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ECCHO RIGHTS IS BACK MORE ROBUST AND DIVERSIFIED Barbora Suster, Sales Director, Latin America and Spain at Eccho Rights _22

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KDI BRINGS REASONS TO SMILE

Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director, Kanal D International _26

ADAPTING TO THE DIGITAL FUTURE

Müge Akar, Sales Deputy Manager for Europe, Asia, CIS at ATV Distribution _38

“NOW, MORE THAN EVER, CONTENT IS KING” Sandra Smester, General Director of Content at TV Azteca _66

STAR MEDIA BURSTS INTO OTT MARKET WITH LAVA

Sergey Kupreev, CBDO of Star Media _70

50 YEARS OF BIG CONTENT FOR LITTLE VIEWERS

Pam Westman, President of Nelvana _72

DORI MEDIA BETS ON GLOBAL PROJECTS

Joshua Mintz, Chief Content Officer at Dori Media _76

RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY

Julia Matyash, Director of Russia TV and Radio (Sovtelexport) _78

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INTERVIEW MISTCO TURNS BACK THE CLOCK

Ayşegül Tuzun, Managing Director at Mistco _36

A PREMIUM ANSWER TO A GROWING DEMAND Janel Downing, VP of Sales, Latin America at All3Media International _60

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GLOBAL AGENCY_/18 EVERY REASON TO CELEBRATE INTER MEDYA_/42 SETTING NEW TRENDS FOR TURKISH CONTENT ORF-ENTERPRISES_/62 ORF GOES BACK TO CANNES

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It’s happening. #StarPlusLA has arrived. Subscribe now.”

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STREAMING

STAR+ LAUNCHES IN LATIN AMERICA The Walt Disney Company’s new OTT service arrived in the region on August 31, offering a unique content catalog curated specifically for Latin audiences as a complement to Disney+.

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ollowing a successful launch for Disney+ in November of last year, The Walt Disney Company Latin America launched its new OTT platform, Star+, on August 31 across Latin America. The platform arrived in the region with a unique strategy, designed specifically to suit Latin audiences’ demands and needs.

“The strategy in LatAm has a different approach”, explained Natalia Scalia, SVP, Head of Direct-to-Consumer, The Walt Disney Company Latin America, in a press conference in which ttv participated. “While in many countries it’s offered as another element within Disney+, with a more limited content offer; in Latin America we have different things”.

The first item in which the strategy for Latin America differs from the one used in other territories is in the Star+ offer, which, unlike Disney+, is aimed at a more adult audience and has a strong sports component.

“Disney+ came to this region very strong, with a clear space and a presence in homes, especially with content aimed at kids and family. The brands that make up Disney+ have that affinity with that audience and we believe that its positioning is so strong that we want to maintain it,” the executive summarized.

“So when it comes to Star+, the decision to present it as an independent product is because of how complementary it is for Disney+ and its focus on a more adult audience is understood. We want to be a benchmark for adult entertainment content, generating a specific personality and a clear value for that audience,” she added.

“Also, something that did not happen in the rest of the world, but does happen in Lat-

in America with Star+ is the possibility of integrating sports content with ESPN,” she stressed. This is the first time in Latin America that ESPN will be able to be accessed through streaming, independently of pay TV, offering multiple competitions and shows produced in Argentina.

“Thus, we found a very powerful possibility of having an individual, vertical offer that stands in a unique place in the streaming universe in the region, giving consumers the possibility to combine the two platforms at a preferential price.”

The subscription to Star+ has a cost of around US$ 10 in Latin America, varying according to the local currency of each country, and it can be acquired independently or in a “Combo” format together with Disney+ at a more affordable price.

In addition to ESPN’s extensive live sports offering, Star+ offers the full catalog of 20th Television animated comedies and exclusive Star international original productions, plus 66 Latin American original productions, including ‘No fue mi culpa’ and ‘Terapia alternativa’.

“The expectations for the region are great.

We look at the business as a whole, we are going to measure how we reach subscribers through the three options we have available: Disney+, Star+ and the Combo+. Expectations are high, the region is important and we expect great results,” she concluded.

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subscribers were reached

by Disney+, almost double the number from a year ago.

And if when adding Hulu and ESPN+, Disney already has 174 million OTT subscribers.

