World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Lucha Underground, a Spanish-language wrestling series from Robert Rodriguez, FactoryMade Ventures and Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group, has been slated to debut on UniMás in the U.S. The 39-episode wrestling program will become part of the network’s Saturday lineup beginning November 1, following Wednesday night premieres on …

LONDON: Cennarium, a streaming service dedicated to the performing arts, has signed an international deal with Samsung to make it available in Brazil. The service will be offered to Samsung customers in that country through tablets, TVs and smartphones via Moony, a Samsung digital platform that provides niche content from …

MIAMI: Univision Network and Warner Music are teaming up for the singing competition Va Por Ti, with the show’s winner nabbing a recording deal with Warner. The title launched in September, with the winner set to be announced December 7 during the finale. Va Por Ti is a co-production of …

BOGOTÁ: The UniMás network in the U.S. has picked up the drama Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord, produced by Caracol Televisión and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional. The channel will air the series Monday through Friday at 9 p.m. starting tonight. Based on real facts and testimonies, the title focuses …

CANNES: FremantleMedia Latin America (FMLA) and 360Powwow have entered into a strategic partnership for the development of original Spanish-language content for the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets. FMLA will co-create a range of titles across lifestyle, entertainment and scripted genres. FremantleMedia will then have the global distribution rights for …

CANNES: Comarex has inked an international distribution deal with Mexican educational network Canal Once. Comarex will now manage the worldwide distribution rights for the network’s drama series, including Crónica de Castas, Paramédicos, Estado de Gracia, Pacientes, XY, Soy tu Fan, along with documentaries such as Antropológicas, Historias de Vida and …

CANNES: Televisa's Emilio Azcárraga was interviewed on stage by World Screen's Anna Carugati at MIPCOM today, discussing the Mexican media giant's production prowess, the opportunities it is seeing with digital platforms and his goals for the company's growing formats business. The chairman and CEO of the world's largest Spanish-language content …

CANNES: Globosat’s PFC – O Canal do Futebol is the first Brazilian channel targeted at the international market that is dedicated to soccer. All of its content is aired exclusively in Portuguese, according to Bianca Maksud, the network’s marketing manager. The signal currently reaches 15 countries on four continents, providing …

LONDON/SÃO PAULO: Endemol Beyond has opened its first Latin American base in Brazil, with former ParaMaker exec Vanessa Oliveira tapped to lead the new hub. As manager of Endemol Beyond Brazil, Oliveira will be tasked with building a regional premium channel network comprised of high-end original productions and branded content …

MEXICO CITY: Ricardo B. Salinas, the chairman of Grupo Salinas, has agreed to sell Grupo Iusacell in its entirety to AT&T for $2.5 billion, an amount that includes debt. As part of the agreement, Salinas will maintain the residential triple-play business Totalplay, in addition to the corporate Internet service, networks …