Santa Monica– Mexican media and telecommunications corporation Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., announced it will greenlight production of multiple English-language series to fuel its own original content demands as well as those from the growing global on-demand and traditional TV markets. Among the first to utilize the 1991 Mexican-Canadian tax treaty for scripted series – together with Vancouver-based Odyssey Media – Televisa will offer the debut series in this venture, Duality, starring Dougray Scott at MIPCOM.

Duality depicts an elite, top-secret team of State Department, CIA and Mexican intelligence agents within Mexico who wage war against the world’s most dangerous villains operating in Latin America. The series, based on an original story from writer-producer Barry Schkolnick, depicts characters on dangerous missions while battling their own personal demons, maintaining their secret identities and encountering life-threatening conflicts.

 Duality and each series that follows will have globally recognized talent, combining star power from English-speaking markets with Latino superstars. They will attract the acculturated English-speaking U.S. Hispanic viewers highly coveted by U.S. networks.

Mexico is among 53 nations that have signed co-production treaties with the Canadian government. The pacts enable producers and talent from each of the countries to co-finance, develop and appear in film and TV projects that are creatively and economically advantageous for both partners.