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• THE MILESTONE OF ADAPTATIONS THAT THE FORMAT SURPASSED In 2014 AROUND THE WORLD.

• THE NUMBER OF TERRITORIES THAT Junior MasterChef has reached. IT was the top new unscripted series primetime broadcast TV in the US.

MEXICAN PRIME TIME

TERRITORIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE BROADCASTING “MASterChef” RIGHT now.

• “MASTERCHEF” WILL LAUNCH through El Trece CHANNEL from Sunday June 28, at 21:00. Throughout 17 programs, IT will HOST a competition between the 18 best MEXICAN amateur cooks.

PASIONES SECURES LATIN AMERICAN RIGHTS TO CISNEROS TELENOVELAS

ALL3MEDIA TO SHOWCASE NEW FORMAT HITS The distributor´s format business continues to build across Central and Eastern Europe, as new commissions and new titles are announced through its partnership with constructed reality specialists Filmpool. In addition, a slate of shows from producers such as Studio Lambert will be showcased at NATPE in Prague. All3media will also launch local adaptation rights to new constructed reality format “Lawyers & Detectives” (Anwälte und Detektive), as Filmpool goes into production on a new 80 episode series for RTL Germany, following its successful 10 episode pilot.

Pasiones, a 24/7 multicultural and pan-regional TV network dedicated to novelas and drama series, announced a deal with Cisneros Media Distribution for the Pay TV rights in Latin America of a package of seven highly successful telenovelas that includes “Mi Vida Eres Tú” (You Are My Life), “Eva Luna” (Eva Luna), “El Talismán” (The Talisman), and “Amor Comprado” (Love Contract). “Mi Vida Eres Tú” recently premiered on Pasiones Latin America. “Mi Vida Eres Tú” is a dramatic love story that has been the highest rated program in its timeslot in every country it has aired, including the United States, where it beat out its closest competitor by a 75% margin.

‘STILL STANDING’ TRAVELS TO FRANCE France’s Canal+ free-to-air DTT channel D8 has picked up Armoza Format’s hit game show ‘Still Standing’. The season will be produced in partnership with Terminal E Studios, the joint venture between France’s Terminal 9 and Belgium’s Everlasting Group, and is set to air in their daily access prime time slot. The tense game show has also been acquired by an undisclosed party in French-speaking Belgium. This commission follows on from the recent licenses by Mexico’s Azteca and Italy’s Canale 5, and the 4th season commission by Israel’s Channel 10.

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“TELETUBBIES” HEADS TO THE US MARKET WITH NICK JR.

NETFLIX TO LAUNCH IN SPAIN IN OCTOBER 2015 The subscription video-on-demand platform expects to achieve a good business in Spain when it launches in the country in October. According to El Mundo’s interview with Reed Hastings, the platform’s creator and president, the SVOD service will premiere in Spain with a wide offer including national films and series, but without “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black”, due to a pay-TV rights contract with Canal+. Hastings sees piracy as a sign that the population likes to consume online content. “We offer an alternative which is easier and faster than looking for a torrent file,” he added. “We had similar situations in the Netherlands and Canada, where there are high levels of piracy, but in both we’re a successful service”. Regarding content and pricing, not many clues were given during the interview, but Hastings confirmed an initial situation similar to France and Germany, a reduced catalogue and around €8 per month.

DHX Media has signed a significant deal for “Teletubbies” with Nickelodeon picking up US broadcast and on-demand rights to the much-anticipated brand new 60 x 12’ series for its Nick Jr. channel. The series has been commissioned by CBeebies in the UK. Nickelodeon has also taken all 365 classic “Teletubbies” episodes from the original series for Noggin, its new mobile subscription service for preschoolers.

The show was re-imagined for a new generation in 60 brand new episodes for 2016. “Teletubbies” first launched in 1997 and became one of the most successful global children’s brands of all time. It has reached over one billion children to date and the original episodes have aired in over 120 territories in 45 different languages. It was the very first western pre-school property to air on China’s CCTV reaching an audience of 300 million children.

