INTERVIEW

NATPE 2014: More digital presence and new alliances

In a conference call with the most important media industry, NATPE president and CEO, Rod Perth confirmed a significant assistance to NATPE in Miami, from January 27th to the 29th again at the Fontainebleau Resort and Convention Center in Miami Beach. “More international buyers, digital presence and new partnerships". He stressed that there will be...read more

NEWS

RTVE takes to Europe, Perú Mágico

The channel produced by Media Networks for Peruvian communities abroad, began marketing in Europe through RTVE, after the representation agreement was signed and which activates....read more

NEWS

Telefónica earmarks USD $1.863 billion in networks for Argentina

The investment aims, the development of telecommunications networks in Argentina in the next two years, allocating 5.2 billion pesos (USD $825 million) to increase connection speed, deploy new stretches of optical fiber and install…read more

APPOINTMENTS

Marlon Quintero in Sangre en el Diván

Venevision Productions, the Cisneros Media production house, announced the hiring of renowned Venezuelan producer, Marlon Quintero, who joins the production team of the TV series “Sangre en el Divan” as…read more

NEWS

Moby Group develops first series in Afghanistan

The media group, Moby Group, one of the largest in Afghanistan, launched through its channel Tolo TV, the first series full HD, Defenders, produced by Kaboora Productions, which is part of the group, and has great presence in Iran, Pakistan and Yemen. Under the production of Daniel Mesa, who previously worked for…read more

NEWS

Inaugurated in Mexico the first FIFA Official Store in Liverpool

After this alliance for both companies, Charles Rangel and Gerardo Acolcocer, managers of Liverpool in company with SportsJay, commercial director ofSportsJay, which owns the FIFA license company in Mexico, and the players Duilio Davino, Joaquin Beltran and Jose Antonio "El gringo" Castro, performed the ribbon cutting for the opening of the first official FIFA store with…read more

FILMS

12 Years a Slave and American Hustle sweep the nominations in Golden Globes

They have released the nominations for the next installment of The Golden Globes, which will be held on 12 January at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The surprise of this year ‘s seven nominations for the films: 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle, followed by Captain Phillips and Gravity with four each, which highlights the Mexican nomination…read more

– The Universal Studio movie channel owned by NBC Universal, starts broadcasting its HD signal in the first quarter of 2014.

- Takes for the first time in Colombia the FremantelMedia format, Idol Colombia, co-production between RCN and 2&2 shooting starting in January 2014.

- The German company Gfk – signed a five-year agreement with Band, Record, Rede TV! and SBT to measure audiences in Brazil from 2015.

- Netflix won the rights to broadcast Better Call Saul, the next show derived from Breaking Bad, which will be broadcast only to subscribers of the platform worldwide.

- Azteca America – launches free application for Android and iOS, which allows access to the main videos of the library of the Hispanic TV network.

- Telecinco and Globomedia already working on a new comedy series set on a cruise. The fiction is borne by the creative team of the successful Spanish series Aida, hoping to get the same success.

- Edith Gonzalez and Mauricio Islas star in Las Bravo. The new production of Azteca Novelas announced the cast who will form the stellar production of the Mexican television station, which begins broadcasting the first quarter of 2014.

INTERVIEW

"We want our brand to become a benchmark for adult contents in LatAm” David Guerra of Vivid TV

With a cocktail made ​​in Mexico City, Vivid TV celebrated the expansion of the brand through partnerships created with Mexicans operators such as Axtel, Megacable and recently with Maxcom. TVMAS spoke with David Guerra, senior VP of distribution and marketing VividTV for Latin America and the Caribbean, on the growth of the company in Mexico and Latin America, as well as...read more

APPOINTMENTS

Kosuke Kawaura for President of Nikon Mexico

The global brand in digital imaging, precision optics and photo image technology , announces the appointment of new President Kosuke Kawaura Nikon Mexico , a position he assumed since last December 1 based in this city...read more

INTERVIEW

"Due to the success of La Isla, Azteca bets more on adventurous reality shows," Ricardo Coeto producer

The reality in its second season leading the audience of Azteca, Mexican television, comes to an end on December 12 with great results in closing audience and causing controversy in social networks. TVMAS spoke with Ricardo Coeto, broadcast producer, about the success of reality, as well as…read more

