Latin America


Cineflix taps BBCWW for Lat Am sales exec

Cineflix Rights, the distribution arm of Cineflix Media, has poached a new director of sales, Latin America, from BBC Worldwide. Christopher Gordon will be responsible for programme and format sales in Latin America, replacing Sabrina Ayala, who will now focus on sales to Iberia, Italy and France. Gordon will be based in Cineflix’s Toronto base, […]

NATPE News: Discovery takes Half the Sky for Lat-Am nets

Discovery Networks Latin America has acquired Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide from FremantleMedia Enterprises. The four-part series will be carried on Discovery’s Home & Health channel across 44 countries in Latin America. Inspired by the best-selling book of the same name by the husband-wife team of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn […]

Latin Media Leaders: Powwow

MOST INFLUENTIAL PRODUCTION COMPANY POWWOW LA, Miami and Buenos Aires-based producer Powwow bridges the Latin and international markets and had a standout 2012, making a new Cesar  Millan series, inking a programming pact with Telemundo and shopping a scripted format to a US broadcast network. CEO Daniel Gutman talks to TBI about the company’s stellar […]

Latin Media Leaders: Pedro Leda, Ledafilms

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PEDRO LEDA, FOUNDER AND CEO, LEDAFILMS Pedro Leda’s position in the Latin American TV business is notable for both its longevity and for the fact that he is held in such high regard. He was a clear winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award and those who nominated Leda spoke of his business […]

NATPE News: Sony inks Lat-Am deal for Idol

FremantleMedia Enterprises has inked a raft of programming deals with buyers in Latin America, including Sony, which has picked up American Idol. The agreement sees Sony Pictures Entertainment buy season 12 of the music competition series. It has taken pan-regional rights for its pay TV networks in the region. Other deals include Turner-owned cable channel Glitz […]

NATPE News: Comedy Central Roast format launching in Lat-Am

Comedy Central’s Roast franchise is launching in Latin America for the first time. The first ‘roastee’ on the Lat-Am version will be Mexican comedian Hector Suarez. The show will be filmed in Mexico in May. It will air on Comedy Central Latin America, which is in 18 million homes across Latin America. Suarez said: “I […]

Latin Media Leaders: Enrique R. Martinez, Discovery Latin America

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ENRIQUE R. MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, DISCOVERY NETWORKS LATIN AMERICA/US HISPANIC Enrique Martinez has, in almost two decades at Discovery, stewarded it to become a cornerstone of the pay TV industry in Latin America and it now operates in 44 countries, in three languages, reaching 256 million subscribers. He has been […]

Pepe Echegaray’s PE to rep Peace Point in Lat-Am

Canadian distributor  Peace Point has inked a deal with PE Media, the Latin America-focused distributor run by former Power sales executive Pepe Echegaray. PE Media will handle sales of Peace Point programming in Latin America. Echegaray said that there is strong demand for Peace Point’s programming in the region, notably from the pan-regional cable channels. […]

Disney buys Henson’s Pajanimals

Disney has picked up animated series Pajanimals across a raft of territories. The 52x11mins series is produced and distributed by The Jim Henson Company. Disney has acquired its Disney Junior channel in France, Italy, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. It will debut on Disney channels in […]

MTV ups Latin head of acquisitions

Viacom International Media Networks has promoted Marisol Amaya to senior director of programming acquisitions. Amaya previously headed up buying activities for the MTV, VH1 and Comedy Central channels in Latin America and in her new role will also have oversight of US Hispanic channel Tr3s. Based in Miami she will have a dual-report into Fernando […]