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MIAMI: Telemundo’s La Patrona has premiered in Kenya on Nation TV, where it airs in a 7 p.m. time slot. The production broke records in the U.S. and Latin America. It has also been a leader in its time slot in Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and …

BOGOTÁ: The telenovela Prohibido Amar, an adaptation of Caracol Television's La Sombra del Deseo, has proven to be a hit for Azteca in Mexico. Prohibido Amar centers on the lives of Gabriela and Rafael, who are both involved in unhappy marriages. The Mexican version stars Rossana Najera Amar and Marco de …

SÃO PAULO: Sparkling Girls, a musical telenovela from Globo, has premiered on Canal 13 in Chile. Sparkling Girls revolves around three housekeepers who become successful singers. The show has already found success on Brazil's Globo, Portugal's SIC and Uruguay's Teledoce. It has also been snapped up by NEXtv in Panama, …

SÃO PAULO: Globo's Beloved Life, a telenovela, premiered earlier this week on SIC in Portugal as the country's most-watched program. Dancin' Days, co-produced by Globo and SIC, brought in the second largest audience, followed by Brazil Avenue. Beloved Life follows a conflict involving control of the San Magno hospital. The …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has partnered with Electus for the development of three telenovelas, the first of which is The Black Widow. The idea is for the novelas to be developed with an eye toward airing one as a 13-episode series, with multiple episodes running each week. The first project in …

CANNES: Venevision International has signed a worldwide content deal with the global TV site Viki for the rights to a number of its telenovelas, including Eva Luna and Passions of the Heart. Users of Viki, which now has around 22 million users each month, will be able to watch novelas such …

CANNES: A remake of the hit telenovela Marimar, produced in 1994, Wild at Heart is a new production available from Televisa Internacional. Mario Castro, the director for Asia and Africa at Televisa Internacional, says that clients around the world are sure to remember the success of Marimar, and therefore interest …

CANNES: The renowned actress Edith González stars in the Azteca novela Vivir a destiempo, which will be on offer in Cannes this week. As the exclusive distributor for Azteca, Comarex is featuring the telenovela on its MIPTV slate, which also includes the latest hit from the international star Gabriela Spanic, …

MIAMI: Eva Luna, a telenovela from Venevision Productions, has debuted in Vietnam, marking the third Asian territory to broadcast the hit series. Starring Blanca Soto and Guy Ecker, Eva Luna premiered on Vietnam’s VTV 6 on Sunday, March 3 at 10 p.m. The 26×1-hour production, which was adapted for the Asian …

ISTANBUL: Telenovelas are a major focus for Venevision International for DISCOP West Asia. “In addition to being dependable, the telenovela is an affordable means of producing great results, particularly when compared to the ratio of prime-time programming and the high costs of local productions,” says Manuel Perez, the company’s VP …