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NEW YORK: Our Spanish-language sister publication TV Latina has unveiled its digital edition for Canitec, which includes a feature on the pay-TV landscape in Mexico, as well as interviews with, among others, Turner Broadcasting System Latin America’s Felipe De Stefani and Televisa Networks’ Bruce Boren. To view it, click here. …

BEVERLY HILLS: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has licensed a host of TV series, including 24, Prison Break and The X-Files, plus a raft of classic films, to Netflix for its service in Latin America and Brazil. All past seasons of 24, Prison Break, The X-Files and Arrested Development will …

LOS ANGELES: The veteran media exec Emiliano Saccone has been tapped by FOX International Channels (FIC) and RCN Television Group to lead the joint-venture Spanish-language network MundoFox. Saccone has been serving as the president of entertainment and executive VP of content for FIC. He has been with FIC for 13 …

MIAMI: Comedy Central Latin America has secured the comedy series ¡Rob! from CBS Studios International, to premiere on the channel on May 13. ¡Rob! stars comedian Rob Schneider as a successful landscape architect who marries into a tight-knit Mexican-American family. He elopes in Las Vegas with Maggie, a beautiful, smart …

MIAMI/SÃO PAULO: Sony Pictures Television has brought its multiplatform video network Crackle to Brazil, where titles are available in English with either dubbed or subtitled options in Portuguese. Crackle offers ad-supported, full-length movies and TV series free of charge. This includes Hollywood releases in genres such as action, comedy, crime, horror, …

PARIS: Novavision has secured a third programming deal with Artear in Argentina. The first deal took place in 2009, when the cable channel Quiero TV picked up five episodes of Pop Corn Christmas from Novavision. In 2010, terrestrial network Canal 13 secured 130 episodes of Crazy Hidden Camera, and most …

LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels and the RCN Television Group have signed up the first affiliates for the new Spanish-language network MundoFox. The network has been cleared in nearly 40 percent of U.S. Hispanic households, just in its first six weeks. This includes affiliates in Los Angeles, Miami, Santa Barbara, …

MIAMI: A new office has been established by WWE in Miami, serving as its headquarters for all operations in Latin America. The Miami office will extend to media distribution, live event touring, consumer products and digital within Latin American markets. “WWE has a well-established TV and pay-per-view presence in Latin …

SÃO PAULO: Rede Globo of Brazil has scooped up the rights to broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The deal covers the free-to-air and pay-TV broadcast rights, as well as mobile and Internet. Globo can share these with other broadcasters. In the past, Bandeirantes …

PREMIUM: Randy Falco, the president and CEO of Univision Communications—which includes the broadcast network, cable channels, online and mobile businesses and a production studio—talks about his company’s very unique relationship with the Hispanic community. Univision is not only the leading Spanish-language network in the U.S., its ratings are so high …