Video Interview: Turner Latin America’s Rick Pérez & Gerardo Kerik

NEW YORK: Rick Pérez, the senior VP and general manager of films and series at Turner Broadcasting System Latin America (TBSLA), and Gerardo Kerik, the VP of marketing and creative services at TBSLA, discuss the international rollout of Falling Skies and its importance to strengthening the TNT brand in the region.

As it has done in the rest of the world, Turner Broadcasting System has built up a strong business in Latin America by investing in quality content for its portfolio of brands, including TNT. Together with its sister channel in the U.S., TNT launched Falling Skies to Latin American viewers this summer.

The alien-invasion series from DreamWorks Television, TNT Productions and Steven Spielberg was recently renewed for a second season, with the ten-episode order coming just a few weeks after its U.S. debut. The global rollout has taken Falling Skies into more than 75 territories, including the U.K., Spain, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. In addition to broadcasting on TNT networks in several international territories, the series has been licensed to Fox, Super Channel and Canal+, among others. It was also recently announced that Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia picked up the show for broadcast on AXN Beyond in Southeast Asia and AXN in Taiwan, India and Korea.