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MEXICO CITY: Azteca’s La Teniente (The Lieutenant), an action drama, has made its debut on Mexico’s Azteca 7. The 24×1-hour series is about Lieutenant Roberta Ballesteros, a woman who is struggling to succeed in the male-dominated special forces unit of the navy. The show stars Maria Fernanda Yepes, Matias Novoa, Victor Gonzalez and …

MIAMI: The Talisman (El Talismán), a telenovela from Venevision Productions, is scheduled to debut on Israel’s Viva channel this week. Starring Blanca Soto, Rafael Novoa and Aaron Diaz, The Talisman follows a blooming romance faced with obstacles. Lola Ponce, Sergio Reynoso, Marcela Ma, Julieta Rosen and Karyme Lozano will also appear …

MIAMA: Venevision International’s telenovela Eva Luna is slated to premiere on Japan’s TBS Channel this weekend. A love story starring Blanca Soto and Guy Ecker, Eva Luna has already enjoyed success in parts of Asia, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Europe. For its upcoming debut, TBS has dubbed …

SÃO PAULO: Irrational Heart, a telenovela from Globo TV, has been acquired by broadcasters in Venezuela and Colombia. The series was picked up by Venevision Plus in Venezuela and VMas TV in Colombia. Both channels are part of the Cisneros Group, which owns Venevision. Irrational Heart, about a struggle between two brothers, …

MIAMI: Production has commenced for Rosario, a new telenovela from Venevision Productions and Univision Studios. Rosario, starring Itahisa Machado, Lorena Rojas and Guy Ecker, centers on a woman who falls in love with the man her mother almost married before she was born. The original story was penned by Alex …

MEXICO CITY: The Televisa in-house production Amores Verdaderos has been set for a September launch, occupying the prime-time slot currently held by Abyss of Passion. The new novela is about a Mexican business woman, Victoria, whose life is accidentally saved by a field worker named José. As a reward, she …

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, …