BEYOND LAUNCHES CESAR DIAZ, NEW SECOND SERIES OF POWER SALES “LOVE IT OR LIST CONSULTANT IT” IN UK PROSIEBENSAT.1 OPENS CALL FOR SCRIPTED CO-PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENTES ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland did an open call to submit proposals for the development of International co-production of scripted series. Writers, showrunners and production companies were invited to present early stage concepts for fresh and compelling TV series with a broad and entertaining, cinematic appeal. In particular, the broadcaster is scouting for episodic, returning prime time series, procedurals as crime, medical, romantic comedies, etc. All entries should present a strong potential for the international market.

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Beyond Distribution announced that a second series of “Love It or List” UK has been commissioned

by Channel 4 in the UK. The first series, produced by Raise the Roof Productions and hosted by UK property icons Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, has been hugely successful. Since its premiere in April it has attracted an average of 2.3 million viewers.

“Love It or List It” UK is a local format of Beyond’s top rating original series, which airs on W Network Canada and HGTV in the US. Beyond has sold the series to over 110 countries worldwide.

The company appointed César Diaz as Power’s new Sales Consultant for Latin America. He takes over from Power’s former consultant, Pepe Echegaray, who retired last month, after working with Power for over 8 years.

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INTERVIEW ENTREVISTA

“CEE is a robust region that encompasses different economic situations” Robyn Hurd, Senior Director International Content Sales, EMEA from A+E Networks; describes the main goals of the company throughout a region with a large number of countries, programming needs and business trends.

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y the end of last year, A+E Networks expanded its London-based international content distribution team, and one of these new members is Robyn Hurd, Senior Director International Content Sales for the EMEA region. The executive has reinforced the catalogue with the launch of A+E Studios in late 2014, where the company is focused to position itself within the scripted series arena, making a lot of noise with the promotion of ´UnREAL´. Señal Internacional interviewed Robyn Hurd to describe this particular context.

Which are your main goals in this new position in A+E Networks?

“As our business continues to grow and flourish in CEE, it was important to bring in another seasoned sales rep to support the region. We’ve recently hired Marica Giessen in that role. We have great relationships with the leading broadcasters across the territory and we’re always looking to expand our client base across the region. A+E Networks has been a leading producer and supplier of acclaimed factual content for decades with globally successful factual franchises. Our focus now is to repeat that success in the scripted space, not just across CEE, but worldwide”.

How would you describe the CEE region in terms of programming needs and trends?

“CEE is a robust region that encompasses a large number of countries in different economic situations, which makes it a great region to work in. Local productions along with big US series are the heart of many CEE schedules at this point in time. The appetite for factual content

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is strong and there seems to be a real divide between channels wanting ´safe´ content and those wanting something a little more edgy. Poland has been a big territory for us this year, we’ve seen huge demand for our TV movies, scripted, long running factual franchises, lifestyle and core history across premium, pay, free and basic”.

Which type of programming or business model is more accurate now in the region?

“Many of the big players out there have historically been tied into large Studio output deals. This type of business model is shrinking somewhat which is creating room in the acquisitions budget for content from other distributors. While big

NATPE NEW SHOWS • “UnREAL”, new scripted series, which stars Shiri Appleby (Girls) and Constance Zimmer (House of Cards). Recently premiered in the US. • “Tiny House Nation”, a lifestyle series that has been a breakout for FYI in the US. It follows renovation experts and hosts, John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin.

• “Dance Moms” as a proven performer across Central and Eastern Europe, new episodes of this evergreen series were set in Pittsburgh’s renowned Abby Lee Dance Company, owned by the famously outspoken Abby Lee Miller. p UnREAL

US series and features still rate well across the region, the opportunities for buyers to diversify their schedule by acquiring from other sources, is resulting in a broader range of product hitting the screens”.

Which will be your next sales and expansion goals? How will NATPE contribute to that?

“I think there’s great potential for us to grow our business in the CEE region.

NATPE is a great opportunity to meet a large number of our clients face to face very quickly. A+E Networks has attended NATPE Europe for many years. It’s an important market for us, and a great opportunity to follow up with CEE clients since meeting at MIPTV. Since launching A+E Studios International last October, our biggest sales priority has been generating buzz around new scripted series, mini-series and movies to clients around the world. We are looking forward to showcasing our new content to our longstanding CEE clients and growing our partnerships within the region”.

