LONDON: The number of digital TV households in Latin America is forecast to double by 2020, despite slowing economic growth. The Digital TV Latin America Forecasts report estimates there will be 152 million digital TV households by 2020. Digital TV will climb from only 17.9 percent penetration of TV households ...

BETHPAGE: Cablevision and HBO have entered into a partnership to make the stand-alone streaming service HBO NOW available to Optimum Online customers via the internet. The agreement makes Optimum the first cable provider to partner with HBO to offer the new service, which is expected to launch in April. Cablevision ...

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America has put in place its new executive management team, including Ben Samek as COO and Eden Gaha as president of unscripted television at Endemol Shine USA. Samek, who was formerly COO for Endemol North ...

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. Expanding Shine International’s drama portfolio has been one of CEO Nadine Nohr’s top priorities since taking the helm of the company last year. And her efforts have certainly borne fruit, with the entity now boasting a catalogue that ...

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. British screenwriter Simon Donald wanted to make a film about a violent crime that takes place in an isolated community in the Arctic—until he told his friend Patrick Spence about the concept. Spence, who heads up Fifty Fathoms—a ...

This article originally appeared in the NATPE 2015 issue of TV Kids. TV Kids surveys the latest trends in kids’ content distribution. A number of year-end reports have confirmed what those in the children’s TV business have long seen coming: viewing habits are changing, especially for kids. As young ones increasingly ...

NEW YORK: Our Spanish-language sister publication TV Latina has released its digital edition for Canitec, which includes a special report on Mexico’s top media companies, as well as interviews with Enrique Martínez of Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic and Bruce Boren of Televisa Networks, among others. See the digital edition here. The Canitec ...

Jennie Snyder Urman had already created the series Emily Owens, M.D. for The CW when she heard about an unusual project, one based on a Venezuelan telenovela. Intrigued, she quickly fell in love with the genre and jumped right into creating an American adaptation, Jane the Virgin. TV FORMATS: How did you start adapting ...

MUNICH: Country Women Cooking, a culinary entertainment format from the Global Screen catalogue, has begun airing on Latvian pubcaster LTV. Country Women Cooking looks on as country women participate in a cooking challenge in which they must prepare a rustic, home-grown meal. The show was originally created by SRF in ...

MELBOURNE: Distributor Looking Glass International (LGI) has clinched the worldwide distribution rights for the new reality series The Fashion Hero. LGI will introduce the television series and format to buyers at this year’s MIPTV. Caroline Bernier of Beauty World Search created and produced the competition format, in which candidates will compete ...