CANCUN: Cris Abrego, chairman of Endemol Shine Americas and CEO of Endemol Shine North America, told MIP Cancun delegates about the growth opportunities the company is pursuing in Spanish-language content in his keynote conversation with World Screen's Anna Carugati.

CANCUN: World Screen’s Anna Carugati moderated the View from the Top superpanel at MIP Cancun this morning, with Endemol Shine’s Laurens Drillich, BBC Worldwide’s Anna Gordon, Viacom’s Eduardo Lebrija, TV Azteca’s Joshua Mintz and Telefe’s Darío Turovelzky weighing in on the trends reshaping the Latin American television market.

CANCUN: Manuel Abud, the president and CEO of Azteca America, talked about serving U.S. Hispanic audiences in his MIP Cancun keynote today, in conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

PARIS: Leyla Formoso has been tapped by Federation Entertainment to drive the expansion of the company's drama slate in Latin America.

CANCUN: Ted Baracos, the director of market development at Reed MIDEM, tells World Screen Newsflash about some of the highlights of this month’s MIP Cancun Latin American market and summit.

BEVERLY HILLS: Acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Manolo Caro is directing a half-hour dark comedy series, to be made in 4K, that will air on Netflix in early 2017.

LONDON: Daniel Rodriguez has been tapped by U.K.-based lifestyle programming distributor Parade Media to oversee its business in Latin America.

PARIS: The third edition of MIPCancun, taking place this November, has added two additional summits to run alongside its TV market, where some 70 distributors have already signed up to participate.

NEW YORK: U.S. Hispanic media group Univision Communications has renewed its multiyear distribution agreement with cable operator Mediacom Communications.

Economic woes and market maturity will result in slowing growth for pay-TV revenues and subscribers in Latin America, according to Digital TV Research. Pay-TV revenues are expected to rise by 9 percent between 2015 and 2021.