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SPT, Televisa Unveil First Co-Pro Under New Pact

May 9, 2014

MIAMI/MEXICO CITY: Señorita Pólvora, a series inspired by the true story of a beauty queen with ties to an assassin, will be the first co-production to come out of the five-year deal announced this week between Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Televisa. The show will be made in Mexico by …

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TV Latina Preview for the L.A. Screenings 2014 Now Available

May 8, 2014

NEW YORK: TV Latina has unveiled a Spanish-language preview site for the L.A. Screenings that includes a video interview with Yo soy Betty, la fea creator Fernando Gaitán, which is available with subtitles in English, Portuguese and Mandarin, and much more. View the Preview here. You will also find a …

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L.A. Screenings Spotlight: Band Content Distribution

May 7, 2014

LOS ANGELES: Band Content Distribution is showcasing a catalogue at the L.A. Screenings that displays the company’s diversity, from documentaries to feature films to series. Among the highlights is the feature film Head on a Plate, which tells the story of two brothers from the Brazilian countryside who maintain a …

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NUVOtv Picks Up Ricky Martin Doc SuperSong

May 7, 2014

LOS ANGELES: An online doc tracking the development and recording of Ricky Martin’s official World Cup song is slated to make its television debut this summer on NUVOtv. Titled SuperSong, the hour-long special will air on the U.S. Latino network June 8 at 10 p.m. The doc will follow the experiences …

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Shine International Names New VP of Sales for Latin America

May 7, 2014

LONDON: Shine International has tapped Daniel Rodriguez, a former Cisneros Media Distribution exec, for the newly created post of VP of sales for Latin America. Rodriguez will start in mid-May and work from Miami. He’ll be in charge of tape and format sales, as well as Latin American business development …

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Telemundo Preps Digital Companion Series for Lord of the Skies

April 18, 2014

MIAMI: Telemundo is set to release a seven-part digital special linking the first and second seasons of its prime-time series The Lord of the Skies (El Señor de los Cielos)​, a cross-platform move that's a first for the company. Titled The Secret Episode (El Capítulo Secreto), the first mid-season webisodes are …

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ABTA 2015 Kicks Off with Focus on Pay-TV Challenges

August 4, 2015

SÃO PAULO: The ABTA Expo & Conference has kicked off today at the Transamérica Expo Center, where top executives are set to discuss their vision of the opportunities and challenges in the Brazilian pay-TV market, among other topics. Panels and sessions scheduled for today include The Present and Future of …

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Univision News Names SVP of Content Innovation

July 7, 2015

MIAMI: Keith Summa has been named senior VP of content innovation at Univision News, a post set to ramp up the development of new journalistic tools on different platforms for the news division of U.S. Latino media giant Univision Communications Inc. (UCI). Summa will report directly to Isaac Lee, the …

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Univision Files for IPO, Boosts Partnership with Televisa

July 2, 2015

NEW YORK: U.S. Latino media giant Univision Holdings, which operates the highly successful Spanish-language network Univision, has begun the process of taking its stock public just at it strengthens its relationship with Mexico's Grupo Televisa. Univision took the first steps today of filing a registration statement with the SEC, which …

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Law & Order Brands to Air on NBC Universo in Spanish

July 2, 2015

MIAMI: Next week, the series Law & Order and Law & Order: Los Angeles are set to premiere in Spanish on U.S. Latino network NBC Universo. Law & Order will debut back-to-back episodes every Monday through Thursday, starting July 6, while Law & Order: Los Angeles will air weekly on …