World Screen

NEW YORK: Verizon FiOS TV has added ten new Spanish-language channels to its HD lineup, nine of which are provided by Olympusat. New to the lineup are Olympusat’s Ultra Cine, Ultra Fiesta, Ultra Kidz, Ultra Mex, Ultra Luna, Ultra Macho, Ultra Film, Ultra Docu and Ultra Clásico. Also having joined …

MEXICO CITY: Grupo Televisa’s VP of programming, Alberto Ciurana, attended the L.A. Screenings and was pleased with this year’s crop of pilots from the Hollywood majors. As the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the world and market leader in Mexico, with four free-TV channels and a bouquet of pay-TV offerings, Televisa …

NEW YORK: Univision Communications has entered into a multi-year carriage pact with Verizon FiOS TV, including a deal for multiplatform authentication rights. The agreement covers the continued carriage of and on-demand programming for Univision’s and TeleFutura’s owned and operated broadcast stations. It also calls for the distribution of the Galavisión …

NEW YORK: Univision Communications has made four executive appointments within its distribution sales and marketing team, in an effort to accelerate the delivery of its content across multiple platforms. Rob Thun has been named executive VP of business operations, joining the company from AT&T, where he was the senior VP …

Distributors from Latin America are continuing to find strong interest for their telenovelas in Central and Eastern Europe and are expanding sales into new genres as well. Central and Eastern Europe’s love affair with Latin American telenovelas continues. While a number of territories across the region, such a Turkey, have …

LOS ANGELES: Ahead of its August launch, the new Spanish-language network MundoFox has signed up L’Oréal, Toyota and T-Mobile as major advertisers and charter sponsors. The network will create custom capsules, host exclusive web chats with talent and feature integration in prime time, movie blocks and across digital and social …

LOS ANGELES: Engine Latino has signed a distribution deal with Canana Films, the production company founded by Mexican actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, for two scripted series: Niño Santo and Soy Tu Fan. Niño Santo is produced by Pablo Cruz, Mauricio Katz and Pedro Peirano. The hit Mexican …

NEW YORK: Distributors from Latin America are continuing to find strong interest for their telenovelas in Central and Eastern Europe and are expanding sales into new genres as well.   Central and Eastern Europe’s love affair with Latin American telenovelas continues. While a number of territories across the region, such …

SANTIAGO: DIRECTV Latin America and ESPN will deliver 3D coverage of five events from the London 2012 Olympic Games in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Customers of the DIRECTV Plus HD tier with 3D-capable sets will be able to watch the opening and closing ceremonies, plus women’s …

BUDAPEST: Set to bring some heat for the NATPE Budapest buyers, Naked Family is the newest offering from Argentina’s Artear.   The 13×1-hour series features Dicky and Lorna, a couple who ventured into the skin-flicks industry in the ’80s. Fast-forward 30 years and things have changed quite a bit. Dicky …