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All3Media International has hired NBCUniversal alum Yari Torres as VP of Latin America.

The digital edition of TV Latina for April includes embedded videos and more in an elegant, user-friendly design targeted to on-the-go reading.

Alejandro Rincón, CEO at Endemol Shine Boomdog, and Luis Zelkowicz, screenwriter for the Emmy Award winner El señor de los cielos, as well as José Manuel Lorenzo, president and founder of DLO Producciones, are the new additions to the lineup for the TV Latina Screenings Festival, which is to be held between May 10 and 13.

NBCU Launch, the umbrella brand that houses the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across NBCUniversal’s television portfolio, has struck up a new partnership with Telemundo to support Hispanic female directors.

The Walt Disney Company Latin America’s Fernando Barbosa, Telemundo Global Studios’ Karen Barroeta and Globo’s Angela Colla are the latest additions to the lineup of leading executives that will be part of TV Latina’s L.A. Screenings Festival, to be held between May 10 and 13.

OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 19 Latin American countries are forecast to double to $14 billion in 2027, according to Digital TV Research.

According to Digital TV Research, the number of Latin American pay-TV subscribers will remain around 62 million over the next few years, with IPTV as the sector forecast for the most growth.

TV Latina’s L.A. Screenings Festival, which will run May 10 to 13, will feature creator, showrunner, producer and founder of Good Mood, Daniel Écija, as well as Federico Cuervo, the senior VP and general director at VIS Americas, among other important creators and executives.

FOX Entertainment’s MarVista Entertainment and TelevisaUnivision have entered into a development and production deal for Spanish-language movies that will launch on the ViX+ SVOD platform.

The newly formed TelevisaUnivision is introducing ViX, its streaming service created specifically for Spanish-speaking audiences.