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MEXICO CITY: The 24-hour telenovela channel Romanza+Africa has launched in Kenya, where it will air on the Bamba TV digital television service. The channel is expected to reach 4.5 million TV households in Kenya through Bamba TV, which is part of the Kenyan media conglomerate Radio Africa Group. The network …

CAPE TOWN: Eva, a bespoke telenovela channel from AMC Networks International (AMCNI) Zone, has been added to the lineup of DStv in Africa, which is already home to the Telemundo novela network. All programs are fully dubbed into English for South Africa and Portuguese for Portuguese-speaking communities in Mozambique and …

SÃO PAULO: Globo’s telenovela Precious Pearl has sold into South Korea, where it will air on the pay-TV channel EPG. The network will air the novela in an afternoon time slot. Winner of an International Emmy, the title follows the romance between a working-class girl and a millionaire, and the …

BOGOTÁ: The Sweetest Love, a telenovela produced by Caracol Television and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, has landed in Sub-Saharan Africa. The romantic title will air in Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa and Mozambique through Star Novelas, Monday to Friday at 5:50 p.m. The telenovela tells the story of Martin …

SÃO PAULO: Globo has sold the telenovela Fight or Love? into El Salvador, where it’s set to air February 25 on Canal 4. The comedic novela, a remake of a 1980s title, tells the story of two cousins in the middle of a heated family feud following a multi-million-dollar inheritance. …

BOGOTÁ: The Sweetest Love, a novela produced by Caracol Television and distributed by Caracol TV Internacional, has landed in the U.S. The 124×1-hour telenovela premiered on the Pasiones channel, where it airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. It tells the story of Martin Guerrero, a car racer who, in …

SAÕ PAULO: Globo's telenovela The Life We Lead, starring Fernanda Vasconcellos and Marjorie Estiano, has been picked up by Abu Dhabi TV for broadcast in the Middle East. The Life We Lead will air on Abu Dhabi TV throughout the Middle East and North Africa, with Arabic dubbing. This deal marks …

BOGOTÁ: The telenovela 5 Widows on the Loose, a co-production between Caracol Television and Sony Pictures Television, has rolled out in Angola and Mozambique. The 124×1-hour title airs on prime time on Banda TV. The novela focuses on five women who meet in prison every Sunday to visit their husbands. …

SÃO PAULO: Thailand’s Media Plex cable channel has picked up the telenovela Brazil Avenue, marking the first time a Globo novela airs in the country. The title will be dubbed into Thai, premiering in a 5:30 p.m. time slot. Brazil Avenue, which has been sold to more than 130 countries worldwide, …

MEXICO CITY: Production has begun on Azteca’s latest novela, Tanto Amor, due out this August. The 120×1-hour novela will air in prime time on Mexico’s Azteca 13 channel. Rita Fusaro produced the title, which will star radio and TV personality Melissa Barrera (The Chicas Project) and Mexican actor Leonardo Garcia …