Will you be focused on developing the business potential in some particular country or market?

“We are planning to target Russia and CIS as they are currently facing significant challenges, but they are territories where we’re looking to build our client base.

We are also targeting Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Balkans and the Baltics, as it’s really important to continue growing the relationship we already have with these territories and expand our client base”.

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PRODUCTION ENTREVISTA

Love, revenge and redemption in the world of politics

Telefe arrives to NATPE Europe with the launch of “Cannibals”, a new drama-thriller starred

by Natalia Oreiro and directed by the Academy award winner, Juan José Campanella.

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elefe will be at the upcoming Natpe Europe presenting the new fiction starred by Natalia Oreiro, and directed by the Academy award winner, Juan José Campanella: “Cannibals”. Alongside with Oreiro, the cast includes stars as Benjamín Vicuña and Joaquín Furriel.

This new fiction gathers the best talents in each field, not only locally renowned but also with worldwide recognition, to achieve a different and superior series.

This outstanding production for a drama-thriller tells a story of love, revenge and the search for justice in the world of politics, and it constitutes a product with unprecedented image quality in TV, filmed with top-notch cinematographic 4K technology. The use of this technology with Sony F55 cameras and Canon 120 and Fuji 300 lenses of cinema-like quality achieve a product with a unique image on TV. These characteristics plus an excellent technical deployment in different areas 6 · SEÑAL INTERNACIONAL

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such as photography, set design, set decoration, edition and post-production places this new Telefe fiction at the forefront in quality content creation, not only in Argentina but also worldwide.

The music deserves a special mention, because it all belongs to Gustavo Cerati legendary composer and musician, leader of Soda Stereo. Through an agreement with Cerati´s family and his music company, the series will feature the creations of the Argentine artist, thus also presenting an unprecedented musical quality of excellence.

one boy she can remember clearly: Ariel Martínez, the traitor. As a result of the rape, Daniela dies and Ariana gets pregnant.

Martín is a young man who’s beginning to walk the religious path. He protects Ariana and convinces her to go on with her pregnancy. However, after the delivery she can’t stand the idea of raising her child, a constant reminder of the horror she’s been through.

Deeply disturbed, she leaves the baby to Martin and decides to go back to her hometown. Back in Neuquén, she meets Lessin, a man with whom she shares both a dreadful past and her thirst for revenge.

Twenty years later, Ariana returns to Ingeniero Márquez to serve justice.

Her son Diego is already 20 years old and he’s giving his first steps in a local newspaper. The boy is attacked by “Patita” Martínez. The attempt becomes the determining factor that triggers Ariana’s avenging plan. But her bond with Agustín “El Pibe“ Larralde will dangerously divert her from her main purpose.

BUSINESS MODEL Besides, “Cannibals” has entered co-production agreements with Monte Carlo TV from Uruguay and FOX International Channels Latin America.

Based on this agreement, the series airs one day after at midnight by FOX Life. “Cannibals” airs on Telefe Mondays through Thursdays at 11pm and the following day it can be watched at 0:00hs on FOX Life.

“Cannibals” tells the story of Ariana (Natalia Oreiro), a young girl from Neuquén who moves to the province of Buenos Aires with a friend in 1995. They settle down in Ingeniero Márquez. Shortly afterwards, FEATURES they’re raped • Genre: Fiction by a group of • Slot: Four Times A Week – boys, children of Prime Time men in power.

• Episodes: 120 (Estimate) Young boys • Authors: Juan Jose with enough Campanella & Gustavo Belatti resources to • Production And General go unpunished.

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DISTRIBUTION

Xavier Aristimuno

Telemundo adds more international success While the distribution company captivated audiences in France with “La Patrona” and Spain with “Land Of Honor”, new shows are coming to the international arena with a special screening at NATPE Prague.

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elemundo´s “La Patrona”, starring Aracely Arámbula, Jorge Luis Pila and Christian Bach, captivated audiences in France on France O throughout its full broadcast, becoming the network’s most watched non-primetime show.