+1 billion

dollars is how much Pluto TV will reach in ad revenue this year, as announced by Bob Bakish, CEO of ViacomCBS.

67 million

people are subscribed to HBO Max, according to data presented during WarnerMedia’s Q2 2021 financial results.

STREAMING

AMAZON ANNOUNCES PREMIERE OF ‘MARADONA: BLESSED DREAM’ AMAZON PRIME VIDEO announced the release date of its original series ‘Maradona: Blessed Dream.’ The biopic, which will show the legendary soccer player’s triumphs and challenges, will premiere on October 29, 2021 in weekly episodes, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories. Produced by BTF Media, in co-production with Dhana Media and Latin We, the biographical series was filmed in locations in Argentina, Spain, Italy, Uruguay and Mexico, and features 10 one-hour episodes, which capture key moments in Maradona’s life and career.

The series is led by Alejandro Aimetta as showrunner and director of the episodes recorded in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay, who is also one of the series’ writers along with Guillermo Salmerón (‘El marginal’) and Silvina Olschansky (‘El marginal’).

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is how many OTT platforms are now in Latin America, according to the new edition of the 2021 Pay TV and OTTs Map, presented by BB.

18 million

OTT subscribers were registered by Discovery through services such as Discovery+, GolfTV or Food Network Kitchen, according to the presentation of the company’s financial results.

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of dollars will be spent on content by OTT platforms, according to a report by Purley Streamonomics, with Disney as the world’s largest investor with more than $30 billion spent on content in 2020.

STREAMING

HBO MAX ARRIVES IN SPAIN ON OCTOBER 26 HBO MAX is launching in Europe on October 26. Spain, Andorra, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will be the first six European countries where the new streaming service will be available.

They will join the US, where HBO Max celebrated its first anniversary last May, and the 39 Latin American and Caribbean territories where it was launched in June as the first expansion outside the US. In 2022, HBO Max will add 14 additional territories as part of its global phased launch: BosniaHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. And launches in other territories are already being planned for next year as well. HBO Max will be available to new customers in addition to existing HBO Spain, HBO Nordic, HBO Portugal and HBO Go subscribers (billed directly or through distribution partners).

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WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE MIPCOM 2021 PHYSICAL EDITION THE NEW AND LONG-AWAITED FACE-TO-FACE EDITION in Cannes will feature MipJunior taking place alongside Mipcom (between October 11 and 14) and not on the weekend prior, as is customary and was initially announced. Registration will be the same for both events. In addition, it was decided to do without the P-1 floor (called by many “the bunker”) to move the bulk of the fair to the Riviera Hall 7 and higher floors, which have more ventilated and open-air spaces. The Riviera 8 Hall will also host the opening party, the Women in Global Entertainment Lunch and different conferences and networking events. All this, in addition to the Digital Mipcom platform, which will be a complement to the event. Regarding security measures, a valid Health Pass will be mandatory as proof of having the complete vaccination schedule, a negative test or immunity after having had the disease. At the moment the vaccines accepted by the European Medicines Agency are BioNTech and Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen Pharmaceutica SA.

MARKET WATCH AT&T COMPLETES DIRECTV SEPARATION The pay TV operator will now operate as a separate company and will be controlled by investment fund TPG. CNN CONFIRMS LAUNCH OF ITS OTT PLATFORM CNN+ The service will arrive in the US during the first quarter of 2022 and then it will expand throughout the rest of the world.

TV FRANCE INTERNATIONAL MERGES WITH UNIFRANCE France’s television umbrella joins the film umbrella, creating an audiovisual giant that will operate under the UniFrance brand.

SONY ACQUIRES CRUNCHYROLL AND PLANS TO MERGE IT WITH FUNIMATION Sony completed the acquisition of the OTT platform specialized in anime for US $ 1.2 billion.

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DISNEY AGREES WITH STARZPLAY IN BRAZIL TO USE THE STAR BRAND Disney agreed to pay Starzplay 50 million reais (US$ 9.5 million) to dismiss the legal actions against it.

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WARNERMEDIA REACHED FIRST 100 CLIENTS FOR TARGETINGNOW The television advertising solution that uses technology and big data is already used by more than 100 advertisers in more than 400 campaigns.

