Posted: Tue., Jan. 24, 2006, 5:01pm PT

TNT Latin America nabs Grammy rights

Three-hour music event will be broadcast live

TNT Latin America will have exclusive pan-regional cable TV rights to broadcast the Latin Grammys for the next three years.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The three-hour music event will be broadcast live preceded by a one-hour red carpet special. A date for the next Latin Grammys, to be held in the fourth quarter, has not been set.

TNT Latin America VP-general manager Rick Perez also announced the acquisition of TV series "The Closer," which will bow on the net on March 19. As with its two other exclusive series -- "Veronica Mars" and "Battlestar Galactica" -- "The Closer" will be broadcast in English with either Spanish or Portuguese subtitles.


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