“We are pleased that France O has garnered such success with ´La Patrona´. The network took a chance on the telenovela genre believing in Telemundo Internacional’s content, and this bet is paying off. With these results, a clear next step for French broadcasters is the acquisition of popular telenovela formats. With local talent and settings, the adaptation of these remarkable stories has a great potential to become favorite among audiences in the country,” states Xavier Aristimuño, SVP of International

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Business Development and Digital Media, Telemundo Internacional.

Produced by Telemundo and filmed by Argos Television, “La Patrona”, which was nominated for the 2014 Non-English Language US Primetime International Emmy Award, tells the story of Gabriela Suarez, the only woman in the San Pedro del Oro mine, whose life takes a turn after she falls for Alejandro Beltran, the eldest son of Antonia Guerra, the most powerful and feared woman of the town. The love that blossoms between them is tormented by ambition.

Gabriela is unjustly locked in a detention center where she is tortured and humiliated. Once she manages to escape, she is presumed dead. Years later she returns, transformed into Veronica Dantes, “The Boss”, who arrives determined to carry out her revenge against those who destroyed her life.

NEW LAUNCHES During NATPE Prague, Telemundo International will host a special screening to show their new shows to the region´s buyers. One of these highlights is “Under The Same Sky”, a telenovela that takes place in the city

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of Los Angeles. Alongside with this title, Telemundo presents “Land Of Honor”, which premiered in Spain on Atresmedia’s Nova channel with a 3.4% share. On the night of its premiere, the title ranked among the top five most watched prime time programes in the country. With an average of 588,000 viewers, the show was the second most watched show on Nova, just after “Les Miserables”, another Telemundo Studios production.

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“EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS” THIRD SEASON DELIVERS A RECORD The premiere of the third season of the TELEMUNDO SUPER SERIES “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) ranked as the highest rated premiere in the network´s history, averaging 2,681,000 total viewers and 1,760,000 adults 18-49, according to Nielsen. The premiere delivered an increase of +14% and +23% among total viewers, and 22% and 27% among adults 18-49, versus seasons one and two respectively. This original production outperformed all Spanish-language networks in total viewers and adults 18-49, and Englishlanguage broadcasters CBS and ABC, across adults 18-49, at 10pm. “El Señor de los Cielos” ranked as the fifth highestrated show in prime time, regardless of language, among adults 18-49. The premiere reached a cumulative audience of 3,346,000 total viewers, including 2,131,000 adults 18-49. /senalint

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THE NAMES

01_ Stephanie Slack (Marvista), Ezequiel Olzanski (Snap), Fernando Szew (Marvista), Alejandro Toro (Caracol TV), Kathleen Rose Perkins, Felipe Boschell (Caracol) y Ariel Tobi (Snap) 02_ Ricardo Costianovsky (Telefilms), Walter Sequeira (Canal 13), Tomás Darcyl (Telefilms), Pedro Lascuraín (Azteca), Alfredo Andreotti y Humberto Delmas (Telefilms) 03_ Chris Philip (Televisa), Brendan Fitzgerald (Pomodoro Stories) y Dave Smith (DPS) 04_ Diana Coifman, Natalia Delmas, Daniel Otaola y Nancy Rolón (TELEFE) 05_ Alex Lagomarsino, Teresa Bosch (MediaBiz), Manuel Martí, Jimena Hernandez y Luciana Egurrola (Pol-Ka) 06_ Dan March y Emilia Nuccio (Dynamic TV) 07_ Julie Agosto (Azteca), Dom Serafini (Video Age), Michelle Wasserman (Shine Endemol), Roberto Romagnoli y Marcel Vinay (Azteca) 08_ Beatriz Cea Esteruelas (ITV INTER MEDYA)

