Kristin Brzoznowski

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's Telefe has renewed Loco x Vos, an adaptation of the hit U.S. sitcom Mad About You, for a second season, to air in 2017.

SANTA MONICA/NEW YORK/MIAMI: Hemisphere Media Group has come on board as a partner with Lionsgate for a new Spanish-language SVOD movie service targeting U.S. Hispanic audiences.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks is relaunching History en Español (HEE) with a refreshed on-air look and new programming strategy, with more than twice the number of premiere hours.

SÃO PAULO: Scripps Networks Interactive has secured carriage for Food Network in Brazil on the pay-TV platform NET and Claro HDTV.

Almost a fifth of Latin America’s TV households will pay for an SVOD package by 2021, up from 10.9 percent by end-2016, according to Digital TV Research.

MIAMI: A new leadership team has been put in place for Zee Mundo, the first Bollywood movie channel dubbed in Spanish.

CANNES: Telefe has secured new deals for its programming, including The Return of Lucas, in Asia and the Middle East.

MIAMI: Telemundo has landed a deal with Netflix that will see titles such as El Chema, Sin Senos Sí Hay Paraíso and Guerra de Ídolos premiere exclusively on the streaming service in Latin America, Spain and the U.S.

CANNES: NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises has set up Telemundo International Studios (TIS), a new internationally focused production unit dedicated to creating high-end, short-form, scripted formats.

BUENOS AIRES: The Return of Lucas, a co-production between Telefe and América TV, is headed to new broadcasters across Latin America, including Unitel in Bolivia.