It’s the first time that Carolina Cordero, general director of WAWA, attends Ventana Sur and visits Argentina. In this market, they had the opportunity to present 11 contents with an excellent response. “As an organization coming to Argentina is paying a pending debt. We got along very well with Be......
Nefi Adonis, president of the Dominican production house Cana Films, was at SD FICMARKET where he was offering the documentary La Industria del Silencio ready to distribute, and for production the series Calibrado (12x43') and El Psíquico (10x43'), currently in pilot. He also announced that t......
The opening of the Gala de la Industria de los Premios PRODU (PRODU Awards Industry Gala) featured a top speaker: José Escalante, a man with 32 years in the industry, an executive and entrepreneur who founded his own distribution company, Latin Media Corporation, to bring content to Latin America. ......
The sixth edition of Gala de la Industria de los Premios PRODU (PRODU Awards Industry Gala) brought together more than 300 representatives of the most prominent audiovisual companies internationally, to recognize important executives who build and make this industry grow. It took place at the Cancun......
Fernando Barbosa, general manager of Media Acquisition, Distribution & Productions of Disney Latin America, told in an interview with Ríchard Izarra in the framework of Iberseries & Platino Industria, that among the great productions that they presented is El Centauro del Norte , a series a......
Argos Communications attended to Iberseries Platino Industria, and its Content director, Verónica Velasco, mentioned that 30 years after the company was founded production formats have changed, therefore they are focused on creating series that go from 8 to 20 episodes in order to satisfy the demand......
Riivi, the Chilean AVOD streaming startup, created in June 2020, is participating at Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid. Its founders, Cristobal Güel, CEO, and Ilan Oliel, CTO, are at the event representing the company. "Riivi's participation at Iberseries proves not only the importance ......
Arturo Chávez, the Managing Partner of DelArt Distribution, launched a call to incorporate feature films, fiction series, and finished documentaries from Spain into their US and Latin America distribution catalog. The call, which also includes filmmakers, directors, producers, and film directors fro......
Canela.TV has been operating in Mexico for a year now and in that time has established itself as a serious competitor in the market. “This has been a very positive year from the point of view of establishing ourselves in the market and being able – in some way - to educate those who buy media. Also......
The closing of the series of three tables focused on Women in Cinema and the Audiovisual Industry ( Las Mujeres en el Cine y la Industria Audiovisual) , with the participation of María Novaro, Director of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía) (IMCINE) to ta......
The distribution business, in a scenario in which some distributors have to feed their own screens, has become a challenge. “Two years before the pandemic, we had established the strategy of being an independent studio and that has been great because we are developing and producing products that are......
In co-production with Industrias Tajín and Cinescopio Films, Canela.TV premiered on Wednesday the 6th the original docuseries Ahogadas , a tribute to the “tortas ahogadas” (drowned cakes), a typical dish of Guadalajara, Mexico. It’s a four-episode series and is directed by the filmmaker Bruno Madar......
The industry is in constant movement and you have to know how go with it, even if you know your goals and objectives well, you have to take the risk of exploring, getting to know and learning from all the areas involved in an audiovisual project: from creative functions, through business issues, new......
Javier Williams, SVP of Spanish Content at 3Pas Studios was with Ríchard Izarra at #PRODUprimetime. The Mexican producer with 30 years of experience - 28 in Televisa-, has worked with all kinds of genres, series, unscripted, contests, children's programming, many concerts, and live events. HOUST......
In an entertaining virtual broadcast, the winners of the 17 categories, part of the PRODU Awards of the Industry, were revealed. Four distinctions were also bestowed to Diego Lerner of Disney, Luis Balaguer of LatinWE, Fidela Navarro of Dopamine and Darío Turovelzky of ViacomCBS, and nine important ......
STARZPLAY introduced its content in Spanish for Latin America and Spain in an event that took place in Mexico City. These include five original series made in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Spain: Express , MalaYerba , Señorita 89 , El Refugio and Toda la Sangre . "We selected these stories b......
Francisco Villanueva, VP and COO of SOMOS Distribution, is participating in Iberseries Platino Industria with great optimism. The executive affirmed that the industry is in the middle of a revolution: “We are going through an important shift that eventually will settle, but I do not think that all t......