09_ Lia Dolente (TRICON) 10_ Alexandria Fontanez y Mayra Bracer (A+E NETWORKS) 11_ Ricardo Coeto (Trece), Daniel Rodriguez (Endemol Shine Latino) y Rodrigo Fernández Capdevielle (Trece) 12_ Maria Perez y Nadav Palti (Dori) 13_ Ana Epstein y Avi Armoza (Armoza) 14_ Melanie Meurehg (DHX) 15_ Joysette Rivera y Esperanza Garay (Telemundo) 16_Emre Görentas (CALINOS) 17_ Ezequiel Olzanski (SNAP), Yanaice Ojito y Pablo Corona (AMC Networks) 18_Marcello Coltro, Juan Carlos Sosa, Roxanna Castellanos, Jonathan Blum, y Miguel Somoza (CISNEROS) 19_ Iván Sánchez (GLOBAL AGENCY) 20_Patricia Doujotas y Cecilia Presto (Canal 10) junto a Javiera Balmaceda (HBO) 21_ Raul Mendoza, Carmen Pizano, Ernesto Ramirez (AZTECA) 22_ Federico Vargas (9 STORY)

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BUYERS AT NATPE ALBANIA

MIRELA PAMMER GLAVAN Programme Acquisitions ANDREJA SERTIC Ceo

TVKLAN ALBERT DUMANI Head Of Programming & Acquisitions

ARGENTINA SMILEHOOD MEDIA

HRT / CROATIAN TELEVISION DJELO HADZISELIMOVIC Head Of Acquisitions Dept.

RANKA HORVAT Editor-Buyer, Drama Series BRANKA PAPIC Editor Buyer MIRA VOCINKIC Editor Buyer

MEDIA SILVANA D’ANGELO Media Director

HRT/CROATIAN RADIO TELEVISION

AUSTRIA

KIP INTERNATIONAL

VESNA CURO-TOMIC Editor Buyer

GORDAN BOBINAC President & Ceo

TELEKOM AUSTRIA GROUP FRANCETIC NIKOLA Head Of Ws Media & Broadcast

RTL CROATIA DRAGANA KOS Program Aquisitions FILIP ZUNEC Head Of Films And Series

BELARUS THE NATIONAL STATE TELERADIO COMPANY

CZECH REPUBLIC

KIRILL KAZAKOV General Producer HELEN RADEVICH Director Of License Department

AQS

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA ATV- ALTERNATIVNA TELEVIZIJA DRAGANA BANJAC Programme Manager

HAYAT TV SANELA JUNUZOVIC Programme Acquisitions

CZECH TELEVISION / CESKA TELEVIZE

KATALINA SABEVA Managing Director

BTV MEDIA GROUP MIROSLAVA AHCHIEVA Manager ANJELA GEORGIEVA Acquisition Executive

FOX INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS BULGARIA AND BALKANS MARIYANA GROZDEVA Acquisition Coordinator VENCISLAVA KONOVA Acquisitions Coordinator

TV7 ILIYAN STOIMENOV Programming And Acquisitions

CHILE PATRICIO HERNANDEZ Director Ejecutivo JUAN VICENTE Director Of International Content

FTV PRIMA ŠTEPÁN HYKŠ Vod Content Manager ROMAN MRÁZEK Programme Director PAVEL NEMEC Acquisition Producer JAN RUDOVSKY Head Of Acquisition And Business Affairs ADELA VACHALOVA Acquisition Coordinator JANA VONDROUŠOVÁ Development Producer

ONDREJ MICHALEK Acquisitions MARTIN SOUCEK Ceo

NOW PRODUCTIONS GORDON LOVITT Managing Partner, Now Productions

CHINA ANHUI HUAFING MEDIA INVESTMENT SIQI CAO Producer XIAOCAO HE Producer CHAOYANG LI General Manager

DINV FEMALE TELEVISION MEDIA WENBO KONG Vice General Manager And Production Director

SHANGHAI SHENGXING CULTURE COMMUNICATION JIAHONG HE General Manager

TV NOVA / CET 21 ALEXANDRA BEZPALCOVA Manager Of Acquisitions PETRA BOHUSLAVOVA Acquisition Manager IGOR DRAGUZET Program Development Specialist SIMONA GODDARDOVA Director ALEXANDRA RUZEK Programming Director TANJA SPIRANEC Head Of Development And Program Strategy

URANIA EVELINA ZUKALOVA Ceo

VIACOM GLOBAL HUNGARY ANTOANELLA UNGUREANU Acquisitions Manager

WUHAN TV PROGRAM GEWEI LU Programming Department Executive

CROATIA

FRANCE COFITES NELA PAVLOUSKOVA Distribution Sales Executive

CTV

FRANCE FILMS TV

LEON DOMANSKI Director ALEN KALJANAC Mr.

