World Screen

NEW YORK: David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery Communications, and José Bastón Patiño, the president of television and content at Grupo Televisa, have been elected to Univision Communications’ board of directors.  Bastón Patiño has been in his role at Televisa since December 2008. He has also been a …

BUENOS AIRES: The Board of Directors at Grupo Telefe announced that Luis Velo, currently president and CEO at the company, will leave his post once his professional tenure in Argentina expires, and will be replaced by Juan Waehner. The release stated that Velo, who assumed the direction of Telefe in …

MIAMI: MP & Silva and Globo TV Sports have signed a deal for the international distribution rights for Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A (Brazilian League Série A) and Campeonato Paulista. The countries included in the deal are France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and …

NEW YORK: José Bastón, the president of television and content at Grupo Televisa, sat down with World Screen Newsflash to talk about the strengths of the company’s current activities, growth prospects and facing competition from Telmex in the Mexican market.   Last week at NATPE, Grupo Televisa and Lionsgate unveiled …

CULVER CITY: Two months after its launch, the bilingual television network Tutele and Tutele Dos is building up its programming with new series such as La Chamba, among others. Tutele and Tutele Dos launched La Chamba, M.I Entertainment and Power House en Español yesterday, while Loco por Ti will debut …

MIAMI: Once TV México is offering four new original series, including XY and Sesiones de Reactor, beginning in February. Debuting on February 2, the new drama series XY stars Juan Carlos Barreto (Bajo la Sal, Backyard), Javier Díaz Dueñas (Drenaje Profundo), Eduardo Arroyuelo (Use as Directed), Mauricio Isaac (El Infierno) …

LONDON: Ahead of its Univision debut this weekend, Simon Fuller’s ¡Q’viva! The Chosen, the talent competition featuring Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Jamie King, has been licensed by Endemol to 17 Latin American networks. Produced by Fuller’s XIX Entertainment with Endemol Argentina as production partner, the show, premiering on Univision this …

RIO DE JANEIRO: Fox Sports Latin America has secured the rights to Italian Serie A matches, starting with the 2012/13 season, in a deal with MP&Silva. MP&Silva is the exclusive international distributor of media rights for the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A through 2015. Fox Sports will bring the games to more …

MIAMI: During his One-on-One session today with World Screen’s Anna Carugati, Emilio Romano, the president of Telemundo Media, stressed the role that original programming has played for the U.S. Hispanic broadcaster, strengthening its ties with audiences and allowing for successful product-integration campaigns with advertisers. Romano, who began his role in …

MIAMI: Delicioso, a one-hour culinary series featuring celebrity chef Ingrid Hoffmann, is joining the Univision Network lineup starting February 4, complemented by a cooking site and mobile app. Hoffmann is joined by co-host Maggie Jiménez to bring viewers an all-access guide to food, with everything from recipes to reports on …