World Screen

CANNES: Caracol Television is heading to MIPTV ready to showcase the romantic telenovela The Sweetest Love, about four wealthy sisters who wind up falling for the men they least expect. Caracol Television is also showcasing the comedy The Mother in Law, a co-production with Sony Pictures Television. “The story line …

MIAMI: Hemisphere Media Group, which operates Cinelatino, among other Spanish-language networks targeting the U.S. Hispanic segment, has completed its acquisition of Pasiones, Centroamerica TV and TV Dominicana. Hemisphere acquired the three channels from Media World, owned by Imagina US, for $101.9 million in cash. Pasiones, featuring telenovelas and series, reaches …

BOGOTÁ: Venezuela’s Venevision has aired the CMO production The Voice of Freedom on the heels of the series’ successful Colombian run. The program premiered on the Venezuelan network yesterday and will air Monday through Friday nights at 8 p.m. Produced for Caracol Televisión and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, the …

LONDON: Digital TV penetration in Latin America is expected to reach 94.5 percent by 2020, according to Digital TV Research, with DTT set to provide half of the additional homes added in a ten-year period. Digital TV was at 18.1-percent penetration at the end of 2010, rising to just over …

CANNES: Azteca’s new production Acapulco… Forever Yours, under the direction of Elisa Salinas and producer Rita Fusaro, is an original story where wickedness, greed, selfishness and a series of injustices propel the heroine to fight for the love of her life. Comarex is presenting the title to MIPTV buyers, and …

LONDON: Twofour Rights has sold a pair of travel documentaries to Discovery Networks Latin America ahead of MIPTV. Tom Daley Goes Global sees Olympian diver Daley backpacking with his best friend through countries including Thailand, Japan, Australia, Morocco and New Zealand. The 6×60-minute program is a GroupM Entertainment co-prod. In …

LOS ANGELES: Sierra/Engine Television and UniMás have signed a deal for the exclusive rights for the Mexican drama Niño Santo and the action-adventure drama SAF3 (formerly known as Rescue 3). Niño Santo follows a team of young doctors who are sent to vaccinate people in a remote village against a …

MIAMI: Cisneros Media Distribution has unveiled its programming lineup for DISCOP Istanbul, headlined by its new thriller Dangerous Confessions. The series, which is currently being filmed in Miami under a working title, is slated to consist of 60 episodes and will be based on the book Blood on the Couch …

MIAMI: Univision, UniMás and Galavisión are partnering to simulcast the premiere of the dramatic series The Black Widow, a first in the history of the Spanish-language U.S. networks owned by Univision Communications. The program will air simultaneously on all three channels on February 23 at 10 p.m. It will then …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's Telelatino Network is bringing the Spanish-language Univision channel to Canada, where it will take the place of TLN en Español (TLNE). Telelatino's TLNE Spanish-language cable specialty channel is currently carried by all of Canada's largest cable and satellite platforms, reaching more than 1.7 million households. TLNE is now …