World Screen

MIAMI: Fred Medina, executive VP and managing director of BBC Worldwide Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, has announced his new senior management team operating out of the company’s Miami offices. New to the operation are Karen Harrison as VP of finance; Alejandra Olea as VP of integrated sales, operating across channel distribution, program …

NEW YORK: Univision Communications has promoted Sarah Madigan to the newly created position of executive VP of content distribution, based in the company’s New York headquarters. Madigan has been with the company since 2011, most recently serving as the senior VP of business affairs. In her new role, Madigan reports to Tonia …

MIAMI: Later this month Discovery en Español is scheduled to air El Asesinato de Villa: La Conspiración, a documentary focused on Francisco "Pancho" Villa, an infamous Mexican general who was assassinated 90 years ago. Directed by Emilio Maillé, El Asesinato de Villa: La Conspiración chronicles the events leading up to July …

SAN FRANCISCO: The international OTT service Viki is making a major push in Latin America, where it is launching a Spanish-language site. Viki’s viewership has tripled in the last year in Latin America, a territory that now accounts for more than a quarter of its global audience. To support the …

SÃO PAULO: Brazil’s Minister of Communications, Paulo Bernardo, will open the 2013 edition of ABTA, which is being held from August 6 to 8 at São Paulo’s Transamérica Expo Center.   Bernardo will be accompanied by the director-general of the Brazilian Pay-TV Association (Associação Brasileira de TV por Assinatura—ABTA), Oscar …

BUENOS AIRES: FOX International Channels (FIC) has created a new position within its Latin American team that will work to fight against illegal pay-TV connections, tapping Daniel Steinmetz as the chief anti-piracy officer. Steinmetz will be working on the development, implementation and evaluation of the company’s plans to combat pay-TV piracy …

MIAMI: UniMás has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast The Drug Baron (El Varón de la Droga), inspired by the real-life exploits of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán. The series will feature the inner workings and politics of the drug trafficking underworld, with a script penned by former cartel member turned …

MIAMI: MP & Silva and Globo, the exclusive distributor of Campeonato Paulista and Brasileirao, have extended their partnership for the distribution rights for the Brazilian championship in selected countries in Europe and Asia until 2015. MP & Silva retains its rights for Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A (also known as …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of the new TV Latina Distributors Guide provides essential information on the leading content distributors in Latin America. The TV Latina Distributors Guide 2014 (Guía de Distribuidores 2014) offers up detailed information on numerous content distributors operating in Latin America, providing details on their key …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of the new TV Latina Channels Guide, featuring numerous pay-TV channels in Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market and Iberia, is now available. The TV Latina Channels Guide 2014 (Guía de Canales) offers up detailed information on a range of cable and satellite channel brands …