MIPTV Spotlight: RCN Television

CANNES: Colombia’s RCN Television is heading to MIPTV with a catalogue of high-quality Spanish-language productions to offer the international market.

When the U.S. Spanish-language channel MundoFOX made its debut last year, it did so with a bevy of productions from RCN, a joint-venture partner in the network. This included the original series Don Pedro: Story of a Drug Lord (El Capo), which is back with a second season. The series set the bar high for MundoFOX viewers, and was followed up in its time slot by The Butterfly (La Mariposa), about an attractive woman who is one of the most-wanted international fugitives. RCN Television is offering both titles at MIPTV, alongside Traffic with the Innocent.

María Lucía Hernández, the head of international sales at RCN Television, says that the company’s telenovelas are appreciated worldwide for their classic love stories. Its series, meanwhile, have “an excellent voice and powerful stories,” says Hernández.