Sony Pictures Television is bringing to Latin America their US initiative to promote the diversity of talents, specifically directors. Ana Bond, Senior VP and Executive Director of International Production for Latin America at Sony Pictures Entertainment, explained that this program is part of the c......
For Vanessa Rosas, COO of Blim TV, niche streaming services and those with local content will continue to be relevant in the future. “In this world where many aggregators are already emerging, those who want to compete with the large platforms at the same level will disappear, it is very difficu......
Being able to produce among Latin Americans, and not only with Spain, is one of the challenges that María Elena Wood, executive director of María Wood Producciones (Chile), believes exists among filmmakers in the region. “I feel that the platforms are giving us the opportunity to get acquainted with......
The fluency of accents was considered as one of the barriers for cinematographic content to travel to Spain and Latin America, during the panel Dialogues with the industry: Independent distribution in Latin America at the Iberseries Platino Industria. "The public from Spain rejects the fluency o......
ViacomCBS Studios International Spain is focusing on an expansion strategy of genres such as animation, true crime, entertainment with various realities for MTV. “We are going to see a great variety of genres, I am focusing on genres in Spanish, but soon we will see in Asia, Italy, a large volume of......
The new audiovisual brand Micelio Media Group was born after the merger of the content businesses of Secuoya Studios and BTF Media, which will have a presence in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and the United States. With this alliance, they estimate a volume of more than 150 formats and ......
Erik Barmack, CEO of Wild Sheep Content and who during his time at Netflix supervised some 100 original series from around the world -such as The Witcher and Lupin -, commented that the projects are easier to sell and distribute are those with IP package that includes renown talent (be they direc......
Ana Bond, SVP and general director of International Production for Latin America and the Hispanic US at Sony Pictures Television (SPT), highlighted the important link between Latin America and Spain and the feedback between both markets during the Iberseries Platino Industria event. “Our audienc......
‟One of the milestones that we set out to do at the beginning of the programming design, was bringing onboard the main financial funds from America, Europe and Asia in an international event, and we honored it,” said Juan Alía and Samuel Castro in #PRODUprimetime with Ríchard Izarra , both direct......
"In the coming years, we will see something similar to Madrid Content City in Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries where we can continue to grow,” Raúl Berdonés, founder and president of Grupo Secuoya, told PRODU. The announcement came while he was to......
Secuoya Studios and Telemundo Streaming Studios have struck a deal to co-develop, co-produce and co-finance multiple fiction projects through 2023. The alliance, announced by Juan Ponce, SVP and general manager of Telemundo Streaming Studios, and James Costos, president of Secuoya Studios, duri......
The webinar ¡Colombianas Berracas! Women who have succeeded in the Colombian audiovisual industry, within the framework the Colombia Special, brought together Ana Piñeres, COO, partner, creative producer and executive of CMO Group and president of Egeda Colombia; Catalina Porto, executive manager ......
Rosy Ocampo, executive producer and showrunner of Televisa, addressed the importance of the role of women in the telenovela, and how much it has changed in recent times, both in the role of women in the production, and of the spectators, during the Webinar ¡Mexicanas chingonas! Mujeres que han tr......
In a historically macho industry, there are many women who are in leadership positions and more are added each day. Are there differences between the styles of a woman and a man in the leadership at the head of a set or a company? This and much more was addressed on Wednesday 21 in a new edition of ......
Jorge Franzini, director of Content and Development at CuriosityStream, commented in the PRODU´s Guía OTT & VOD 2021 , that during the pandemic, the range of options offered by television for all ages became “a vital tool to face boredom and put aside - even momentarily – the daily worrying news.” ......
Producers now have more opportunities. The proliferation of streaming platforms and new revenue share schemes have opened new possibilities. However, it's crucial to know how to sail these turbulent waters in order to find the appropriate niche and secure profitable economic schemes for production ......
The young Chilean Matías Rivera, founder of the OTT Fanatiz defined himself as a troubleshooter, on #PRODUprimetime with Richard Izarra , claiming this is what he is most passionate about: driving new ideas and solving dilemmas. “I came to sports to solve a problem: fans always wanted to follow th......
