World Screen

CANNES: The book-based production Against Our Destiny, presented by Caracol Internacional, tells the story of two sisters with opposite personalities; one is submissive, shy and insecure, while the other is extroverted, confident and rebellious.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America in August, X Factor Brasil on Rede Band drew the most social-media buzz, according to The WIT.

NEW YORK: TV Latina’s digital edition for Jornadas is now available, offering a special report on the main pay-TV companies in the Southern Cone, as well as interviews with FOX Networks Group’s Carlos Martínez, A+E Networks’ Eduardo Ruiz and AMC Networks International’s Eduardo Zulueta.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America in July, Tamanho família on Brazil's TV Globo drew the most social-media buzz, according to The WIT.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that were launched in Latin America in June, Batalha dos Cozinheiros on Brazil’s Rede Record generated the most buzz on social media, with around 19,300 comments on Facebook and Twitter, according to The WIT.

SÃO PAULO: The ABTA Expo & Conference 2016 wrapped with a well-attended session about how pay-TV platforms can maintain their subscriber bases in trying economic times by focusing on the value of digital services to consumers.

SÃO PAULO: The 24th edition of ABTA Expo & Conference opened yesterday with reassuring messages from government representatives and expressions of cautious optimism by channel and platform executives about the health of Brazil’s pay-TV business.

BUDAPEST: The iconic Mexican nun and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz takes the spotlight in Juana Inés, which is part of Comarex’s NATPE Budapest slate.

BUDAPEST: The White Slave, a 4K series that Caracol Internacional is offering at NATPE Budapest, uses the story of a woman raised by slaves to highlight issues of colonialism.

BUDAPEST: In Amazonas, a highlight on Televisa Internacional’s slate, two separated lovers must fight to achieve the happiness that destiny has denied them.