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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition

The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a global anti-piracy coalition. In total, 30 companies have come together to create the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) in a bid to combat illegal video and content downloads. The firms include Amazon, BBC Worldwide, CBS Corp., NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, […]

Former HBO and Televisa exec takes Route One

Former Televisa and HBO executive Michael Garcia has inked a first-look deal with Route One Entertainment, and will work up TV and movie projects for the LA-based film finance group. Garcia will bring projects to Route One for packaging and development. As VP of entertainment at HBO, Michael Garcia worked on shows including The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire and The […]

What went down at NATPE Miami

NATPE welcomed the usual mix of buyers, sellers, programme-makers and hustlers to Miami last week. Buyers from Latin America were out in force, with a smattering of acquisition execs from Scandinavia, France and Germany. During the week, two of Spanish-language TV’s biggest players, Univision and Televisa, said they were unifying production and development, a major […]

Univision, Televisa unify content efforts

US Hispanic broadcaster Univision and Mexican media giant Televisa have decided to pool their development and production resources together, with Isaac Lee becoming chief content officer of both companies. The agreement, which comes on the first day of the Latin American-focused market NATPE in Miami, will see the creation of a “strengthened and expanded relationship” […]

Keshet Int’l sets up Lat Am production hub

The international arm of Keshet is opening up a new production hub in Mexico to service the Latin America and US Hispanic markets, TBI has learned. Keshet MX will make Keshet-originated, third-party and coproduced shows in the region, with Frank Scheuermann (below left), who joined KI from Sony Pictures Television’s Colombian prodco Teleset last year, […]

FCC allows Televisa to up Univision stake

Mexican broadcasting giant Televisa is set to significantly up its stake in Hispanic US network Univision after America’s media regulator okayed the plan. The Federal Communications Commission yesterday greenlit a joint petition from Televisa and Univision to allow the former to increase its 14% voting interest and 10% equity stake. This means New York-listed Televisa […]

Super! deal for Love, Divina

Live-action kids series Love, Divina has been sold to De Agostini’s Super! in Italy. The novella-esque series hails from Televisa, Pol-ka Pro Producciones and the kids division of Federation Entertainment. The 60x45mins series has Patito Feo star Laura Esquivel as a teenager who takes homeless kids under her wing. Massimo Bruno, head of TV channels […]

Mattel’s Amazon series WellieWishers lands on Televisa

Mattel’s distribution division has sold its WellieWishers series to Televisa in Mexico. The animated kids series launched on Amazon earlier this year and has now been picked up by the Mexican TV giant. Televisa has already bought several Mattel series including Barbie, Monster High, Max Steel, Thomas & Friends. The girl-skewed 2D show is based aimed at […]

Nobel drama win for Canal+

French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired Scandi thriller series Nobel. DRG sells the show and struck the French deal alongside several others for its scripted shows, including new deals for Nordic dramas Black Widows and Eyewitness. Nobel, a conspiracy thriller out of Norway that links the war in Afghanistan and the Nobel prize, was […]

Televisa becomes key Mexican Ben & Holly home

Televisa has taken free-to-air rights to Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom and will become the preschool show’s primary home in Mexico going forward. Nick Jr. will remain as the pay TV home of the eOne Family-distributed programme, with Televisa debuting it on free TV later this month and taking local licensing rights. Televisa has been […]