Netflix has partnered with the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) to create the COVID-19 Support Fund for the Motion Picture and Audiovisual Industry, aimed at supporting more than 1,000 workers in the sector.

During a MIP Cancun panel titled Ficción histórica: Hernán un caso de estudio, which explored the epic series Hernán and was moderated by TV Latina's Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, Dopamine CEO Fidela Navarro called on the industry to invest more in original productions, in a conversation that also featured showrunners Julián de Tavira and Curro Royo and HISTORY's Miguel Brailovsky.

MIP Cancun will host a case study on the new historical series Hernán featuring Dopamine CEO Fidela Navarro, showrunners Julián de Tavira and Curro Royo and HISTORY Latin America's Miguel Brailovsky, in conversation with Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, the editor of TV Latina.

Raul Berdonés, the president of Grupo Secuoya, and Epigmenio Ibarra, the CEO of Argos Comunicación, talked about attracting high-end talent in a MIP Cancun panel moderated by TV Latina’s Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari.

TV Azteca has inked a deal with Acun Medya that will see its live entertainment production being expanded to 300 hours this year, reflecting a 10 percent increase over 2017.

A+E Networks Latin America and Mobius.Lab have signed a deal for the creation of exclusive short-form content for A&E, Lifetime, HISTORY and H2.

Cablevisión and BBC Worldwide have signed a multiyear deal for BBC series, including Rillington Place and The Last Post, to launch as exclusives on the Flow platform.

BUENOS AIRES: Pierluigi Gazzolo, the president of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) – Américas, has announced that Telefe’s new management team, which incorporates the rest of the company’s portfolio in Argentina, will be co-led by Guillermo Campanini as COO and Dario Turovelzky as director of global content.

BUENOS AIRES: FOX Networks Group (FNG) Latin America is developing InFidel (working title), a new original production that will glimpse into Fidel Castro's love life.

MIAMI: BBC Worldwide is taking three of its flagship channels off the air in Latin America, as it plans to refocus on OTT distribution and licensing in the region.