{"id":68945,"date":"2025-03-01T19:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T22:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/?p=68945"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:38:31","slug":"entrevista-hugo-devana-un-creativo-productor-y-director-de-talla-internacional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/2025\/03\/01\/entrevista-hugo-devana-un-creativo-productor-y-director-de-talla-internacional\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW. HUGO DEVANA A creative, producer and director of international stature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68946\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1575\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-scaled.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-215x350.jpg 215w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-768x1248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-945x1536.jpg 945w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FOTO-CON-CAMARA-1260x2048.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Public television in the Dominican Republic competes head-to-head with private channels and the renowned Argentine producer is contributing to the satisfaction of the country&#8217;s audiences, as an advisor on RTVD channel 4 and spoke with TV<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MAS<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>You are based in Miami, but also on the paradisiacal island of the Dominican Republic\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My relationship with the Island began in 2008 when I took charge of the dance reality show,\u00a0<em>QUIEN BAILA MEJOR<\/em>, between Telesistemas (Dominican Republic) and Wapa from Puerto Rico. Then in 2010\u00a0 I did the 2nd season, this time between Telesistemas and Venevisi\u00f3n from Venezuela. The success was enormous, so I was invited to do other shows, including\u00a0<em>\u201cBusc\u00e1ndole un Novio a Mam\u00e1<\/em>\u201d. And since last year I have returned as an advisor to the country&#8217;s official channel. It is an honor to have the opportunity to share my experience in this wonderful country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Were you also in Colombia?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, I was at RCN doing the talk show &#8220;Hablando Claro&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>How is your alliance for some projects with the company of the Venezuelan Daniel Ferrer Cubillas going?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am an independent producer and at this point in my life, I do what I really want to do, with different production companies. &#8220;Dram\u00e1ticas&#8221; was a production of Hispanomedio, it was very gratifying. I returned to one of the countries I love, Venezuela, to do it with great professionals. It took 5 months to make 12 chapters. Today I can say that, thanks to the support received by RTVD channel 4 and its director, Yvan Ruiz, Dominicans and Venezuelans who live in the Dominican Republic will be able to enjoy good programming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>What is local television like and what genres do they focus on?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Television in the Dominican Republic goes through the same problems that happen in other countries. The lack of risk and always doing the same thing has discouraged the public. I&#8217;m not talking about formats, I&#8217;m talking about how to make the formats. A desk and three people saying anything doesn&#8217;t interest anyone. Better content is increasingly needed. You can watch a full season of anything, but if you don&#8217;t get hooked in the first 5 minutes, no one will give you another chance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>As for the open TV newscasts, which are the most watched?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the numbers I get, the most watched newscasts are from Antena Latina, Telesistemas and Colorvision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>What makes the Dominican Republic so attractive for foreign films?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dominican Republic not only has locations to make any type of film, but, with the film law, it has grown as a thriving and important industry. Better films are made with better professionals in the area. Technicians, directors, scriptwriters, producers, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To finish, he closes with a great Argentine actor, Franchela. \u201cIn a dialogue in the film \u2018<em>The Secret in Their Eyes\u2019<\/em>\u00a0it is said that one can change one\u2019s house, one\u2019s country, one\u2019s tastes, one\u2019s sex, one\u2019s religion, one\u2019s God, but one cannot change one\u2019s passion.\u00a0That says it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redacci\u00f3n TVMAS<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public television in the Dominican Republic competes head-to-head with private channels and the renowned Argentine producer is contributing to the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/2025\/03\/01\/entrevista-hugo-devana-un-creativo-productor-y-director-de-talla-internacional\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrevistas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68956,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68945\/revisions\/68956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}