World Screen

MIAMI: Caracol Televisión and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have come together to produce the new telenovela La Hipocondriaca, which is the first prime-time collaboration to come from a three-year agreement between the two companies. The novela will consist of 120 hour-long episodes, which will air on Caracol in Colombia. Production …

CANNES: International buyers now have the chance to bring the two top-rated telenovelas airing on Venezuela’s Venevision to their own channel. The Love Curse and My Ex Wants Me are both available globally from Venevision International. “Both novelas have achieved impressive ratings and share of the Venezuelan television audience, completely …

CANNES: Venevision International has struck a deal with CCTV in China for the telenovela Eva Luna, which will air on the drama channel CCTV-8 with a bespoke version for the Asian market.   Starring Blanca Soto and Guy Ecker, the novela is slated to launch in China in the second …

CANNES: The Venevision International telenovela Roasario is still in production but has already generated strong interest for the company at MIPCOM this week. The novela, produced in HD by Venevision Productions, stars Itahisa Machado, Guy Ecker and Lorena Rojas. It has already been sold in such countries as Chile, Paraguay, …

SÃO PAULO: This NATPE Globo is set to highlight Dinosaurs & Robots (Dinosaurios & Robots), a telenovela starring Adriana Esteves, Marcos Pasquim, Mateus Solano and Flavia Alessandra. The 120×45-minute production tells the story of the romance that develops between Julia, a paleontologist working in Brazil, and Abner, whose plantation Julia is conducting research …

NEW YORK: Univision’s tlnovelas network is set to air Quinceañera (Sweet Fifteen), a successful Televisa novela that was first broadcast more than two decades ago. Starring Thalía and Adela Noriega, Quinceañera revolves around the lives of two best friends who are getting ready to celebrate their 15th birthday. The telenovela, which first debuted in …

NEW YORK: Univision is slated to debut Crown of Tears (Corona de Lágrimas), a new Televisa telenovela starring Mexico’s Victoria Ruffo, early next week. Crown of Tears is about the struggles of a woman who is forced to raise three sons by herself after their father leaves the family. Appearing …

BOGOTÁ: Caracol TV and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have announced the cast members for The Hypochondriac, a soap opera that is set to launch internationally at NATPE 2013. The Hypochondriac (La Hipocondriaca) will star Cristina Campuzano (Gentlemen Prefer Them Dumb) and John Álex Toro (Newly Rich, Newly Poor). It will also …

MEXICO CITY: Prisoner of Love (Amor Cautivo), a telenovela from Azteca, has been licensed to Telemundo. Starring Marimar Vega and Arap Betcke, Prisoner of Love involves romance, mystery and deception. It focuses on a trio of families who have a terrible secret in common. Prisoner of Love is distributed around the globe …

NEW YORK: Univision’s tlnovelas network has revealed its lineup of five hit Televisa novelas that are set to debut over the next several weeks. This month tlnovelas plans to premiere Tres Mujeres (Three Women) on Monday, November 19 at 12 p.m. and Un Gancho al Corazón (A Blow to the Heart) on Monday, …