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NEW YORK: Roberto Irineu Marinho, the chairman and CEO of Globo Group of Companies­­­­­­, is to receive the 2014 International Emmy Directorate Award. The Globo Media Group, owned by the Marinho family, has been around since 1925. Roberto Irineu Marinho began his career at the daily newspaper O Globo in 1983. He …

MIAMI: Telemundo Studios has begun production on its latest original series, Señora Acero, which marks the network debut of Mexican actress Blanca Soto. Filmed on location around Mexico City, the series follows the life of Sara Aguilar Bermúdez (Soto), a woman who goes from being a housewife to the queen …

MIAMI: Univision Radio personality Enrique Santos is making the jump to the small screen with a new talk show set to premiere August 11 on the UniMás network. Titled El Palenque de Enrique Santos, the show is scheduled to air Mondays to Fridays in a 5 p.m. time slot. The hour-long …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of TV Brasil for ABTA is now online, featuring a report on original programming for pay TV and interviews with Tuner’s Anthony Doyle and FOX International Channels’ Gustavo Leme. View the digital edition here. The special feature highlights that, of the 21 most-watched pay-TV shows …

MIAMI: Venevision Productions, a Cisneros Media company, has wrapped up production on its new teleseries, Criminal MasterMind (DeMente Criminal). Based on journalist Ybeyise Pacheco’s book Blood on the Couch (Sangre en el Diván), the drama tells the true-life story of a distinguished psychiatrist who was exposed by the law as …

MADRID: Telefónica has submitted an offer to Vivendi to buy the Brazilian operator Global Village Telecom (GVT), which it would combine with its own Telefónica Brasil business. Telefónica offered R$11.96 ($5.3 billion) in cash and 12 percent of the share capital in the new company created through the combination. Given …

MIAMI: ESPN International and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) have extended their partnership for four more years, allowing ESPN to continue airing major tournaments in Spanish-speaking Latin America and select countries across the Caribbean. Through the deal, ESPN and FOX Sports will divide matches equally for the UEFA …

PARIS: Reed MIDEM, which organizes MIPTV and MIPCOM, is launching a regional LatAm buyers summit, MIP Cancun, with World Screen and TV Latina as media partners. MIP Cancun is set to take place at the JW Marriott Cancun Hotel from November 19 to 21 in Cancun, Mexico. The event is …

MIAMI: Univision Communications’ bilingual digital platform UVideos is set to beef up its content offering, adding new original scripted and reality titles. A highlight of the new content is Despierta América: El Reality, which takes a look at the process involved in putting together Univision Network’s popular morning show Despierta …

BOGOTÁ: Colombian production company RTI has launched a new premium-content division headed by well-known novela producer Hernán Rodríguez Matte. The division is set to develop high-budget scripted projects and TV movies for various cable and OTT clients within the Spanish-speaking market. The new sector will complement the company’s recent production …