Articles

The third day of the TV Latina Festival closed with a conversation with Eduardo Lebrija, the executive VP and chief commercial officer for networks South of Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa and leader for North Latin America and Brazil at Paramount, who talked about Paramount+’s position and the synergies the service has with the company’s ecosystem of brands.

During the third day of the TV Latina Festival, Pablo Iacoviello, director and country manager for emerging Latin America at Prime Video, spoke to Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor of TV Latina, about the platform’s positioning in the region and discussed Argentina, 1985, the Argentinean film that will represent the country in the run for the Academy Award.

Iván Sánchez, the sales director for Latin America at Global Agency, took part in the TV Latina Festival, where he spoke on the evolution of the company’s business in the region since the arrival of Las mil y una noches on Mega in Chile in 2014.

María Pérez Campi, the sales director for U.S. Hispanic and Latin America at Dori Media Distribution Argentina, commented on the importance of Argentina as a global production and distribution hub for Dori Media Group and the great value it has given the company’s catalog during the TV Latina Festival.

While reaffirming its long-term subscriber targets, Viaplay Group is not planning any further direct-to-consumer rollouts for its streaming platform in 2023 beyond a North American launch and has aligned with Pickbox NOW to expand its Viaplay Select branded-content concept in Central and Eastern Europe.

Banijay Mexico & U.S. Hispanic has partnered with Mexican actor and comedian José Eduardo Derbez to develop several new unscripted series.

ProSiebenSat.1 has established Seven.One Studios, a new umbrella brand consisting of its eight production subsidiaries and global program distribution arm, under the leadership of CEO Henrik Pabst.

Revenues at The Walt Disney Company were up 9 percent to $20.15 billion in Q4, with the company ending the period with a total of 164.2 million Disney+ subscribers, a 39 percent year-on-year gain.

ITV has ordered the six-part drama Joan for ITVX, with Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The Staircase) starring in the titular role.

ITV plc expects revenues at ITV Studios this year to outperform pre-pandemic levels, reporting a 16 percent gain to £1.4 billion for the first nine months of the year.