Mansha Daswani

MIAMI: Univision is working with Curiosity Media, led by Pedro Torres, on a new series based on the life of the popular Mexican musician Luis Miguel.

NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY: Isaac Lee is taking on the role of chief content officer at Univision and Televisa as the Mexican media giant and the U.S. Hispanic broadcaster align their programming development and production efforts.

MIAMI: Discovery Communications has invested in Batanga Media, a digital media and content company focused on Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market, and has inked a strategic partnership with the venture.

PARIS: MIP Cancun wrapped its third edition Friday with attendance up by 70 percent to 560 executives from 387 companies.

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.