Telemundo Inks Korean Drama Agreement

MIAMI, October 11:
Telemundo Internacional has closed a deal to represent, in Latin America,
Korean dramas from SBS International.

One of the productions
included in the agreement is the successful telenovela Stairway to Heaven (Escalera al cielo), which
has already fared well in Japan, China and the Philippines, among others. In
Korea the 22-episode telenovela reached a 50-percent share for SBS.

Marcos Santana, the
president of Telemundo Internacional, said in announcing the new deal: “This
agreement is a new challenge, which we face with great enthusiasm, because SBS
has high-quality production standards, and the story plots developed are
similar to those in Latin America.”

SBS is one of Korea’s
biggest media companies, with a terrestrial network and four cable and
satellite stations.