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MILAN FRIDRICH Director Of Program MILENA JARESOVA Acquisitions Executive VACLAV KVASNICKA Head Of Programme Acquisitions DANIEL MACHO Chief Editor MICHAEL MALEK Program Executive JAN MAXA Director Of Program Development ALENA POLEDNÁKOVÁ-BLAHOŠOVÁ Head Of Acquisitions MARIE TOMKOVA Chief Acquistitions Executive

MJOBS.TV

MEGA

LAURENT ZAMECZKOWSKI Ceo

2015

GIORGI GACHECHILADZE General Producer

GEORGIAN PUBLIC BROADCASTER KAKHABER SONISHVILI Deputy General Director

GERMANY MAINSTREAM NETWORKS HOLDING MIRIAM JOHANNA STADTFELD Program Planner / Editor TIM WERNER Ceo

N24 NATALIE PIEPER Editor / Factual Acquisitions & Co-Productions

RTL2 FERNSEHEN

FRANTISEK BOROVSKY Buyer JOSEF HEHEJÍK Chief Financial Officer MARCELA HRDA General Director JAROMIR SOUKUP Chairman Of The Board LUKÁŠ SOUKUP Acquisition Manager

BRANISLAV VOLAK Head Of Acquisitions And Distribution

ANTHEA FILM AGENCY

PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF GEORGIA

BARRANDOV TELEVIZNI STUDIO

BOHEMIA MOTION PICTURES

BULGARIA

GEORGIA

PROROM MEDIA TRADE

MARK DINELEY President, International Sales And Distribution

DZENAN PRIGANICA Programming Manager

LAETITIA GABARET Development Manager JEROME PICHOT Svp Formats, Sales And Acquisitions

ADAM CHUDAREK Acquisition Manager ANDREA METCALFE Coo

BLUE SKY MEDIA

PRODUKCIJA PLUS DOO

FRENCH TV

JOHANNES GOETZ Head Of Sales & Acquisitions

JULIAN KRIETSCH Evp Program Planning

WELTN24 JILL GRAWERT Buyer

WIEDUWILT FILM & TV PRODUCTION STEFAN WIEDUWILT Managing Director

GREECE ANTENNA TV NICK PAWSEY Head Of Acquisitions - Antenna Group

VICTORY ENTERTAINMENT MILTOS KARATZAS Acquisitions Director KONSTANTINOS SAKKARIS President & Managing Director

HONG KONG EASTWEST LICENSE DMITRY POYUROVSKIY Acquisitions&Sales

HUNGARY A COMPANY FILM LICENSING MIHAI MOS Head Of Tv & Vod Sales Central Eastern Europe

BIG TURTLE AGNES BODNAR Managing Director

CLT-UFA MAGYARORSZÁG SZOLGÁLTATÓ ANITA KISS Content Executive ÉVA KOZMA Business Administration Executive

PAPRIKA LATINO STUDIOS AKOS ERDOS Coo JULIA JANCSIK Executive AKOS SIPOS International Executive

PROFOUR MEDIA DISTRIBUTION ANDREW SEBESTYEN Ceo

RTL KLUB TIBOR FORIZS Head Of Content Acquisitions And Scheduling BLANKA POTH Format Manager

SPT - AXN CENTRAL EUROPE ADAM HORVATH Acquisition Manager BALAZS SZABO Senior Acquisition Executive

INDIA VEGA ENTERTAINMENT VIKRAM RAJU SAYYAPARAJU Ceo

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ITALY

ROMANIA

MEDIASET DISTRIBUTION

CONTENT CLOUD.IA

SONIA DANIELI Acquisitions Coordinator ANDREA PIAZZA Drama Acquisitions Executive ZELDA STEWART Head Of Drama Acquisitions

CLAUDIA MADALINA Managing Director

MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ROXANA CHIRITOIU General Director BOGDAN CHIRITOIU Project Manager

