Sony Latin America Picks Up Fireworks Fare

MIAMI: Fireworks International has licensed a range of content to Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Latin America, including Vuguru’s Pretty Tough and the Animal Planet series Freak Encounters.

The three-year deal kicks off in April and covers the pay-TV and Internet and mobile VOD rights to a selection of titles that will air on Sony’s outlets in South and Central America. The slate includes the 20×4-7 minute and the 90-minute TV movie versions of Pretty Tough, the young adult drama from Vuguru based on the novel by Liz Tigelaar; 200×5-minute and 40×30-minute webisodes of The Cut, an HD drama produced for the BBC; and the non-fiction 16×30-minute HD reality series Freak Encounters.

Diana Zakis, VP of Latin America and Asia at Fireworks International, commented, “We are very pleased to see this fantastic range of titles heading to Latin American audiences with the SPE Networks platform at NATPE. The content acquired is just a snapshot of the diverse programming portfolio we are presenting in Miami; at what we are sure will be a very busy and successful market.”