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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Worldwide Americas today announced its largest ever sale of content to Paraguay, at Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Showcase Latin America.
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Telefuturo, one of Paraguay's leading broadcasters, and new channel Hispanoamerica TV del Paraguay have acquired a combined total of 100 hours of programming from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Worldwide's natural history, children's, history and factual entertainment genres.
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Telefuturo bought natural history titles Killing for a Living (a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Wildvision production in association with the Discovery Channel), which is narrated by Oscar® winning actor Anthony Hopkins, and landmark epic Planet Earth (a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production, in association with the CBC).
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Animated children's series Animalia, (a Burberry/Lux Monkey/Double Base production for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú in association with Porchlight Entertainment), which is based on award-winning books by Graeme Base, was also included in the deal.
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Hispanoamerica TV Del Paraguay acquired titles such as the multi award-winning natural history title Blue Planet (a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú/Discovery Channel co-production), factual entertainment title The Private Life of a Masterpiece (a Fulmar Television & Film production for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú) and dramatized documentary series Ancient Rome – The Rise and Fall of an Empire (a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú/Discovery Channel/ZDF co-production).
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The broadcaster also bought Days that Shook the World, a series of programs focussing on key events, which changed the course of global history.
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Susanna Pollack, SVP TV Sales, Co-productions and Children's commented: "I'm delighted to be announcing these agreements with Telefuturo and Hispanoamerica TV del Paraguay. They underline our commitment to develop our business in Latin America and to introduce new audiences to our wealth of content.
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"With the strength, size and diversity of our catalog we're in a great position to secure deals of this kind."
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Showcase Latin America 2008 runs until Wednesday 10 September 2008 in Rio de Janeiro. It is the only event of its kind, hosted by a single distributor, in Latin America. Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Worldwide is Europe's biggest exporter of television programs.
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