arrives at the L.A. Screenings hoping to attract new partnerships by offering content for different platforms, from pay TV to VOD and beyond.

LOS ANGELES: Revolution Studios, which has acquired a stake in Latino digital-entertainment company Latin Everywhere, will make titles available to Hispanic audiences via the global streaming service Pongalo.

MIAMI: Telemundo Studios has promoted two executives within its management team, naming Perla Farias senior VP of scripted development and Carmen Urbaneja senior VP of scripted productions.