World Screen

LONDON: The number of digital TV households in Latin America is forecast to double by 2020, despite slowing economic growth. The Digital TV Latin America Forecasts report estimates there will be 152 million digital TV households by 2020. Digital TV will climb from only 17.9 percent penetration of TV households …

NEW YORK: Our Spanish-language sister publication TV Latina has released its digital edition for Canitec, which includes a special report on Mexico’s top media companies, as well as interviews with Enrique Martínez of Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic and Bruce Boren of Televisa Networks, among others. See the digital edition here. The Canitec …

NEW YORK: Early next month, AMC Networks International is set to launch the AMC channel in Brazil via satellite pay-TV operator SKY. The 24-hour, Portuguese-language linear service will be available starting April 1. The channel will feature exclusive AMC Studios original dramas such as Halt and Catch Fire and The …

BOGOTÁ: The Colombian adventure series Fugitives has landed in other Latin American territories, airing on MundoFox. Produced by CMO for Colombia’s Caracol Television and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, the title will be broadcast Monday through Friday in Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Chile. The series follows a man and a …

BUENOS AIRES: The Argentine comedy We Are Family, originally produced for that country’s Telefe, is scheduled to premiere tonight on Chile’s TVN. The show tells the story of a coveted bachelor (Gustavo Bermúdez) who becomes the tutor to four orphans following a tragedy. He crosses paths with a journalist (Ana …

SÃO PAULO/NEW YORK: SPI International has been granted approval from Brazil's regulatory body Ancine to make nine FilmBox brand channels available in the country's pay-TV market. The company is launching FightBox HD, Fast&FunBox, DocuBox HD, FilmBox Arthouse, FashionBox, Madscreenbox, 360TuneBox, Erox and Eroxxx in Brazil. The FilmBox brand first arrived in the …

MIAMI: Scripps Networks Interactive has launched Food Network on DIRECTV across Latin America. The channel, which was first released in Brazil, will be broadcast in both standard definition and high definition, and will offer global programming featuring kitchen competitions, culinary adventures, instructional cooking and home entertainment. The network is expected …

BOGOTÁ: Unimás in the U.S. has nabbed The Spin, a series produced by Caracol Television and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional. The title airs on the network Monday to Friday at 4 p.m. The production tells the story of Julian and Eliana, two journalists committed to investigating a network of …

MIAMI: Somos Distribution has signed a deal with Kanal D to sell Turkish soap operas in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market. As part of the agreement, Somos will exclusively distribute three titles in those territories. Gumus is a Cinderella story about the rise of a poor girl who …

NEW YORK: AMC Networks International has inked a deal with DIRECTV Latin America to launch AMC in the region this month. As part of the deal, the network will be available on DIRECTV in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The channel will feature AMC Studios original dramas …