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CANNES: Liliana Mazure, the president of the Argentine National Film Board (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales/INCAA), spoke to World Screen Newsflash in Cannes today about the significance of Argentina being selected as the country of honor at MIPCOM 2013. Mazure told World Screen that the goal of the MIPCOM …

MIAMI: Alvaro Palacios has become the new chief revenue officer (CRO) and director of sales and marketing for DLA, which develops entertainment products for VOD platforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. Based in Miami, Palacios will work under Antonio Barreto, the company’s CEO. His responsibilities will include managing the …

NEW YORK: Fluency is the name of the all-new Los Angeles-based production studio set up by Telemundo Media, as part of its efforts to develop and produce premium original content for all platforms. Fluency will be producing programming in English and in Spanish. The productions will span genres such as …

PALISADES PARK: Broadcasters such as Rede Bandeirantes in Brazil, Telemundo of Puerto Rico and La Tele in Paraguay are on board to broadcast a set of Bible-themed mini-series. Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. landed the deals for the Bible Series of Miniseries set, which has 15 two-hour and four four-hour mini-series …

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 International’s Gerhard Zeiler, Discovery Networks’ Enrique R. Martínez, VIMN The Americas’ Sofía Ioannou and Televisa …

NEW YORK: During its Upfront presentation, the English-language Latino-targeted network NUVOtv announced an expansive programming lineup as well as the appointment of Jennifer Lopez as its new chief creative officer. Lopez had been a creative and business partner in the network, but now takes on the role of chief creative …

NEW YORK: At the Discovery U.S. Hispanic Upfront, a host of new and returning series were introduced for Discovery en Español, which is full of adrenaline-charged shows, and for the female-skewed Discovery en Familia, which will be building thematic nights to support key genres. Discovery en Español continues to build …

NEW YORK: TelemundoMás is a brand-new video service that will deliver Telemundo programs in HD for the web and mobile devices, offering authenticated viewers free access to full-length episodes of some 300 shows. Telemundo Media will be offering full episodes of shows the day after they air at no additional …

NEW YORK: More than 300 hours of fresh programming is on the roster for Tr3s, which previewed a number of its new reality shows, novelas, docuseries, comedies and music programs that are targeting Hispanic adult millennials in the U.S. New reality shows coming up for Tr3s are Familia de Circo, …

LOS ANGELES: The U.S. Hispanic network MondoFox, which launched just last summer, has a hefty number of new programs coming to its schedule, including El Factor X, the Spanish-language version of the hit reality competition The X Factor. El Factor X will air in 30 one-hour weekday episodes, searching for …