STREAMING UNIVISION LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL STREAMING PLATFORM UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS announced its plans for a comprehensive international streaming service that will include a free option with advertising and a premium subscription, which will launch in the US and Latin America in 2022. The two-tier streaming service proposes a product that stands out from the rest, a huge variety of content, an extensive video library and more original productions in Spanish than all other streaming services.

The service will promote full access to Televisa’s extensive video content library and its legendary intellectual property, as well as ambitious programming and new original productions by prominent creators from the Spanish-speaking world.

The best of the existing PrendeTV, VIX and Univision NOW services will be unified and will become an international service and brand. The brand, price and specific launch date for the service will be announced following the merger of Televisa and Univision this year.

Pierluigi Gazzolo,

President and Executive Director of Transformation at Univision

Romina Rosado,

EVP and General Manager of Streaming Hispano by NBCUniversal Telemundo

STREAMING NBCUNIVERSAL LAUNCHES HISPANIC STREAMING DIVISION NBCUNIVERSAL TELEMUNDO ENTERPRISES announced the creation of the new Streaming Hispano business division, dedicated exclusively to driving the growth of Latinos at Peacock and across all Telemundo and NBCUniversal streaming platforms. The division will be in charge of immediately developing a robust content catalog that includes more than 50 projects, set to premiere in 2022. The company has appointed Romina Rosado as executive VP and general manager of Streaming Hispano to lead the new division, reporting directly to Beau Ferrari, Chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. In her new role, Rosado will lead company-wide efforts and collaborate with Peacock’s leadership in developing the service’s Latino content to effectively reach and connect with this growing demographic. She will also collaborate with the newly created Telemundo Streaming Studios, the first Hispanic media studio dedicated exclusively to serving growing Latino streaming audiences.

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YOUTUBE REACHES 50 MILLION PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS LYOR COHEN, GLOBAL HEAD OF MUSIC, revealed that Google’s platform reached 50 million subscribers in its YouTube Premium and YouTube Music services. “Today I am pleased to announce another milestone in our subscription business: YouTube has surpassed 50 million Music and Premium subscribers, including trial users, and is the fastest growing music subscription service in existence (MiDIA)” said the executive. The total of 50 million users subscribed to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium means an increase from 30 million in December 2020. “The unique offerings of YouTube Music and Premium are resonating in both established and emerging music markets. We are seeing impressive growth in countries like Korea, India, Japan, Russia and Brazil, where music is one of the main passions”. YouTube Music costs US$ 9.99 per month and allows users to listen to and download music ad-free, while YouTube Premium costs an additional US$ 2 and extends ad-free and download capabilities to all YouTube videos.

GLOBAL AGENCY

EVERY REASON TO CELEBRATE Global Agency, one of the world’s leading TV content distributors and an integral part of the Turkish content expansion during the last decade, is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2021. Join us as we go over the company’s milestones during its fantastic run of quality, creativity and success.

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he story of how Turkish content has conquered the world cannot be told without casting Global Agency in a protagonist role. The company founded by Izzet Pinto started small, with just one single format in its catalogue, but grew to become a household name in the industry, thanks to the quality of the content that it distributes, with powerful dramas and fantastic and original formats, and their amazing marketing creativity, always in display at Mipcom.

That list can be expanded further with other dramas, and it grows exponentially once we add Global penchant for innovative and popular formats, like ‘Shopping Monsters’, ‘Keep Your Light Shining’ and ‘The Remix’.

Izzet Pinto, CEO of Global Agency, with the actress Cansu Dere, from ‘Mother’.

In 2021, Global Agency celebrates its 15th anniversary, which provides us with a great excuse to review the milestones that have made Pinto’s company such an important part of the Turkish success during the last decade.

As the distributor highlighted during the press release commemorating its anniversary, Global offers today a “broad portfolio of powerful dramas and innovative formats that continue to capture the imagination of audiences worldwide,” but all started in 2006 with just one format, ‘Perfect Bride’.

Fast forward to 2021, and the company’s catalogue has grown to encompass more than 150 projects, including some of the more successful shows of the Turkish dramas “boom” around the world, like ‘1001 Nights’, ‘Magnificent Century’, ‘Broken Pieces’ and ‘Mother’.

In a unique trait for a distributor, some of those are original creations of Pinto’s, like the aforementioned ‘Keep Your Light Shining’ or the most recent ‘Good Singers’.

