Mexico's Televisa in deal with France's Groupe JLA

MEXICO CITY, April 8 (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa said on Tuesday it signed a deal with French production firm Groupe JLA in a new move to expand outside its core Latin American market.

Televisa (TV.N) (TLVACPO.MX) and Groupe JLA produced a soap opera together in the past, adapting a hit Mexican show for a French-speaking audience and want to do more in the future, but did not reveal more details about the deal.

Last week Televisa announced it was beginning production on its first Chinese language soap opera, a new version of Colombia's 1999 hit "Yo Soy Betty la Fea," or "Ugly Betty," about a goofy, bushy-browed but brainy girl who climbs high in the corporate ladder and wins the love of a top executive.

Televisa, the biggest producer of Spanish-language content in the world, has tried hard to stretch outside of Latin America market, particularly after its growth in the U.S. Hispanic community stalled due to legal battles with partner Univision.

The two companies continue to fight in U.S. courts over a programming deal they share that does not expire until 2017. (Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz; editing by Carol Bishopric)