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NEW YORK: The Spanish-language TVLatina.tv Canitec multimedia preview site features interviews with Turner’s Gerhard Zeiler, VIMN The America’s Sofía Ioannou and Televisa Networks’ Bruce Boren, as well as an analysis of the Mexican TV market and a video report with executives from leading channels in Latin America. To see it, …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) signed a number of deals with Latin American buyers during last month’s NATPE. Properties sold in the region include Primeval: New World, a North American spinoff of the popular U.K. show featuring animals from the past and future; Conspiracy 365, a book-based action thriller; and …

LOS ANGELES: Shine America has dedicated a new division to the development and production of original Spanish-language content for the U.S. and Latin American markets. Cristina Palacio has been named president of the unit, Shine Hispanic & Latin America. Palacio was most recently the founder and president of the Colombia-based …

MEXICO CITY: Comarex has inked a deal with Dicon Media to distribute ESpots, a new show featuring funny and extreme clips from the Internet, in Latin America. The agreement includes the exclusive pay-TV, free-TV and home video distribution rights to the property. Comarex will be showcasing the 26×25-minute series at …

SÃO PAULO: Among other highlights, Globo plans to present The Brazilian – The Women and the second season of Slaps & Kisses at NATPE next week. A sequel to the successful series The Cariocas, The Brazilian – The Women pays tribute to the women of Rio de Janeiro. Hosted by Xuxa, it …

BOGOTÁ: Next week in Miami Caracol Television is slated to unveil Caracol Play, a digital OTT platform launching with 4,000 hours of video for streaming. The platform will feature such titles as Pablo Escobar the Drug Lord, The Cartel, The Mafia Dolls, Pedro the Great, Escalona, La Mala Hierba and Gallito …

NEW YORK: The TVLatina.tv NATPE preview site provides you with a special video report featuring interviews with Televisa’s Emilio Azcárraga and Adriana Cisneros of the Cisneros Group of Companies along with a number of Q&As, features and other resources. The preview site contains a special feature that includes interviews with …

NEW YORK: Just before its inaugural exhibition at NATPE, Estrella TV has sold several prime-time shows to broadcasters in Panama, Nicaragua and Ecuador. Milagros is a one-hour drama illustrating the miracles that real people claim to have experienced after praying to God through the saints. The title was picked up …

MIAMI: Alessandro Stroscio has been appointed as BBC Worldwide’s VP of consumer products for the Latin American region. In his new position, Stroscio will be in charge of analyzing new market trends, overseeing licenses for the company’s vast catalogue of titles and brands, and developing and commercializing books, DVDs and …

NEW YORK: Divorcio USA, an original courtroom drama series from Estrella TV, has been picked up by Viacom International Media Networks The Americas’ U.S. Hispanic channel Tr3s. The 30-minute show revolves around married couples in the process of getting divorced. It is part of Estrella TV’s slate of original programming …