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Amazon Prime Video has expanded its content selection for Latin America with the addition of three productions from Canal RCN.

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has sealed a deal to acquire Chilevisión from WarnerMedia.

Hemisphere Media Group has acquired the remaining 75 percent stake it did not already own of the U.S. Hispanic SVOD service Pantaya for approximately $124 million in cash from Lionsgate.

Alberto Ciurana, who served as general director of content and distribution at TV Azteca, as well as previous prominent roles at Televisa and Univision, died yesterday as a result of Covid-19.

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) is bringing BET (Black Entertainment Television) to Brazil on Pluto TV on March 26.

Reed MIDEM is planning to host MIP Cancun as a physical event in 2021, taking place from November 16 to 19 at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun.

ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) Americas’ Federico Cuervo, The Mediapro Studio’s Daniel Burman and Buendía Estudios’ María Valenzuela will be part of the roster for TV Latina’s second Content Festival, which will take place between May 11 and 14.

By 2026, the number of SVOD subscribers in Latin America will reach 116 million, per Digital TV Research analysis, up from 53 million as of the end of last year.

Fernando Barbosa, general manager for media networks at The Walt Disney Company Latin America, and Sonia Martínez, editorial director for series at Buendía Estudios, are on the list of confirmed speakers for TV Latina’s second Content Festival, which will take place between May 11 and 14.

Telemundo, under Comcast NBCUniversal’s newly launched Plan Your Vaccine awareness campaign, will provide news, information and resources in Spanish to help Latinos plan for their COVID-19 vaccinations.