World Screen

MIAMI: The new Charlie Sheen series Anger Management and Kelsey Grammer’s Boss are among the series covered in an exclusive deal between Lionsgate-TISA International and Turner Broadcasting System Latin America (TBSLA). TBSLA picked up the exclusive Latin American TV rights for Anger Management, Boss and Nail Files as well as …

MIAMI: Luis Fernández-Rocha has been named senior VP of TeleFutura and Carlos Bardasano the VP of programming and original productions at the network, which is expanding its programming lineup to include the hit series Family Guy as well as a new daytime talk show. Fernández-Rocha most recently served as the …

NEW YORK: The TVLatina.tv NATPE preview site provides you with a special video report titled Foco en España, featuring interviews with some of the most important media executives in Spain, articles on free TV in Latin America and on the Spanish television production business, as well as interviews with Time …

LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels (FIC) has purchased HM Capital Partners’ majority stake in the Fox Pan American Sports service in Latin America, along with announcing that it will launch Fox Sports in Brazil in February 2012. FIC completed the purchase from HM Capital Partners of the majority interest in Fox …

MIAMI: Caracol TV International has made its content available on the newly launched Hulu Latino. Subscribers of Hulu and Hulu Plus will be able to access Caracol’s portfolio, which features suspense, drama, comedy and romance. Hulu Latino is the first to offer content in Spanish through their online video service …

SÃO PAULO: Apple has launched its iTunes Store in Brazil, offering content from studios such as Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures, and will bring the service to 15 additional Latin American countries. The iTunes Store in Brazil offers thousands of movies to rent or purchase, in …

LOS ANGELES: Hulu has launched a dedicated Spanish-language programming service, Hulu Latino, featuring content from Univision, Caracol Televisión and Comarex, among others.  The entire current season of prime-time shows from Univision, Galavision and Telefutura are available to users of the Hulu Plus subscription service. Users of the free Hulu service …

MIAMI: Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más is launching the new original biography series La Escalera, which features a range of today’s Latin superstars, including comedian Carlos Mencia, gossip blogger Perez Hilton and actor Wilmer Valderrama, among others. La Escalera season one will profile Spanish rock icon Juanes, Latino astronaut and …

MEXICO CITY: Jesica Stescobich has been tapped to lead sales for Latin America at Comarex. Stescobich will be responsible for sales in territories such as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. She will report to Marcel Vinay, Jr., the CEO …

NEW YORK: Grupo Televisa has tapped Univision Communications to serve as the exclusive licensing agent for its brands throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Effective immediately, the two companies will work together to build the retail presence of Grupo Televisa’s brands in these markets. The agreement covers brands such as …