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SÃO PAULO: The 24th edition of ABTA Expo & Conference opened yesterday with reassuring messages from government representatives and expressions of cautious optimism by channel and platform executives about the health of Brazil’s pay-TV business.

PARIS: The third edition of MIPCancun, taking place this November, has added two additional summits to run alongside its TV market, where some 70 distributors have already signed up to participate.

NEW YORK: ESPN International and the National Football League (NFL) have concluded a four-year rights renewal for NFL games in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

BUDAPEST: The iconic Mexican nun and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz takes the spotlight in Juana Inés, which is part of Comarex’s NATPE Budapest slate.

BUDAPEST: The White Slave, a 4K series that Caracol Internacional is offering at NATPE Budapest, uses the story of a woman raised by slaves to highlight issues of colonialism.

MIAMI: At NATPE Budapest, Telemundo Internacional is presenting series from the HBO Latin America Originals catalog, including Psy, The Hypnotist and Magnífica 70, alongside other highlights.

BUDAPEST: In Amazonas, a highlight on Televisa Internacional’s slate, two separated lovers must fight to achieve the happiness that destiny has denied them.

BUDAPEST: Cisneros Media Distribution’s drama Just Looking follows five couples within the same building who are not aware that a psychopath has installed cameras in their apartments.

MIAMI: FremantleMedia Latin America (FMLA) has entered a co-development partnership with Argentine producer Ideas del Sur.

VANCOUVER: BBC Worldwide has licensed a slew of content to Latin American VOD service Qubit.tv, including dramas such as Life on Mars and Wallander.