MIAMI: This fall will see a new player in the U.S. Hispanic media landscape, with Fox International Channels aligning with Colombia’s RCN Television Group for the launch of MundoFox. The new broadcast network promises to bring "a similar sensibility as the FOX Network" to Hispanic audiences, according to the press ...

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MIAMI: BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution has licensed a range of music programming, including a Radiohead concert and this year’s Brit Awards, to TBS Latin America. The package includes Radiohead: The King of Limbs—Live From the Basement, The Brit Awards 2012, Take That—Look Back, Don’t Stare and Blur—No Distance Left ...

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LONDON: As NATPE kicked off in Miami, DRG announced a host of deals in Latin America, including securing slots for Choccywoccydoodah and Injustice. Fox Latin American Channels has picked up seasons two and three of the factual-entertainment series Choccywoccydoodah, produced by Twofour for UKTV’s Good Food. The network has also ...

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MIAMI: Tr3s, the Viacom-owned entertainment network aimed at the Hispanic millennial generation, is ramping up its original programming slate for 2012, inking deals with Jennifer Lopez and Wilmer Valderrama, among others. Lopez is working with Simon Fields and Jane Startz on Amigas, Inc. Startz is the creator of the Amigas, ...

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MIAMI: Telemundo Studios has inked a deal with Argos Television for the production of series and novelas in Mexico, while its sister company, Telemundo International, has signed distribution pacts with Mexican and Venezuelan broadcasters. “These deals are part of our strategy to continue to strengthen our production capabilities as the ...

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MIAMI: Globo TV International presented its new catalogue of telenovelas, series and documentaries at a breakfast event at NATPE this morning. “Our objective is to give our clients a taste of Brazil," said Raphael Corrêa Netto, the head of international sales. "Or rather, the optimism, high spirits, cheerfulness, affection, among the ...

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MIAMI: During her One-on-One session at NATPE with World Screen’s Anna Carugati, Adriana Cisneros, the vice chairman and director of strategy for the Cisneros Group of Companies, emphasized that the primary shift that has occurred in media is that the viewer now wants a “personalized experience.”   Cisneros began her ...

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LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate-TISA Television International has been named as the exclusive representative for at least 20 new theatrical titles from New Films International for the Latin American market. The deal gives Lionsgate-TISA, a recently formed joint venture between Lionsgate and Maryann Pasante’s Television Internacional Sur America, the exclusive TV rights ...

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MIAMI: Ahead of NATPE, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold a number of its titles throughout Latin America, among them the current season of American Idol and the Got Talent format. The 11th season of American Idol will be available pan-regionally through SPE (Sony Pictures Entertainment) Networks Latin America and terrestrial outlets ...

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MADRID: Films such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Moneyball are headed to Telefónica VOD platforms in Latin America through a new deal signed with Sony Pictures. The Telefónica and Terra video-on-demand platforms in Latin American countries will feature Sony Pictures’ feature film content, including new releases, on ...

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