World Screen

BEVERLY HILLS: The Hunger Games and The Artist are part of a package of feature films headed to Netflix’s instant streaming service in Latin America and Brazil following the signing of a deal with leading distributor Telefilms. The new films heading to Netflix, many of them as early as four months …

LONDON/RIO DE JANEIRO: NBCUniversal International and Globosat have extended their relationship beyond Universal Channel to include Syfy and Studio Universal for the Brazilian market. All three of the pay-TV services will be operated by the existing Universal Channel management team. Globosat will represent the venture for advertising and affiliate sales for …

MIAMI: Karen Barroeta has moved roles at Telemundo International, from serving as the senior VP of marketing creative to the newly created position of senior VP of international cable operations. Barroeta will head up the operation of the Telemundo-branded cable channel in Mexico and Latin America, along with future distribution around …

LOS ANGELES: Univision Communications is bringing its UVideos digital network to the Xbox 360 LIVE Gold platform starting in the fourth quarter of 2012. Through the UVideos application, users can interact with and discover the programming from the Univision portfolio of networks. Authenticated users can access thousands of hours of …

NEW YORK: Our Spanish-language sister publication TV Latina has unveiled its digital edition for Canitec, which includes a feature on the pay-TV landscape in Mexico, as well as interviews with, among others, Turner Broadcasting System Latin America’s Felipe De Stefani and Televisa Networks’ Bruce Boren. To view it, click here. …

BEVERLY HILLS: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has licensed a host of TV series, including 24, Prison Break and The X-Files, plus a raft of classic films, to Netflix for its service in Latin America and Brazil. All past seasons of 24, Prison Break, The X-Files and Arrested Development will …

LOS ANGELES: The veteran media exec Emiliano Saccone has been tapped by FOX International Channels (FIC) and RCN Television Group to lead the joint-venture Spanish-language network MundoFox. Saccone has been serving as the president of entertainment and executive VP of content for FIC. He has been with FIC for 13 …

MIAMI: Comedy Central Latin America has secured the comedy series ¡Rob! from CBS Studios International, to premiere on the channel on May 13. ¡Rob! stars comedian Rob Schneider as a successful landscape architect who marries into a tight-knit Mexican-American family. He elopes in Las Vegas with Maggie, a beautiful, smart …

MIAMI/SÃO PAULO: Sony Pictures Television has brought its multiplatform video network Crackle to Brazil, where titles are available in English with either dubbed or subtitled options in Portuguese. Crackle offers ad-supported, full-length movies and TV series free of charge. This includes Hollywood releases in genres such as action, comedy, crime, horror, …

PARIS: Novavision has secured a third programming deal with Artear in Argentina. The first deal took place in 2009, when the cable channel Quiero TV picked up five episodes of Pop Corn Christmas from Novavision. In 2010, terrestrial network Canal 13 secured 130 episodes of Crazy Hidden Camera, and most …