World Screen

BOGOTÁ: El Salvador has picked up Caracol TV Internacional’s telenovela The Sweetest Love, which airs on Channel 4 TCS. The network broadcasts the 124×1-hour novela Monday to Friday at 6 p.m. Starring Andrés Sandoval and Venezuelan actress Marianela González, the novela tracks the relationship between a speed lover (Sandoval) who …

SÃO PAULO: Globo’s telenovela Caribbean Flower has landed in Central Europe, where it’s been picked up for broadcast in Hungary. Nominated for a 2013 International Emmy Award, the novela follows a couple in love since childhood, but who see everything change when they’re betrayed by a false friend. The title …

SÃO PAULO: Indonesian channel Kompas TV has picked up the rights for three Globo novelas, to air on the network as dubbed versions. The Life We Lead, the first of those titles, is set for broadcast on August 25. The novela tells the story of a promising tennis player who …

SÃO PAULO: Globo’s International Emmy-winning telenovela Side by Side has landed in Costa Rica, airing on the Teletica network. The Brazilian novela premiered July 28 and airs in the 1:20 p.m. time slot. It tells the story of two women from different origins and social classes who seek freedom at …

BOGOTÁ: The Caracol Television novela The First Lady has landed in Canada, where it airs on the country’s Spanish-language network Univision. The 95×1-hour telenovela follows an ambitious woman who will not rest until she becomes the first lady of her country. The title, which is distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, …

BOGOTÁ: Colombian telenovela Las Santísimas, which is produced by Canal RCN and distributed by RCN Televisión, has launched on Bulgarian public broadcaster BTN. The 121-episode novela stars some of the most acclaimed actresses of Colombian television, including Kathy Sáenz, Alejandra Azcárate, Margarita Ortega, Carolina Cuervo, Jacqueline Arenal and Majida Issa. …

SÃO PAULO: Brazilian broadcaster Globo has inked a programming deal with Mexico’s Azteca that will see late-night broadcasts of its telenovelas on the Azteca Trece network. Globo titles will air on the channel at 11 p.m., starting with The Illusionist, which premiered last month. The show is a remake of …

BOGOTÁ: The First Lady, a Colombian telenovela distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, has been picked up in Thailand. The 95×60-minute title will air on Sanook TV Monday through Friday at 9:45 a.m., with an encore at 10:30 p.m. The novela centers on an ambitious young woman who seduces the front runner …

SÃO PAULO: Globo’s telenovela Caribbean Flower has been sold into the Czech Republic, where it’s set to air on Barrandov TV. The sale marks the first time the Czech network has licensed a product from a Brazilian broadcaster. The title will air dubbed and is set for a January premiere. …

SÃO PAULO: The Globo telenovela Brazil Avenue has been picked up in three French-speaking African countries, airing in Mali, Madagascar and Burkina Faso. In Mali, the ORTM network broadcasts the title, while TVM airs it in Madagascar. Both are free-to-air channels that offer mixed programming. In Burkina Faso, RTB is …