LATVIA

PRO TV

MTG TV

SORINA BIG Acquisitions Director

INARA KRAUKLE Acquisitions Manager

RUSSIA

LUXEMBOURG

CREATIVE ARTS MEDIA

CLT-UFA

ALEKSEY KRUZIN Head Of International / New Business

ÉVA KIS-BOCZ Program Director GITKA PAP Co-Ceo

INTRA COMMUNICATIONS

MACEDONIA TRAMISO MARKETING SOLUTION VENETA ARSOVSKA Programing Manager

SONY PICTURES

BORIS DOLINSKII Head Of Acquisitions

MARJOLIJN JANKNEGT - COSIJN Sales

X-MEDIA DIGITAL NATALIA VOEVODINA Acquisitions Manager

NORWAY

SERBIA

BRUNSTADTV INGRID KRISTOFFERSEN Project Manager TOVE REBEKKA NILSEN Project Manager

DEXIN FILM DANICA PETKOVIC General Manager LJUPKA TRIFUNOVIC Program Manager

POLAND

DI&MA VISION

FILM MEDIA JACEK SAMOJLOWICZ Ceo / International Acquisitions

KATARINA NIKETIC Translation Department Coordinator MIRKO VOJINOVIC General Manager

NIRA

GRUPA ONET.PL ZUZANNA PAWŁOWSKA Content Aquisition Manager JUSTYNA TROSZCZYNSKA Sr. Content Acquisitions Manager

LJUBICA SMILJANIC Acquisition Manager IGOR STOJANOVIC Financial Organizator

PRAVA I PREVODI

KINO SWIAT

JOVAN MILENKOVIC President Of The Board

MARTA NOWAKOWSKA Tv& Vod Licenses

RTV RADIO TELEVIZIJA VOJVODINE

MIRAMEY

JOVICA TOJAGIC Film Programme Manager

DARIUSZ ZAWISLAK Sr.Vp Tv/Vod Licensing

RTV VOJVODINE

POLSAT TELEVISION

RASTISLAV DURMAN Head Of Programme Development Dept.

PIOTR FAJKS Chief Of Tv4/Tv6 Channels

SYNTHESIS MEDIA POLA HEMPOWICZ Business Development Director

TELEWIZJA POLSAT JAKUB JÓZEFOWICZ Programme Acquisition Manager Tv4 & Tv6

ELZBIETA DUDELO Film Acquisition Senior Executive LUKASZ KLUSKIEWICZ Head Of Film Editors

TVN PIOTR POSPIECH Junior Acquisitions Executive KATARZYNA ZALIBOWSKA Program Acquisition Executive ANNA BORYS Acquisition Manager BORYS SŁAWIK Online Acquisition Executive

PETER CHALUPA Head Of Acquisitions ELZA STRAPKOVA Acquisition Manager

K7 MEDIA

NATASHA ALLEN Acquisitions Manager KATRINA IVANOVA Acquisitions Manager ILZE KORJUSA Vp Of Acquisitions - Cee & Africa

NBCUNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL ELIZABETH SQUIRES Director Of Acquisitions

PROGRAMS4MEDIA LIMITED TRACY VAUGHAN Director

SMALL WORLD LUCI BURNLEY Senior Vp, Formats

TCB MEDIA RIGHTS ILZE IESALNIECE Sales And Acquisitions Manager

TVF INTERNATIONAL HARRIET ARMSTON-CLARKE Programming & Acquisitions

VOICE AND SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL NORMAN DAWOOD Ceo Vsi Group

ZODIAK MEDIA NATHAN GIBBS Group Head Of Format Acquisitions

UKRAINE CAT OKSANA BAKUMENKO International Contacts Manager NINA BAREZHKOVA Director

MK-DISTRIBUTION VLADIMIR OSAULENKO Head Of Sales And Acquisition ARTEM ZAPOLSKYI International Sales & Acquisitions

