MIAMI: Sábado Gigante, the popular Univision Network variety show hosted by Don Francisco, is scheduled to come to an end this September after a 53-year run. The program will end its current cycle on September 19, to coincide with the end of the 2014-15 broadcast television season. Created and hosted ...

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SÃO PAULO: South Korean media group EPG has licensed Merciless, a psychological thriller series, from Globo. Merciless tells the story of Edu, a serial killer who is unable to feel compassion or empathy. The show stars Bruno Gagliasso (The Enchanted Tale) and Débora Falabella (Brazil Avenue). It is penned by ...

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MIAMI: Estudios TeleMéxico is set to produce prime-time series and novelas for Telemundo in the U.S. following a multiyear agreement between the companies. Through the deal, Estudios TeleMéxico will produce the series in Mexico or Colombia in collaboration with Telemundo Studios. Telemundo Internacional will distribute the series worldwide. “We are ...

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SÃO PAULO: Brazil’s Globo has renewed its partnership with Ecuadorian broadcaster Ecuavisa. The companies have worked together for more than 15 years. Past Globo productions to have aired on the network include Brazil Avenue, The Life We Lead, Trail of Lies, Cat’s Cradle, The Enchanted Tale, Irrational Heart and Pages ...

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MIAMI: Cisneros Media has hired Wilma Maciel as VP of content management and acquisitions for Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD), effective immediately. In her newly created role, Maciel will work out of Miami under Marcello Coltro, the executive VP of content distribution at Cisneros Media. She will assist Coltro with the ...

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CANNES: Stand Up for Your Country, Televisa Internacional’s latest format, is an entertainment series in which duos made up of parents and kids perform in front of a studio audience with one goal in mind: get the audience to deliver a standing ovation so they can move to the next ...

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CANNES: The newly launched Grand Prix Media is working to position itself as the leading independent distributor of Brazilian content to the international market, and is using MIPTV as an opportunity to do so. “As such, we are proud to be representing a selection of the best content available in ...

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SÃO PAULO: Bolivian network ATB has launched a prime-time slot dedicated solely to telenovelas from Brazil’s Globo following a long-term agreement between the two companies. The first title to premiere in the dedicated space was Brave Woman, which debuted March 30. The novela tells the story of Morena (Nanda Costa), a ...

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MIAMI: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) The Americas has made three new appointments to it senior management team. Juan “JC” Acosta has been tapped for the role of chief operating officer, based in Miami; Federico Cuervo was named senior VP of entertainment brands, working from Buenos Aires; and Tiago Worcman ...

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CANNES: Cisneros Media Distribution's many market offerings include the tele-series Criminal MasterMind, as well as the teen series Candela and the new telenovela Secret Love. Cisneros Media is also presenting a factual catalogue containing titles such as XRC, which is made up of action-filled news footage, and the travel/beauty series ...

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