Summary Review: highlights from November 07 – 12

INTERVIEW

“We seek to emphasize our contents in a saturated pay TV offering,” Fidela Navarro, Azteca

Within the framework of the past NextTV Summit held in Mexico City, TVMAS spoke with Fidela Navarro, director of pay TV Azteca, who joined earlier this year the Mexican broadcaster and her charge is responsible for distributing signals broadcast of open TV in pay TV platforms and positioning of the pay channels both nationally and internationally...read more

APPOINTMENTS

Venevisión appoints Juan Carlos Sosa as Executive VP of operations

Under his charge, Sosa will be responsible for the management of production studios located in Medley, Florida and oversee all production operations to optimize the use of resources. Likewise, he will lead the standardization of production processes at different locations that make up the Cisneros Media companies in…read more

INTERVIEW

“Televisa wagers to generate content for the whole family” Rosy Ocampo, producer of Qué Pobres tan Ricos 

Considering the decline of audience that has registered the prime time of El Canal de las Estrellas, the producer stressed to TVMAS the importance to continue betting for contents of family touch. “Currently there is a huge offer of the Networks that are aimed to certain target and its contents to this audience, but Televisa remains a company that wagers to…read more

NEWS

FOX confirms Cumbia Ninja second season

Due to the large acceptance of Cumbia Ninja Latin America, a FOX International Channels Latin America production, the company confirms that a new season will begin filming next year in Colombia and preserve the unique and novel components that…read more

PAY TV

Under the Dome comes to Latin America on TNT

Broadcast in the U.S. on CBS, Under the Dome averaged 14.5 million viewers, according to figures released by Nielsen. Thanks to its enormous success in the U.S. market, it has already been confirmed a second season of the show, the first episode will be scripted by Stephen King himself. TNT has secured the broadcasting rights to…read more

NEWS

VIACOM confirms over 1,200 hours of programming for 2014

Viacom held in Mexico, DF its Upfront 2014, where they introduced the new programming for its 2014 global brands, MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. The company confirmed over 1200 hours of programming combined with…read more

FILM

The International Film Festival of Guanajuato, Mexico, exceeds expectations

The Festival attracted an attendance of 121,354 (one hundred twenty-one thousand three hundred fifty-four) visitors from 30 states of the Mexican Republic and 35 countries, among them the United States, Colombia, France, Germany, England, Palestine and Korea, to name few. These visitors represented an outlay for the tourism sector estimated at…read more

– Tricom Telecommunications Company of the Dominican Republic sold 88% of its shares to Altice Group, Luxembourg-based group that owns telecommunications companies in the region, which has a presence in Israel, Belgium, Portugal and Switzerland.

– Cisneros Group unified its leading brands as a new business model. From now the open TV channel Venevision, the cable signal Venevision Plus, Miss Venezuela Organization and the digital advertising company RedMas are unified to Cisneros Media.

– In Mexico, Moviecity will sponsor two Baja Film Festival awards, in order to support the national and international film industry.

– The Walt Disney Company and Netflix signed an agreement to create exclusive content that will include TV Marvel characters Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage.

– The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of Puerto Rico provided US$ 31.5 million to the company Claro to expand the arrival of fixed broadband service across the country.

– How does the Earth Work, the new series of Discovery HD Theater follows a scientific team led by biologist Liz Bonin and geologist Martin Pepper that shows the planet as a living being. It airs every Saturday at 7 PM.

– The Dog Enchanter launches new schedule on Animal Planet every Saturday at 10 pm from November.

– The History Channel, H2, presents Spirits of history. The hidden secrets of the most prestigious institutions and organizations with evidence of events no matter the passage of time will be revealed in this series. It airs every Sunday at 22:00 hrs.

– Sony Channel presents the premiere episode of the new series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Wednesday November 13 in prime time.