As the company details, Global Agency has so far represented more than 20 domestic and foreign TV channels and more than 90 production companies, making sales to a total of 136 countries.

“Over 100,000 hours of serials have been sold in the last 10 years,” points out the distributor, adding that it has signed “more than 2,500 license agreements over the last 15 years, with more than 1,500 in the last 5 years alone.”

“Global Agency has also delivered more than 5,000 hours of premium content, while developing a strong marketing presence in the industry. With its powerful programs, trendsetting formats and innovative strategies, Global Agency is well placed to keep providing ‘Content that Creates Buzz’”.

Awards and accolades have followed Global Agency’s efforts, both for its dramas, like ‘Broken Pieces’ winning the Export Success Award from TET (Turkish Electro Technology Exporters’ Association) in 2017, and for Izzet Pinto himself, who received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the TOA Awards 2019, one of America’s most prestigious award ceremonies, for his contributions to Turkey’s cultural promotion and his role in bringing Turkish series to the world.

With 15 years under its belt, the company raises its glass to everyone that made this success possible, including its customers and partners, while looking ahead to a bright future.

Izzet Pinto,

Founder & CEO of Global Agency

Since its foundation, Global Agency has always been a huge presence at Mipcom.

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“It’s been an amazing journey and we want to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of our customers and partners who have joined us on this adventure.”

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GLOBAL AGENCY MAGNIFICENT RISE FOR THE COMPANY

PERFECT BRIDE THE FIRST CONTENT Global Agency was established with a single project in its catalogue: the wedding format ‘Perfect Bride’.

The distributor introduced itself to the industry through its participation in that year’s Mipcom.

With another title destined to be an international hit, ‘Magnificent Century’, Global Agency expanded even further.

The show has been broadcast during prime time in every single one of the many countries that it conquered.

In ‘Magnificent Century’, Suleiman the Magnificent becomes entangled in a power struggle between his love Hürrem and advisor İbrahim that leads to intrigues, plotting and death that will shape the destiny of an empire.

‘Perfect Bride’ introduces 12 young women who want to get married to six young men, but the men bring their mothers along with them.

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1001 NIGHTS THE START OF SERIES’ EXPORTS

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The journey of ‘1001 Nights’ started when it was sold, for the first time, to Bulgaria. The success there led in turn to Global Agency entering the Greek market, and, in a similar way, success in Serbia opened up the market in Croatia. Each country opened the door to another country. The drama was a key player on the Turkish drama “boom”.

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In ‘1001 Nights’, Şehrazat’s boss offers to pay for her son’s treatment for leukemia if she spends the night with him and when that evolves into love they face a struggle to banish the secret of that night.

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SHOPPING MONSTERS IS BIG IN WESTERN EUROPE The format ‘Shopping Monsters’ made a significant impact in Europe. It was first sold to Germany and, after its success there, it was also broadcast in France.

Local versions have been produced in more than 20 countries. It is still on air after 2.000 episodes in Germany and 1.800 episodes in France.

‘Shopping Monsters’ is a day time show that combines elements of competition, gossip, express makeovers and style! Both the glamorous and the tasteless strut their style in this unique competitive makeover format.

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A HOMEBREW SUCCESS Global Agency’s CEO, Izzet Pinto, created the singing format ‘Keep Your Lights Shining’, which in 2014 started to be broadcast

by ProSieben in Germany.

The format travelled to Germany, Georgia, Ukraine, China, Thailand, Angola, Mozambique and Brazil, among others.

DAYDREAMER FLIES INTERNATIONALLY One of the great success of the season in Turkey, ‘Daydreamer’, began to be sold abroad. The show made a great impact, particularly in Italy and Spain.

As it had happened at home, ‘Daydreamer’ broke ratings records in different countries.

‘Keep Your Light Shining’ is a fully interactive talent show that uses dramatic lighting to emphasize the urgency and importance of the singer’s brief chance to impress.

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A fun-loving ‘daydreamer’ sets off on a tumultuous journey of romantic adventure, leaving behind her father’s grocery store to tame the wild heart of a world-famous photographer and teach them both about love.