An enthusiastic and eager Roberto Blatt, director of the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Audiovisual in Uruguay, ICAU, offered his country in #PRODUprimetime to the international industry for them to make their projects there, free of virus, and in addition, with cash rebate incentives that double ......
Ana Paula Valdovinos, VP de Producción y Desarrollo, y Marcos Santana, presidente, ambos de Telemundo Global Studios, fueron los ganadores en la categoría Productor de Premios PRODU 2020 por No te puedes esconder . Valdovinos agradeció a todo el equipo de producción en México y Españ......
El actor colombiano Andrés Parra fue el ganador en la categoría Mejor Actor Principal por su papel en El presidente de Fabula, Gaumont y Kapow. El presidente además se llevó otros dos premios como Mejor Showrunner , con Armando Bó, y por Directores de Fotografía con Javier Juliá, Sergio A......
Luis Balaguer, presidente de LatinWE, dijo que su compañía se está transformando al mismo ritmo que lo está haciendo la industria, cuando “ya las televisoras no son el centro del pastel”. También afirmó en la entrevista con Boris Izaguirre durante los Premios PRODU, que es la hora del contenido en e......
In a fun and dynamic virtual event , the winners of the MIPCancun PRODU Awards, the industry awards, in 14 categories, were made known. There were also four tributes and special awards to Industry Pillars were given to eight important executives. The countries with the most winners were Argenti......
WAWA held its second event in collaboration with Platino Industria / Egeda Film and 8K, 360°, and 5.1 Audiovisual Production companies, in which Susana Umbert, Manager of Entertainment Production at Latina Televisión; Daniela Ludlow, founder of Chamaca Films; Juana María Torres, Original Production ......
The registration for the fourth edition of the PRODU Awards, to take place in the context of MIPCancun, will be extended until Monday, August 31. Held by PRODU in alliance with Reed Midem, they are the only awards from the industry to the industry of Latino entertainment. Those interested can parti......
One of the relevant topics that were reviewed during the second PRODU webinar, Medidas de Rescate de la Industria Audiovisual (Rescue Measures for the Audiovisual Industry), was the increase in production costs with reduced budgets that will come with the new normality. The panelists were Mónica......
Crisis generates opportunities, and solidarity and joint work have been some of the results. Private companies and guilds have contributed resources, along with time to create protocols and come up with solutions for the difficulties the pandemic imposes. Some examples: along with the fund in Netfli......
Here below is a list of protocols that can be downloaded, which are in a debate or have already been agreed with local governments. If you want to collaborate sending a protocol that is not on this list, please write and send attached to webinar@produ.com COLOMBIA Resolution number 000666 from ......
Acting fast, being flexible, creative and not letting the opportunity to connect with the audience pass during this pandemic of the COVID-19, were some of the suggestions made by some of the panelists of the Webinar Impactos de COVID-19 y Oportunidades para la Industria Publicitaria de TV En Todo e......
NBCUniversal anunció que hará una presentación de una hora en streaming de video para los anunciantes y publicistas, con el fin de discutir la situación actual del mercado publicitario, comunicó Variety. Esta es la primera compañía de medios en EE UU que se compromete a tener una conversación ......
El recorte de publicidad ha afectado notoriamente a la industria del entretenimiento y a los medios, como una consecuencia más del coronavirus. La nueva normalidad pasa por revisar ese dilema de recortar el gasto ante una previsible caída del consumo, señalaron durante un webinar Andy Brown, CEO ......
Nicky Jam: El Ganador , the authorized bio-series based on the life and career of the Latin music superstar, will be available to Netflix members in the U.S. on Tuesday, April 21. The 13-episode series previously debuted on Netflix internationally. The series is directed by film and music video di......
Business Bureau (BB) started measuring digital platforms 10 years ago, analyzing up to 374 in their highest peak and in that time, 122 had already disappeared and now there are 252 remainings, that are monitored through the Multiscreen product. Tomás Gennari, CEO of BB, commented during the BB ......
