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MIAMI: Venevision Productions, a Cisneros Media outfit, has named Mexican actor and director Carlos Santos as its director of content and artistic development. Santos will be based at Cisneros Media’s production studios in Miami, where he will report directly to the executive VP of operations, Juan Carlos Sosa. An alumnus of …

CANNES: Canal Futura is looking to establish contacts with stations across the Americas and beyond at MIPCOM. “The European market interests us, as well as Portuguese-language countries, with which we have a very strong connection,” says Lúcia Araújo, the director of Canal Futura. The Brazilian outfit heads to MIPCOM with …

CANNES: From animated children’s titles to feature films and reality TV shows, Band Content Distribution comes to MIPCOM with a diverse portfolio. Among the highlights is Head on a Platter, a movie starring Alice Braga, Eduardo Moscovis and Cássio Gabus Mendes. On the reality front, the distributor offers P-24, a …

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Television's Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord, a drama series about the infamous Colombian cocaine trafficker, has begun airing on +Globosat in Brazil. Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord will broadcast on +Globosat every weeknight at 9 p.m. The 74×60-minute show stars Andres Parra, Angie Cepeda, Christian Tappan, Nicolas Montero, Ernesto …

MIAMI: Venevision Productions has begun production on the new tele-series Route 35, The Escape Valve (Ruta 35, La Válvula de Escape), a collaboration with Univision. The production will feature three distinct production units that will operate simultaneously to develop this tele-series, which will be produced mostly on location in Miami …

LONDON/SÃO PAULO: Marcello Leão Braga, formerly the content director at FOX International Channels Brazil, has been named general manager at Endemol Brazil. Leão Braga takes up the new role with immediate effect. He is based in the company's São Paulo offices, reporting to Martin Kweller, Endemol’s creative director and operations …

MIAMI: Telemundo has teamed up with Toyota, Revlon and T-Mobile for a multiplatform sponsorship initiative in support of the upcoming reality competition series Yo Soy El Artista. Toyota’s deal with the network will involve organically placed integrations of its Camry and Prius car models with the show’s 13-episode run. Toyota …

MIAMI: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) The Americas has named Carlos Penzini, currently the senior VP of strategy and business development, as brand manager of Paramount Channel Latin America. Penzini will report directly to Pierluigi Gazzolo, the COO of VIMN and interim managing director for VIMN The Americas. He is …

MEXICO CITY: Ricardo B. Salinas, the chairman of Grupo Salinas, has purchased 50 percent of the shares of the telecommunications operator Grupo Iusacell from Grupo Televisa for $717 million. Upon the closing of this transaction, Salinas will fully own the equity of Iusacell. Grupo Iusacell is a leader in the …

MIAMI: The OnDIRECTV channel is set to debut a four-part miniseries about Aussie band INXS later this month for its subscribers in Latin America, thanks to a deal with Shine International. INXS: Never Tear Us Apart is due out September 22, with each hour-long episode being released on a weekly basis. …