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BROKEN PIECES BECAMES A PHENOMENON

‘MOTHER’ AND AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY AT THE BEACH

With an amazing story and compelling performances, ‘Broken Pieces’ became a worldwide phenomenon and broke ratings records in the countries where it was broadcast. Today, the show has been sold to more than 70 countries.

Global Agency acquired the international rights for ‘Mother’, the series starring Cansu Dere, one of the most famous Turkish actresses in the world. A big launch event was held in Cannes for the series. The distributor took its customers by car to a helipad and flew them to Monaco’s Nikki Beach.

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FRANCE ACQUIRES ANOTHER ORIGINAL CREATION Global Agency’s new original format ‘Good Singers’ was broadcast

by TF1 in France.

The format, another creation of Izzet Pinto, broke ratings records and became the most watched format of the summer.

In this original and entertaining game show, talented and untalented singers try to impress the celebrity juries before actually singing.

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In ‘Broken Pieces’, two baby girls are swapped at birth and the truth only emerges 15 years later, turning their lives upside down and leading to romance between one of the mothers and the father of the other girl.

The story of ‘Mother’ follows a teacher who helps a 7-year-old child escape suffering at home which echoes her own painful childhood, and seeks to create the mother-daughter relationship she always longed for when they flee to Istanbul.

A message from Global Agency: “All of us in the Global Agency team are delighted to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the company’s foundation. It’s been an amazing journey and we want to offer our heartfelt thanks to all of our customers and partners who have joined us on this adventure. We are so proud of what has been achieved in turning the agency into one of the world’s leading TV content distributors. As we look to the future, we are excited about building on that success together in the years ahead.”

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Barbora Suster, Sales Director, Latin America and Spain at Eccho Rights

ECCHO RIGHTS IS BACK MORE ROBUST AND DIVERSIFIED

By Gonzalo Larrea

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The Swedish distributor has just opened an office in London to add British and European titles to its already robust catalog of Turkish, Korean and Scandinavian series.

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enowned international distributor Eccho Rights will be present in Cannes after the year and a half of the pandemic to participate in this very special edition of Mipcom 2021, which marks the return of major face-to-face events in the audiovisual industry.

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In dialogue with ttv, Barbora Suster, Eccho Rights Sales Director for Spain and Latin America; shared insights about what the company has in store for the event.

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After almost two years, Eccho Rights is finally returning to a face-to-face market, how has this time been for the company? Eccho Rights was obviously affected like everyone else, but the truth is that fortunately in recent months we have grown, we have opened offices in London, we have multiplied our team in Istanbul and we are growing in sales. Mipcom is the first large physical market after a long time and we are looking at it with expectation, but in general we have coped with the pandemic very well and the main and largest clients are recovering, they are looking again, to build budgets, to build new grills. They are leaving behind

the library and titles that they were broadcasting during the pandemic and are slowly returning to normal.

What can you say about the London offices? For what purpose were they created? With the London office we are adding British series to our catalog. My colleagues there have already obtained three titles: one is already in production, another in pre-production and another closed, but still in the project phase. With this, from here to the end of the year we will be able to add three British series and we believe that this is the great future of the company, expanding the catalog of European, short and premium series.

And does Spain, for example, enter into those plans? Yes, obviously the London team’s goal is not only to produce British series, they are also looking at various co-production projects that will be taken to countries where it is logical and natural. Scandinavia is a focus, but Spain is too. And I think that we will continue

“In recent months we have grown, we have opened offices in London, we have multiplied our team in Istanbul and we are growing in sales.”

along that path and be able to announce things shortly. That’s where we are headed: setting up co-productions in all countries, with countries where it is natural.

On the topic of Mipcom, what’s in store for the event? On the one hand, we are taking several titles that are returning with new seasons, such as ‘The Promise’, which returns with its fourth season. Or the second of ‘Legacy’, which is a title that is working very well for us and that right now has sales in all the territories of Central America, Spain and in quite a few territories of Eastern Europe.

Obviously ‘Chrysalis’ is coming back, our pre-summer hit that debuted last season and is doing very well. Its first two episodes in Turkey were number one in its slot, so we are very happy with the results of the series.

We also have more ‘Red Room’, now in its second season. It is a series that’s a little different, it is not a normal telenovela. It deals with a cabinet of psychologists and tells stories of their patients. In Turkey it is one of the titles that works the best right now and it is very popular because its format allows for many cameos by well-known actors. It’s doing very well.

