NEW YORK, March 9: Barry Koch, the senior VP and general manager of Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast in Latin America, talks in this video interview about the growth of the channels across the region and what the key priorities are for the year ahead.

NEW YORK, March 9: A new management structure is in place at Univision Communications' news and entertainment businesses, organizing operations on a company-wide basis.

NEW YORK/UNIVERSAL CITY, March 9: NBC has renewed its exclusive agreement with Donald Trump and the Miss Universe Organization to broadcast the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants for an additional three years, effective in 2011.

MADRID/NEW YORK, March 8: Spain's Group Prisa is to receive a $900 million cash injection via a merger deal with Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp., a U.S.-based special-purpose acquisition company.

TEL AVIV, March 8: Dori Media Group has sold the teen vampire series Split into 35 countries since its launch nine months ago, with the Philippines as the latest territory, and the first in Asia, to pick up the daily drama.

MIAMI, March 5: The Telemundo Internacional telenovela Beautiful, but Unlucky takes a 2:30 p.m. time slot, Monday through Friday, on BTV in Bulgaria as of March 8.

BUENOS AIRES, March 5: Telefe International's romantic comedy WAGs, Love for the Game is headed to El Salvador, where it will air Monday through Friday on Channel 33 starting April 5.

NEW YORK, March 4: Shine Group's chairman and CEO, Elisabeth Murdoch, was interviewed by World Screen's group editorial director, Anna Carugati, at NATPE this year.

NEW YORK, March 4: Jeff Gomez and Nathan Mayfield will be hosting a session at the MIPTV Producers' Forum—a two-day initiative organized in association with World Screen—about developing stories and concepts across multiple platforms.

NEW YORK, March 3: The Producers' Forum is a new two-day initiative at MIPTV, organized in association with World Screen. Kicking off a series on the panelists at Producers' Forum, David Lyle, the president of Fox Reality Channel, discusses the Entertainment Master Class on selling and protecting formats.

MEXICO CITY, March 2: Comarex has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting System for the animated series Master Raindrop to debut in Latin America on Cartoon Network this April.

ENGLEWOOD/MEXICO CITY, March 1: EchoStar is acquiring Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex)—the Mexican operator that delivers video, audio and data services to the Americas via three satellites and two satellite uplink facilities—in a joint venture with MVS Comunicaciones.

PARIS/NEW YORK, March 1: There are 13 nominees across three categories for this year's International Digital Emmy Awards, which will be presented at a special ceremony on April 12 at MIPTV.

SÃO PAULO, March 1: Globo TV Sports is heading to Sportel Asia in Singapore next week with a package of Brazilian football matches.

LOS ANGELES, February 26: Shine International has sold Reveille's hit MTV reality series The Buried Life in 10 markets, including Australia, Latin America and the Middle East.

MIAMI, February 26: Maggie Salas-Amaro has been named director of network strategies at América CV Network, where she will oversee the expansion and in-market strategies for CV 48, CV 24, C34 and WJAN-America TeVe channel 41.

NEW YORK, February 25: Advertising spending fell by 9 percent in 2009 to $117 billion, according to The Nielsen Company, but the research firm notes that the rate of ad decline appears to be slowing.

TEL AVIV, February 25: Group revenues at Dori Media Group for 2009 were down 3 percent to $48.7 million, with an increase in TV channel revenues helping to offset declines from the sales of telenovelas.

MEXICO CITY, February 25: TV Azteca's 24-hour telenovela network Azteca Novelas has scored carriage in Puerto Rico on Liberty Cablevision.

NEW YORK, February 25: The U.S. Hispanic network V-me, which is celebrating its third anniversary in March, has more than two dozen new series joining its spring schedule.

SÃO PAULO, February 24: Globo TV International's telenovela India: A Love Story has been sold to a number of broadcasters in Asia, with negotiations ongoing for the series to air on several other outlets in the region.

NEW YORK, February 24: American Greetings Properties has plans to bring new Care Bears entertainment to the U.K., Italy, Latin America, the Middle East and Canada.

MIAMI, February 23: In Venevision International's portfolio for DISCOP Africa are a number of telenovelas, including Always on My Mind, as well as 11 documentaries from its Platinum Documentary Series.

NEW YORK, February 22: Univision Interactive Media is launching a new online and mobile channel for novelas and series on Univision.com, which will feature original programming as well as third-party content from Azteca America, RCN Television and Dori Media Group.

SÃO PAULO/DAKAR, February 22: Globo TV International is looking to further build on its African presence as it heads to DISCOP Africa in Senegal this week, with 50 countries on the continent already having broadcast a production from the Brazilian media group.

BUENOS AIRES, February 22: The romantic comedy WAGs, Love for the Game leads off Telefe International's slate for DISCOP Africa, where it will also present a host of South African documentaries.

MEXICO CITY, February 19: Among the offerings on Televisa Internacional's slate for DISCOP Africa is A New Beginning, which will be available as both a finished product and format.

NEW YORK, February 18: Reed Manville, the executive VP of international channels at CBS Studios International, discusses the company's foray into the worldwide channels landscape in this video interview.

EL SEGUNDO, February 18: DIRECTV reported a 13-percent increase in its fourth-quarter revenues to $5.98 billion as well as subscriber additions at its U.S. and Latin American operations, but has reported a $32 million net loss as a result of a $491 million pre-tax charge related to the merger with Liberty Entertainment.

MIAMI, February 18: Telemundo Internacional's The Storm premiered in Kenya over the weekend on Nation TV, airing Saturdays and Sundays in an 8 p.m. slot.