NEWS

In England: ITV acquired the talent show Rising Star format

The format of Keshet International was acquired by the British broadcaster ITV Studios, who will co-produce with the Keshet International UK the talent show that interactive brand for the first time, the vote of the viewers in real time through a free application…read more

EVENTS

MTV and SICO launch global campaign against HIV

As part of the International Day for the fight against AIDS, November 30 took place around the world’s seven simultaneous events in different countries to raise funds and celebrate the launch of the Global Initiative #SomeoneLikeMe, a global campaign to…read more

NEWS

Televisa launches as one of the newest and most attractive
players of the market entertainment formats

In addition to the formats created by the production of Televisa in Mexico, the business Unit under the name Televisa International currently has 11 formats in its catalog. The newest of these, go through the various genres of entertainment: the talent show, game show, dating, hidden cameras and varieties are represented in order to…read more

FILMS

Again without a director the adaptation of Stephen King’s Apocalipsis

According to The Hollywood Reporter the big screen adaptation of the fourth novel by Stephen King, The Stand in its original version, has been without a director again. Without knowing why for sure the reasons David Yates, Ben Affleck and Scott Cooper now has…read more

- Turbo Fast of DreamWorks Animation opens on December 24 as the first original series from Netflix.

- The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) acquired 100% of the pay TV operator, Cable Vision Costa Rica.

- Venezuela through Conatel, began the process of spectrum auction, to encourage the development of wireless broadband services in the country.

- MundoFox premieres the successful production of TV Globo La Vida Sigue, starring Fernanda Vasconcellos, Rafael Cardoso, Thiago Lacerda and Marjorie Estiano.

- Pay TV services in Uruguay, reached the 620,900 subscribers at the end of the second quarter of 2013.

NEWS

The Audiovisual, Fiction and Documentary Authors’ Association, presents “La Usina de Migre” at NATPE 2014

It is the Association of skilled creators of stories to provide services to companies in key stages of the process of production of audiovisual works in the global market. LA USINA DE MIGRÉ offers a powerful new tool for the audiovisual industry...read more

INTERVIEW

“2013 is the most successful year of channel E! By the number of hours produced,” Jorge Murillo, country manager for Mexico and Central America

With a showcase held in Mexico City , E! Entertainment Networks Mexico presented some of their latest products for 2014, highlighting the brand new musical series Wake up! with no make up, co-produced by Coca-Cola, Warner Chappell and Once Loops for Latin America .This being the first scripted series of channel E! worldwide, TVMAS spoke with Jorge Murillo, country manager for Mexico and Central America , about the foray of the channel...read more

APPOINTMENTS

Harris Broadcast strengthens working team with new appointments

More than three months after the merger of Harris Broadcast, the company announced appointments in sales, service and human resources in order to strengthen their team and to lead globally as an independent company. These appointments highlight Steve Reynolds as Chief Technology Officer and Skip Sorenson as…read more

NEWS

Co-produced by Coca-Cola TV alongside E! the series Wake up! with no make up

The musical series of 13 episodes of 30-minutes produced for Latin America is the result of the partnership between these two industry giants next to Warner Chapell in the musical part as well as Once Loops in the production. TVMAS was part of the presentation of the cast and production team in Mexico, where they stressed the desire to invest in quality content…read more

NEWS

Televisa premieres second season of the series Maria de Todos los Angeles

Four years after the first season, Televisa filed the second installment of 20 episodes of the hit series Maria de Todos Los Angeles,produced by Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo, original idea of Mara Escalante. TVMAS spoke with the producer on the challenge to…read more

EVENTS

Canal Once renews image and features programming 2014

Before a large group of guests from the cultural, academic and artistic fields, as well as media, where TVMAS was present, took place the presentation of the new image and programming of Canal Once in the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. With a moving presentation led by journalists Adriana Pérez and Javier Solórzano Canedo, the director of the station, Enriqueta Cabrera announced that the station…read more

NEWS

Azteca Novelas prepares two productions for 2014

The Mexican broadcaster will launch on the screen of Azteca Trece two new productions in the first quarter of next year. Maricarmen Marcos and Rita Fusaro the producers, are already working on the pre-production of the stories that will fill the channel’s prime time…read more

FILMS

Los Juegos del Hambre: En Llamas (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) collects US$ 25.3 million in its opening

The second installment of the eponymous trilogy, written by American, Suzanne Collins, was released last weekend in the U.S. on its fist day grossing U.S. $ 25.3 million as reported by distributor Lionsgate. This amount exceeds 28% more than…read more

- Guillermo del Toro working on the production of series The Strain, after presenting the pilot to FX, the pay TV signal asked for 13 episodes to premiere in July 2014. The vampire story is based on his own series of books co -written by Chuck Hogan.

