NEW YORK: Enrique Martinez, the president and managing director of Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic and Canada, is lined up for a keynote at MIPCancun with World Screen’s Anna Carugati. Taking place Wednesday, November 18, at 2:30 p.m., Martinez’s keynote will touch on how LatAm and U.S. Hispanic companies are ...

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MIAMI: DIRECTV Latin America has secured the rights for three seasons of the English Premier League in the region, excluding Brazil. The agreement is for the live audiovisual broadcast rights for all 380 Premier League matches per season from 2016-17 to 2018-19. In addition to broadcasting the Premier League on ...

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NEW YORK: NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ digital and emerging business division has launched Co-Lab, a new social native strategic unit set to engage Millennials through social content and native video experiences. The unit will provide best-in-industry practices and insights in the development of social video content, anchored on brand strategies and ...

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CANNES: Brazil’s Globo has secured multiple sales for The Party, its latest drama offering. Among the ten countries that picked up the title are EPG in South Korea, Ecuador’s Ecuavisa, Peru’s ATV, SIC in Portugal and Uruguay’s Teledoce. A reinterpretation of a 1974 telenovela, the miniseries is set at a ...

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MIAMI: A Spanish-dubbed version of the drama Prison Break is set to premiere on U.S. Hispanic network NBC Universo later this month. The series, which originally aired for four seasons on FOX, will debut October 20. NBC Universo subscribers will also be able to catch up on episodes in Spanish ...

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CANNES: Telemundo Internacional has entered into a long-term deal with Mega Chile, securing the exclusive rights for the distribution of the Chilean channel’s fiction productions worldwide. The two firms signed the agreement during a press conference at MIPCOM this morning. The deal goes into effect this month. Telemundo Internacional has ...

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MIAMI: Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD) and language translation, dubbing and subtitling studio The Kitchen have formed a strategic alliance to offer specialized dubbing services for Spanish-speaking markets, effective immediately. With the new partnership, The Kitchen will serve as the exclusive sales and marketing agent for Latin Spanish dubbing worldwide, and ...

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BUENOS AIRES: Telefe and Endemol Shine Argentina have signed an agreement to co-produce the 13-episode series El gran jugador (The Great Participant). The series tells the story of a young engineer who enters a Big Brother house as a contestant and announces on live TV that he will detonate a ...

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CANNES: Chile's Canal 13 has entered into an agreement for the international distribution of its portfolio of TV series and fiction formats with Comarex. This strategic alliance will broaden Canal 13's reach in new markets, primarily in Asia and Europe. It also provides Comarex with additional formats and series, bolstering ...

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CANNES: Telemundo Internacional has signed an agreement to become the exclusive distributor of HBO Latin America Originals in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Oceania as of January 2016. Under the agreement, Telemundo Internacional will represent the catalogue of fiction and documentary series for HBO Latin America in the ...

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