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NEW YORK: Sundance Channel makes its debut in Latin America for the first time on September 17, delivering the original series Rake and Mr Selfridge alongside a number of indie films and documentaries. Among the films set for Sundance Channel in Latin America are Tiny Furniture, from Girls’ Lena Dunham, …

BUENOS AIRES: The number of households that subscribe to a pay-TV service in Central America is expected to reach 4.4 million by 2018, according to analysis by Dataxis. In the six largest markets in the region, pay-TV subscriptions grew from 21.4 percent of TV households to 31.3 percent of homes between 2008 …

BOGOTÁ: Televen in Venezuela has given a Tuesday through Thursday slot to Football Dreams, A World of Passion, produced by Caracol Television and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional. The show airs on Televen Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m. This marks the second international debut for the series, following on the …

SÃO PAULO: Competition posed by over-the-top services like Netflix and the impact of Law 12,485 imposing quotas for Brazilian content on pay-TV programmers were key issues at the ABTA Expo & Congress, which wrapped in São Paulo yesterday. Speaking at the closing of the event, the president of Brazilian media …

SÃO PAULO: Time Warner Cable’s dispute with CBS over retrans fees was the subject of heated debate at the opening of the ABTA Expo & Congress yesterday in São Paulo, Brazil, where the heads of Globosat and Net, among others, also discussed the impact of new pay-TV legislation. Alberto Pecegueiro, the …

BOGOTÁ: Football Dreams, A World of Passion, produced by Caracol Television and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, is premiering today on Unimas in the U.S., marking its first international release. Football Dreams, A World of Passion follows the lives of Carlos "el Pibe" Valderrama, Faustino Asprilla, René Higuita and Freddy Rincón, …

MIAMI: Fusion, an upcoming network featuring news and lifestyle content for Latinos and millenials, is set to launch in millions of homes throughout the U.S. this fall. Fusion’s prime-time news programming will include America with Jorge Ramos and Open Source with Leon Krauze. An original nightly satire block, featuring a …

NEW YORK: ABTA’s 21st edition will take place August 6 to 8 at the Transamérica Expo Center in São Paulo, Brazil. The event is set to welcome participants from more than ten countries, including Germany, France, the U.S., China, Japan, England, Spain, Taiwan and Peru. “ABTA 2013 is an event …

SÃO PAULO: Viacom International Media Networks is launching its flagship MTV entertainment brand on pay TV in Brazil. The channel will debut in October on key cable operators in Brazil. VIMN has already made Nickelodeon, VH1 and Comedy Central available on pay TV in the country. The new service will deliver more …

NEW YORK: The July/August digital edition of the Spanish-language TV Latina is now available, featuring interviews with Warner Bros.’ Jeffrey Schlesinger, FIC Latin America’s Carlos Martínez and A+E Networks Latin America’s Eduardo Ruiz, among others. Read the issue here. The TEPAL and Andina Link Centroamérica edition of TV Latina features …