NEW TELEVISION GROUP MEDIA INGA KOLESNYCHENKO Deputy Director General

JORDAN SMITH Director Of Business Development

RIDE TELEVISION NETWORK MICHAEL FLETCHER Chief Executive Officer

RIDE TV NETWORK MICHAEL CLARK Executive VP Corporate Development

SOMOS DISTRIBUTION

TV JOJ

FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA Vice President & Coo

PETER ADAMIK Junior Acquisition Manager EVA DZUROVCINOVA Senior Acquisition Manager ERIKA TOTHOVA Head Of Acquisitions

SPI INTERNATIONAL

SLOVENIA NATASA ARBAJTER Programming Editor

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HELEN COOPER Acquisitions Manager

JSCORP

MARTINA LISKOVA Ceo

PRO PLUS

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ENDEMOL SHINE GROUP

FOXX NEW MEDIA

MICHAELA SABOLCAKOVA Programme Buyer KATARINA SLOVAKOVA Head Of Acquisitions

BARTLOMIEJ GRALEK Programming Manager URSZULA SKASSA Acquisitions Executive

UK

USA

RADIO AND TELEVISION OF SLOVAKIA

TV PULS

RAIMON MASLLORENS Managing Director

SLOVAKIA

MARKIZA-SLOVAKIA

TELEWIZJA POLSKA

BRUTAL MEDIA

MODERN TIMES GROUP

EUGENE MIRNYY Head Of Special Projects Department

VGTRK

JUST ENTERTAINMENT

IGNACIO MONTANA President

RUSSIAN REPORT TV AGENCY

SALIKHAT MAGADOVA Executive Director

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“Our content is good because we produce to program” Turkish content is at its peak, and it’s very appealing because it has a very good rhythm and color”.

FOX International Channels’ VP Regional Sales analyzes the main strengths and news regarding the brand, which is now offering a versatile catalogue with Turkish telenovelas and renowned original productions.

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n 2015 FOX International Channels Content Sales has strengthen its brand with a diverse and versatile catalogue which includes Turkish telenovelas and renowned original productions.

Señal Internacional talked to VP Regional Sales Sebastian Snaider, who analyzed this new environment.

How do you evaluate the current positioning of the company?

“We had a very good beginning of the year because we’ve met some clients’ needs with our own strategy. At LA Screenings we offered very good content and we increased the amount of titles.

Many of our clients are seeking for Turkish telenovelas, and through our global area, we have four titles that are leaders in Turkey’s primetime: ‘That’s My Life’, ‘Cherry Season’, ‘In Love Again’ and ‘My Husband’s Family’. And it’s not that common to have a need on one side and, from our side, to have such a good content like that. Undoubtedly,

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How do international contents strengthen the catalogue? “‘The Walking Dead’ has always helped us.

It is breaking records year after year and it works so well that it’s still a hit on our catalogue. We’ve also added ‘Wayward Pines’, which we premiered in May and, so far, many clients are interested in it.

We’ve also presented ‘Outcast’, which has generated a lot of expectation to see how it’s going to work out. We have many friends in the industry and the clients trust our contents. ‘Outcast’ is a series by ‘The Walking Dead’ creator Robert Kirkman, so it’s a guaranteed success”.

Why do series have such a great performance in Latin America?

“Series in all genres are very appealing right now. This year we have also added ‘Sitiados’, which is a 9 episodes series played by Benjamín Vicuña, Andrés Parra and Marimar Vega, three amazing stars. It’s a Premium show, strong and dynamic, and everyone will be talking about it because of its format, quality and unique production. We’ve never done something like that before”.

not only for free-to-air but also for OTT platforms. And, of course, documentaries with the signature of Nat Geo. We are lucky to have the unique production of ‘Killing Jesus’, which is working very well for us; we sold it to our main regional clients and the results were fantastic”.

Why is still important to bet on local productions?

“It’s important because they give the local flavor and idiosyncrasy. ‘Cumbia Ninja’ is the perfect example: it’s an out of the ordinary show that represents the audience’s need for watching a different and localized product. We have premiered the second season and the third one will be launched in October.

People like to watch international series but also local productions”.

Does the FOX brand work as a quality guarantee?

“FIC’s brand is the key. It makes sense for us to say that our content is good because we produce to program. So, if we want the best content to be in FOX, then what we sell is actually the best”.

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Which other genres are highlights in FIC’s catalogue?

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