Toronto, Canada – 9 Story Media Group is pleased to announce that it has licensed the hit children’s series Wild Kratts Season 5 to Discovery Kids Latin America. Discovery Kids Latin America, the leading preschool network pan-regionally among kids 4-11 and the #1 pay TV kids network in Brasil, also airs 9 Story’s Nature Cat and Peg + Cat. The fifth season includes 20 episodes, taking the total episode count to 138. Wild Kratts also airs on PBS KIDS in the U.S. and TVO and Knowledge … [Read more...] about 9 Story licenses Wild Kratts to Discovery Kids Latin America
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Innocent Meets Latin America
Innocent is the very first drama that produced for Kanal D’s OTT platform BluTV, by D Productions. 8 episodes long mini drama series is based on Berkun Oya’s theatre play, The Flag. Leading actor Haluk Bilginer, well known by his Hollywood appearances and BBC dramas, is acting a father (Cevdet) who faces a hard choice. Innocent is a crime drama about the extraordinary events surrounding a familiar Turkish family, and it carries a suspenseful pace. Kanal D International is the global … [Read more...] about Innocent Meets Latin America
New crime doc-series launches in Latin America
Cannes – Leading international distribution and media agency Quintus Media has signed a deal with Discovery Channel Latin America for the crime docs-series Behind Bars: The World’s Toughest Prisons. Set for transmission on Investigation Discovery to almost 50 countries in Latin America and Discovery en Español for the Hispanic market in the US, Behind Bars: The World’s Toughest Prisons takes viewers to the world’s most notorious and extraordinary prisons. Produced by German factual specialist … [Read more...] about New crime doc-series launches in Latin America
GMA‘s drama airs in Latin America
GMA drama series Hanggang Makita Kang Muli recently premiered in Peru making it the first Kapuso drama to air in Latin America. Acquired by PanAmericana Television SA, the GMA Afternoon Prime series went well on its pilot week with ratings almost twice of the program it replaced. Meanwhile, GMA Worldwide Inc. (GWI) Vice President Roxanne J. Barcelona is glad to learn about Peru’s warm reception of the program. “We are proud and happy that the canned version of Hanggang Makita Kang … [Read more...] about GMA‘s drama airs in Latin America
SIC TV of Portugal appoints 7A Media
SIC Television has appointed 7A Media as its exclusive distributor for the Spanish speaking Latin American region and the Hispanic market in the United States. The announcement comes just after the close of the NATPE Television convention recently held in Miami. SIC TV has been actively executing an expansion strategy which includes an increase in scripted dramas in order to sell and compete in the international arena. The broadcaster currently produces and airs two daily telenovelas. … [Read more...] about SIC TV of Portugal appoints 7A Media
Keshet broke co-development deal with MEGA
NATPE, Miami - Keshet International (KI) and MEGA have entered a co-development deal to create a new entertainment series. KI and MEGA will co-develop the concept over the next year for initial broadcast in their respective territories and KI will retain worldwide distribution rights to the eventual series. The deal was brokered by KI’s Head of Latin America, Kelly Wright. Juan Ignacio Vicente, Director of Content and International Business, said, "It’s a great honour to have this agreement … [Read more...] about Keshet broke co-development deal with MEGA