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GoTV & Latin Anywhere Merge to Form Latin Everywhere

October 11, 2014

LOS ANGELES: The Spanish-language digital entertainment outfit GoTV has merged with Latin Anywhere, rebranding the combined operations as Latin Everywhere. The merged outfit holds digital rights for more than 50,000 hours of Spanish-language film and TV content. Offerings include telenovelas from Venezuela's RCTV. It also boasts GoTV's YouTube network, which …

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Caracol TV’s Infiltrated Airs on Mun2

October 8, 2014

BOGOTÁ: The action series Infiltrated, a Caracol Televisión production distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, has landed on Mun2 in the U.S. The 37×60-minute series will air on the network Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 p.m. It tells the story of Colonel Monica Umaña, who becomes commander of the Joint Intelligence …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: Azteca

October 8, 2014

CANNES: Girls Only, an Azteca telenovela, tells the story of Valentina Bravo and her three daughters, all wealthy and privileged women whose sheltered world falls apart with the death of their patriarch. Left with an exorbitant debt, they open and manage a strip club for women. “The four intrepid women …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: Caracol Television

October 7, 2014

CANNES: Being in the wrong place at the wrong time will change one man’s life forever in Fugitives, a drama from Caracol Television that is being showcased by the company in Cannes next week. The series, about a man accused of murdering his best friend’s wife, recently premiered in Colombia …

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Paramount Channel Heads to Latin America

October 3, 2014

MIAMI: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is bringing its Paramount Channel brand to Latin America, building on its existing footprint in Spain, France, Russia, Romania and Hungary. Paramount Channel will launch November 14 in the region with an initial reach of 10 million subs. The pay-TV network offers a mix …

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MIPCOM Spotlight: Telemundo Internacional

October 2, 2014

CANNES: At MIPCOM, Telemundo Internacional is presenting Les Miserables, a Spanish-language adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic French novel. The drama stars Aracely Arámbula, a popular telenovela actress whose long list of credits includes the novela The Return. In Les Miserables, Arámbula portrays a woman struggling to prove her innocence to …

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Marcello Coltro Becomes Cisneros Media’s EVP of Content Distribution

October 2, 2014

MIAMI: Marcello Coltro, who previously served at MGM Networks Latin America, has been appointed as executive VP of content distribution at Cisneros Media. Coltro will be responsible for overseeing the company's pay-TV and content distribution units. He will report to Jonathan Blum, the president of Cisneros Media, and will be …

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Globo Channels Now Available on TalkTalk in the U.K.

September 25, 2014

SÃO PAULO: Two of Brazilian broadcaster Globo’s channels are due to debut in the U.K. through a deal with telecom company TalkTalk. The agreement will see the launch of the Globo international network and PFC, which specializes in Brazilian soccer, through IPTV. TalkTalk, a triple-play network, will offer the services …

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Slew of LatAm Buyers Sign Up for Inaugural MIPCancun

September 25, 2014

PARIS: Buyers from 26 Latin American broadcasters have confirmed they’ll be attending the inaugural edition of MIPCancun later this year, according to summit organizer Reed MIDEM. The event is slated to take place in the eponymous Mexican city from November 19 to 21. Confirmed attendees are Construir TV (Argentina), Encuentro (Argentina), …

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Telemundo Hosting First Social Media Summit

August 29, 2014

MIAMI: Telemundo is slated to host its first-ever social media summit, an event tied to the premiere of its new reality competition series I Am the Artist (Yo Soy el Artista), on September 3 and 4. The summit, titled #YoSoyelInfluencer, will take place at Universal Studios Florida and is organized …