Kristin Brzoznowski

TEL AVIV: Keshet International (KI) has appointed Frank Scheuermann as head of development and production for its business in Latin America, where it's looking to expand local production capabilities.

CANNES: The Cisneros Studios original production Route 35, The Escape Valve (Ruta 35, La Válvula de Escape) has been added to Televisa's SVOD service blim.

PARIS: Through its subsidiary THEMA, CANAL+ Group has acquired Alterna’TV from Eutelsat Americas.

PARIS: Ronaldo Nazario, a world football champion and sports commentator for Globo Sports in Brazil, is set for a keynote at MIPTV.

The OTT/SVOD market in Latin America reached 10.2 million paid accounts in 2015, which means a 60 percent annual growth rate, according to a new study published by Dataxis. The firm estimates the OTT/SVOD category generated $640 million in revenues during the past year.

DALLAS/MIAMI: AT&T and Univision Communications have still not reached new terms for a distribution deal due to a spat over programming fees, with the Spanish-language Univision channel blacked out as of Friday for U-verse pay-TV customers.

LIMA: Pasiones, a pan-regional network dedicated to telenovelas and serialized dramas, is now available on Claro TV Satelital in Peru.

NEW YORK: The Latino video marketing solutions company NGL Media has aligned with actor and comedian John Leguizamo to establish a production division, NGL Studios.

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s Televisa has launched an SVOD hub for Latin America stocked with Spanish-language programming.

LONDON: Endemol Shine International (ESI) has appointed Luciana Nogueira as sales director for Latin America.