The production companies Cinecinco LLC owned by Arnaldo Limansky and 58 Films owned by Caupolicán Ovalles, both from the US, and Terraplén Producciones from Argentina owned by Carlos Rizzutti, partnered to produce the dramatic series Efecto Dominó (6x60’). Ibsen Martínez joined the project as a ......
The Industria FICG program opened for the first time a space for Latin American fiction series projects. In the summon to participate in FICG TV Pitchbox, they had more than 200 projects, out of which only eight works were chosen, including two Mexican ones, two Chileans, an Argentinean, and one in ......
The difficulties that exist to measure audiences correctly, the way content production evolved, as well as the advantages TV continues to have and how it is transforming, were some of the topics covered during the event Visión Panorámica: Industria de la Televisión y el Entretenimiento , that took ......
Sergio Pizzolante, general manager of C&T Mobs, made several announcements: they are in very advanced meetings with important production companies for their most relevant project, the series they will make on the legendary group La Fania, and they will make two films, one in partnership with Leo......
Enrique Martínez, president of the Board of LAMAC, assured that the TV programming system is "alive and healthy", the eight LAMAC member companies that took part in the panel Visión Panorámica: Industria de la Televisión y el Entretenimiento in the context of Advertising Week Latin America, highligh......
Jim McNamara, VP of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., and Patricio Wills, president of Televisa Estudios, took part in the MIP Cancún panel, Líderes de la Industria Hispana , chaired by Ríchard Izarra, Editor-in-Chief at PRODU, where they expressed that TV is experiencing a period of rearrangement and ......
Canal 1, operated by Plural Comunicaciones, a partnership between NTC, CM&, RTI and the US company Hemisphere Media Group (HMTV in NASDAQ), appoints Ramiro Avendaño as the new president of the channel. "The Colombian audience is very demanding and appreciates varied and quality programming, bo......
The Consejo Mexicano de la Industria del Doblaje (Mexican Council of the Dubbing Industry) was officially introduced at Mipcom during a press conference. The organization, founded by three companies - Dubbing House, Labodigital, Grupo Macías, and Caaliope-, was announced at the end of September......
In the context of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (Imcine) presented its yearbook with figures of the production of cinema in Mexico, and for the first time, added a TV section. There, they highlight that in 2017, 176 films were produced and 52 i......
Endemol Shine Latino and leading Mexican production company Boomdog, are bringing the highly anticipated series El Ganador , based on the life of Latin music sensation Nicky Jam, to the international TV marketplace, it was announced by Laurens Drillich, president, Endemol Shine Latino and Boomdog C......
Canal Once presents the third season of Crónicas y Relatos de México (13x30), hosted by renowned historian Ángeles González Gamio. The series premieres on Tuesday, January 26th at 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT.As the largest city and the political, academic, industrial and cultural hub of Mexico, Mexico......
For Luis Medina, president of Uno Productions, the Company Es Televisión, created and headed by Soraya Sánchez, is a very attractive option for the production of content for TV, after the ease the government of Puerto Rico offers with the Ley de Incentivos Económicos para la Industria Fílmica (Puert......
In an agreement reached between Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Multimedios and Cablevision, the nations fifth-largest cable TV operator, Mexicos third-largest TV network, Multimedios TV, is now available to Cablevision subscribers in the New York tri-state area.Broadcasting news, entertainment......
Multimedios TV debuts on Charter Communications cable systems in California, Tennessee and Louisiana.Responsive to its customers in cities large and small, Charter Communications has chosen Multimedios Television as a key part of its expanded Spanish-language offerings to its growing Hispanic subs......
Azteca América announced the appointment of Martín Breidsprecher, current Chief Operations Officer of the company, to Chief Executive Officer of Azteca América. Breidsprecher, of 42 years, joined Azteca América in 2007 as director of Financial Analysis, and was soon promoted to Chief Financial Of......
TV Chile presents Made in Chile , a TV miniseries that showcases diverse Chilean products and the enterprises that manufacture them. The series consists of eight episodes; each dedicated to a production field, and is transmitted with English subtitles on Saturdays at 6:30pm, with encores on Sunda......