PLANO: The over-the-top (OTT) video market in Latin America is poised for rapid growth, according to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), which predicts that 25 percent of all videos viewed in LatAm in 2025 will be via OTT services. “Latin America is an important global market by virtue ...

NEW YORK: The WorldScreen.com NATPE Europe Preview provides you with a number of useful services in one location, including a downloadable PDF of company suite/stand numbers at the Hilton Prague Hotel. The Preview includes a video interview with Shiri Appleby ...

NEW YORK: Syfy is working with Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Graham King (The Departed, Argo) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) to develop Dan Simmons’ best-selling novel Hyperion as an event series. Cooper will executive produce along with King and Phillips. Itamar Moses (Boardwalk Empire) will write the screenplay ...

MIAMI: Telenovela network Pasiones has picked up a package of titles from Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD), including You Are My Life (Mi Vida Eres Tú). That title, which recently premiered on Pasiones Latin America, tells the story of a forbidden passion between two people. Other titles acquired through the deal ...

MIAMI: Former Scripps Networks Interactive exec Sameer Deen has joined Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) as its new senior VP of Univision Digital. Based in Miami, Deen will report to Isaac Lee, the president of news and digital for UCI and CEO of Fusion. The exec will be charged with establishing ...

SÃO PAULO: Starting next week, Globo’s noir drama The Party is set to air on Uruguayan network Teledoce. The miniseries, a remake of a 1974 telenovela, revolves around a lavish mansion party that comes to a halt when a body is found in the pool, setting off a frantic hunt ...

NEW YORK: Five new series are in development at Oxygen Media, including Dead Clean, about a female clean-up crew tackling incredible messes. Dead Clean (working title) is produced by Lime Pictures and All3Media America. It showcases a group of women working at Xtreme Cleaners, which goes into some of the ...

LAS VEGAS: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has acquired the licensing rights for hit historical drama series Poldark. ITVS GE is prepping a dedicated consumer-products program. The licensor is currently seeking licensing partners in key categories such as apparel ...

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America has unveiled its roster of licensing partners for such series as MasterChef Junior, MasterChef, The Steve Harvey Show and Kingdom. Wicked Cool Toys will be launching a kid-safe cooking line inspired by MasterChef Junior ...

NEW YORK: Investigation Discovery (ID) has lined up The Hunt for Ted Bundy, a companion documentary to its first-ever original scripted miniseries, Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay. The documentary will debut June 14 at 9 p.m. The final installment of Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay, which details the last chapter ...