Joel Marino

MIAMI: NBC Universo has tapped production executive Fernando Gastón to serve as VP of production and development.

RIO DE JANEIRO: FOX Sports Latin America has inaugurated its new Brazilian studio, a 43,000-square-foot facility in Rio that will begin operations in time for the opening week of the 2016 Olympic Games.

SÃO PAULO: Globo has partnered with mobile platform Snapchat to create content for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

NEW YORK: ESPN has announced that it will make the full season of Premier League soccer available exclusively and live on WatchESPN in Brazil.

MIAMI: HBO is expanding its slate of original productions in Latin America and Brazil, announcing that it will double the number of series locally launched in the region.

MIAMI: Telemundo has named Lia Silkworth as its new senior VP of insights and consumer development.

WEST PALM BEACH: The FlixFling streaming video service is slated to add Spanish-language programming to its subscription-channel catalog as part of a partnership with media company Olympusat.

MIAMI: BBC Worldwide has upped David Hanono to the post of general manager of sales and digital for Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market.

MIAMI: Telemundo Deportes unveiled its digital coverage plans for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which include more than 270 hours of content from the games.

DUBLIN: Digital video curator The QYou has partnered with Mexican triple-play provider TotalPlay to deliver short-form content to Mexico.