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Pasiones launches on Tigo in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Paraguay

November 25, 2014

Maribel Ramos-Weiner

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Pasiones is now available on Millicom’s new Tigo-branded satellite Direct To Home (DTH) pay-TV and cable HFC platforms in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Paraguay. The launch marks the first time Pasiones is available in Honduras and Paraguay.Pasiones provides more than 11 million subscribers in Latin America and the United States with the most-recent Spanish-language series and novelas from across the globe, featuring a mix of recent hits, beloved classics, and the hottest productions from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Korea, China, and the U.S.“We’re thrilled to partner with Millicom to make Pasiones available on their new Tigo DTH platform and on cable. This distribution is especially important, as it represents the launch of Pasiones in Honduras and Paraguay, reinforcing the channel’s appeal in Latin America,” said Alan J. Sokol, president of Hemisphere Media Group, Pasiones’ parent company.Pasiones Latin America recently premiered two widely popular telenovelas: La Familia de al Lado, a TVN Chile novela full of family drama, starring Álvaro Rudolphy, María Elena Swett, Jorge Zabaleta, and Cristián Arriagada; and El Secretario, a Caracol TV production about a corporate professional-turned pizza delivery man who returns to Colombia after discovering he has a daughter, starring Juan Pablo Espinosa, Stephanie Cayo and Martín Karpan.