Passion Signs Large Package of Deals in Latin America

LONDON: Passion Distribution has placed more than 200 hours of programming in Latin America in the last three months, including such titles as World Scariest and The Imploders.

Construir TV in Argentina picked up Architecture School and The Imploders. In Brazil, Globosat went for two series from OWN, Extreme Clutter and The Swell Life, along with Mentorn Media's Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened and Posing Productions' Autana. Once TV in Mexico acquired the rights for Catastrophe.

Turner took on the latest season of World Scariest after successfully broadcasting the first two. VH1 opted for Man Caves seasons four through seven. HSM signed up for My Design Life, David Ogilvy: The First Mad Man and Cooks to Market. Pramer Cosmopolitan TV licensed the rights to both seasons of Push Girls for its LatAm feed.

Discovery Networks purchased a number of shows for its channels across the region. More than 60 hours of programming from the Passion catalogue is headed to Discovery Science, TLC and Discovery Home & Health.

Beatrice Rossmanith, Passion's sales manager for the region, said, “Over the years, Latin America has seen steady growth and has long become a key region for Passion. Thanks to our diversity, we have been able to reach out to a broader client base in more territories and this has been reflected in recent sales.”