World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Production has begun on the film Cup of Love, marking the second co-production between Colombia’s Caracol Televisión, Los Angeles-based MarVista Entertainment and Argentina’s Snap Distribution. The movie will be shot near the Colombian city of Medellin. A romantic comedy, the film stars Anna Hutchison (The Cabin in the …

SÃO PAULO: Costa Rica’s Teletica has picked up six titles from Globo’s catalogue. The network will soon air the series Merciless and The Hunter, the miniseries Doomed and The Party, and the telenovelas Helena’s Shadow and Empire. Teletica has previously aired other Globo productions, among them Brazil Avenue, The Life …

SÃO PAULO: Globo in Brazil is slated to launch its own VOD service, Globo Play, next week. The new on-demand platform is due out November 3. It will feature live content, catch-up programming and a library of Globo’s classic titles, available across devices such as smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. …

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Internacional is heading to DISCOP Africa next month with a slate made up of original series, movies and documentaries. The series Laura, an Extraordinary Life tells the story of a woman who challenges the expectations of her time, giving up the opportunity to be a wife and a mother in …

BUENOS AIRES: The Brazilian pay-TV market will reach 27.7 million households by 2018, according to data published by Dataxis, representing a 30.7-percent increase compared to end-2015. The new report Pay TV Series 2015: Brazil estimates that households with DTH pay-TV services will account for 60.9 percent of total Pay TV …

MIAMI: A Spanish-dubbed version of the long-running animated series South Park is set to premiere tonight on U.S. Hispanic channel NBC Universo. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central, South Park is the longest running prime-time scripted series on cable and will be the first animated series …

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 …

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 …

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 …

NEW YORK: TV Latina’s MIPCOM app, which has been redesigned, is now available for iOS devices in the iTunes App Store and for Android on Google Play. The new TV Latina app includes: -TV Listings: The best resource for programming buyers, providing detailed listings of new content available on the …