WEEKLY SUMMARY 18 – 25 SEPTEMBER

NEWSLETTER

THE DISTRIBUTOR DMX MUSIC MEDIA OPENS OFFICE IN MIAMI BEACH FOR LATIN AMERICAN MARKET

This distributor of musical content for digital platforms, a Mood Group property, has just announced the opening of its new and modern facilities located in South Beach, Miami Beach, from where will coordinate the operations to Latin America and the Caribbean, including distribution, programming and services to its members. DMX Media offers operators of the Latin American market a portfolio of digital music channels covering a wide variety of genres…read more

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THE CHILEAN SERIES BIM BAM BOOM, AT MIPCOM

The co-production of Invercine and TVN Chile distributed internationally by FLI, debuted on Tuesday, September 17 in the region through the screens of OnDirectTV HD. “BIM BAM BUM nightlife recalls the ’50s and reveals the dark secrets of women who are willing to do anything to fulfill their desires,” says Patricia Jasin, Director Sales International Latin Frequency (FLI). “The bohemian Santiago of the ’50s frames this fiction series, love, drama and…read more

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RIVE GAUCHE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING NEW 43 HOURS

The company is committed at MIPCOM 2013 with these new programming hours among which highlight several genres (food, travel, lifestyle, family, home and crime) expanding its catalog. And is that Rive Gauche Television will also present a list of plus 30 additional series hours. Among the new series include “Mountain Movers” (8×60), produced by Good Clean Fun, “The Illegal Eater” (13×30), produced by Farpoint Films, “Who Let The Dogs…read more

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TELEFE INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS INNOVATIONS AT MIPCOM

The distributor of the Argentinean channel will present its latest innovations at the next entertainment content global market meeting, MIPCOM, to be held from Monday, October 7th thru Thursday 10th at the Riviera Sea View Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France. Among the new features of Telefe is ”Aliados”, the teen telenovela which marks the return to television of hallowed Argentinean producer Cris Morena, a pioneer of this fiction genre and producer of…read more

BROADCAST TV

“TU CARA ME SUENA” ENTERTAINS PANAMA

The Spanish format reaps a harvest of success and now is the Panama audience that since September 11, at 20:30 hours enjoy the local version with excellent results, according to network executives. Averaging 14.2 peak rating and a share of 43% TVN presented a fun proposal, fresh and completely different than what is commonly seen on television in this country, channel sources said to TVMAS. Among the judges of the competition are, Wyznick Ortega…read more

APPOINTMENTS

DRAGO BROADCAST SERVICE INCLUDES THREE EXECUTIVES

DISTRIBUTION

ALFRED HABER AGREES TO INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

The company will be the exclusive international distributor for 15 consecutive years, of 71 º delivery of the Annual Golden Globe Awards (1 x 180 ‘) 2014 and of the American Music Awards (1 x 180′) of this year, also for 22 consecutive years. “Alfred Haber and AHDI have shown an incredible commitment on behalf of the Golden Globe Awards and the American Music Awards in the international market. Awards ceremonies continue…read more

BROADCAST TV

“THE AZTECA GOAL IS TO BE THE LARGEST PRODUCER IN LATIN AMERICA,” RICARDO B. SALINAS PLIEGO

INTERVIEWS

RECENT CINEMA SERIES FROM SPAIN WILL BE RETURNING TO MIAMI

Following the tremendous success of the last two editions, which attracted audiences of almost 4,000 each year, the third edition of the Recent Cinema from Spain Series will be returning to Miami, FL to host a four day Spanish film event celebrating the diversity of contemporary Spanish cinema. Held at The Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, the series will showcase six of Spain’s most recognized…read more

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“AN OLIGOPOLY IS THE BRAKE OF OPEN TV IN COLOMBIA” – JULIO ALBERTO CASTAÑEDA, CREATOR AND WRITER

Colombian production is no exception to global impacts. Successes like Pasion de Gavilanes or Amor Sincero factual with some degree of fiction that recreates the history of Colombian singer Marbelle, with the original idea of María Inés Sánchez (Marbelle’s Manager), and the magic pen of Fabiola Carrillo and her team of screenwriters, under the supervision of Monica Agudelo and Fernando Gaitán, found in the life of this artist, a telenovela…read more

FILMS

DRAMAS IN OCTOBER IN SUNDANCE CHANNEL, STARTING WITH “IT FELT LIKE LOVE”

The TV station named after the festival, Sundance Channel, will release on the small screen some of the films participating in the latest edition of…read more

– Search engines play a crucial role as a gateway to illegal content on the Web such as movies and TV series, according to a study made ​​public the Motion Picture Association of America, one of the world’s leading associations.

– Ecuador: The Telecommunications Superintendency (Supertel) reported that at the end of July 2013 there were 849,861 pay TV subscribers in the country. Of this total, 46.84% are satellite TV customers and 44.9% cable TV subscribers.

– FOX Sports will be the exclusive distributor of Bellator in all Latin America. This agreement consolidates Bellator as Mixed Martial Arts category most widely distributed in Latin America.

– Paraguay: The lowest rate in the region in Pay TV: The average basic plan is US$ 24, which represents about 6.1% of the minimum wage. Chile has the basic plan in US$ 35, representing 8.6% of base salary. Uruguay is US$ 37.3, which indicates a percentage of 9.1%. Argentina, the minimum payment is US$ 3.6 and the percentage of salary is 6.6%. These data were developed based on data from local suppliers, this was done with an average in each country. In Paraguay data were taken Tigo, Claro, TuVes and Copaco.