- Due to the surprising success of the films: Nosotros los Nobles and No se Aceptan Devoluciones, Mexican cinema exceeded 1,000 million pesos in the domestic box office.

- Amazon signs exclusive contract to transmit movies of A24 Films via streaming, such as Spring Breakers, The Bling Ring and The Spectacular Now.

- The State-owned telecommunications company in Bolivia, Entel, relaunches in 2014 its DTH service through the Tupac Katari satellite, which will be placed into orbit by the national State in December.

- The VePlusTV channel belonging to Venevision Continental expanded their distributions in Ecuador joining the offer of the operator Grupo TV Cable.

- Claro, Slim’s mobile operator will be fined USD $45 million, after ratifying the ‘abuse of dominance position’ and other breaches of free competition.

- In Mexico: Azteca evaluates seeking legal remedies against retransmission of their signals by pay-TV operators.

- Venevision Productions, the Cisneros Media producer, signed agreement with Venezuelan journalist and author Ibéyise Pacheco, for a TV adaptation of the book Sangre en el diván.

- In Spain: RTVE presented + TVE the new second screen application for mobiles and tablets that allow the viewer to capture live and share in social networks their favorite moments of programs and series of Spanish TV.

EVENTS

Successfully ended the XI WORLD SUMMIT OF THE TELENOVELA AND FICTION SERIES INDUSTRY

After 10 successful meetings ended uninterrupted this meeting held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 13, 14 and 15. Assembled leaders, creative and executives of the main channels and production companies from 18 countries debated over three days on the challenges and business opportunities of...read more

NEWS

Endemol invests over U.S. $40 million in Premium channels network

With an investment near to 30 million Euros (U.S. $ 40.4 million), Endemol Beyond, a new global enterprise built on existing digital video operations in multiple markets, announces the launch of a Premium channels network, both local and international online through platforms…read more

EVENTS

Discop Africa concludes with record attendance 

The eighth edition held in Johannesburg, South Africa from November 6 to 8, an increase of 18% attendance over the previous year. With the participation of over 670 companies, including more than 300 TV stations and pay TV platforms were active during conferences, agreements and acquisition of contents, having as a central theme…read more

NEWS

Spanish Television wagers for seniors Generacion Rock

The Spanish channel unveils its musical reality Generacion Rock, a program created with the idea of ​​breaking topics and a great challenge ahead: 15 participants of more than 70 years become Rockers…read more

DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Clarovideo incorporates FOX productions to its offer

The streaming video service that provides the audience access to films, TV series, concerts and children’s programs, signed a deal with the FOX network which allows the incorporation of the most acclaimed series of the company to its programming offer in markets of Latin America and the Caribbean…read more

PAY TV

In Mexico: Vivid TV integrates to the offer of Axtel

The division of linear channels and on-demand services of Vivid Entertainment, the largest producer of adult content, announced the launch of its linear channel and its portfolio of content for VOD services on pay TV platform of Axtel…read more

- Netflix prepares fourth season of The Killing, exclusively for its 40 million subscribers worldwide.

- In Spain the series El Tiempo en Costuras, a coproduction of Antena 3 and Boomerang Antena TV, leads prime time above La Voz and TV series Isabel.

- In Colombia, the pay TV operator Une is a pioneer in launching a mobile application that allows you to tune TV channels live from devices and SmarTVs.

- Univision and Toyota automaker, signed a partnership in several ways. This agreement includes product integration in the Televisa telenovela, Lo que la Vida me Robo.

- In Mexico the telenovela – Las Trampas del Deseo, of Argos-Cadenatres changed the production schedule at the request of government after considering it very strong for its schedule.

- According to Leichtman Research Group, the 13 largest providers of multi-channel video in the United States, lost about 25,000 net subscribers in the third quarter, an improvement of 50,000 lost in the third quarter of 2012.

- TNT will broadcast for the first time pre-show to make way for the transmission of the 14th installment of the Latin Grammy®, on Thursday November 21. This will be streamed live and direct from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas from 7p.m. to repeat the next day (Friday 22), after midnight.