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And will you also be taking premiere titles? Yes, we are premiering ‘One of Us’, a series with a touch of comedy that recently premiered on Sunday nights with great results. We also have ‘Liar’, which is an adaptation of the British series of the same name.

The results of the first episode were very good. It is quite a powerful and very good production. The rest of the premieres will be presented at MipCancun or Natpe Miami.

What can you tell us about these two new series? ‘One of Us’ is broadcast on Sundays and has a comedic touch. It is about a couple who is very much in love. She comes from a very traditional Turkish family and he comes from a mixed Turkish-Irish family. They want to get married, but their families are against it, so they have to run away and find a way to run away from their families and their parents and marry secretly. He even becomes a Muslim in order to get married, and all of these situations are portrayed with a come-

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dic twist. It is a weekly series, prime time.

And then ‘Liar’ tells the same story as its original British version.

And at the European level, what titles will you present? As always, we are strengthening our Scandinavian business. We are going to be presenting ‘Threesome’, a series that was created for Viaplay, that is already closing its first sales in Europe.

Also Korean? For some time, Eccho Rights has added Korean titles to its catalog that we are selling as a format and as a finished product. We have access to the CJ ENM catalog, which is our sister company. Among the new titles that we are going to be presenting in Cannes, we have ‘High Class’, one of CJ’s newest series, which looks very good and has a very high production quality. I think it can work very well even in Europe, where Korean series have not entered Free TV yet.

“Before the end of the year we will be able to add three British series.

We believe that this is the great future of the company.”

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In Latin America, Korean series work for now on small channels or platforms such as AVOD or SVOD. The rights are sold on a non-exclusive basis, however, it is true that new clients and potential clients have been emerging lately, especially after the success of the Korean titles on Netflix. So nowadays you can watch Korean series on HBO Max and other platforms.

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Elisa Aquino, VP Sales and Marketing at Universal Cinergia Dubbing

US UNIVERSAL CINERGIA EXPANDS AND OPENS OFFICES IN LOS ANGELES LILIAM HERNÁNDEZ AND GEMA LÓPEZ, CEO and COO of Universal Cinergia Dubbing (UCD), announced the opening of a sales office in Los Angeles. The division will be led by Elisa Aquino, VP Sales & Marketing at UCD, who recently moved to Los Angeles and will now lead the West Coast sales division, working more closely with studios and production companies there. Elisa began working with UCD in 2016. According to UCD, the company specialized in dubbing has expanded rapidly, adding new studios in some of the international locations where it’s present, such as Mexico and Brazil. There is continuous growth with several projects underway with clients around the world, so having a presence on the west coast is a natural consequence of this.

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APPOINTMENT

THE 8TH EDITION of the signature one-to-one matchmaking market will take place at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun from 16-19 November.

Registered distributors include A2 Distribuidora, AMC Studios, All3Media, Arcana, Art Pictures Distribution, D3 Telefilm, Dick Clark Productions, Enano Maldito, GRB Studios, IMPS, Kuter, RCN Television, Shoreline Entertainment, Stampede Ventures, TMS Entertainment, Trinity Distribution y Produccion and WPT Distribution.

They will be joined by buyers from key international businesses including A+E Networks Latin America, Albavision, Amazon Prime Video, Grupo America, Hemisphere Media Group, ¡HOLA! TV, Imagen Televisión, Movistar Hispam, RCN Televisión, Teledoce, Totalplay, Tubi TV, TV Azteca, TV Globo, Wapa TV PR/Canal 1 Col and Warnermedia.

Bénédicte Touchard de Morant, Director of MIP Cancun, said: “It has never been more critical to reunite and bring the MIP Cancun community back together and we are delighted to host them once again at the unique Moon Palace Resort. We are hugely grateful to all our customers for their support in making this important market happen in person and their willingness to come together in Cancun. We can’t wait to see everyone.”

JEFFREY HIRSCH, President and CEO of Starz, announced the appointment of Superna Kalle as President of International Networks. The executive had been serving since 2018 as Vice President of Starz International Digital Networks, a role from which she promoted the international growth of the OTT platform, Starzplay, now present in 58 countries. “Superna is an incredibly talented and strategic executive who has demonstrated her expertise in helping turn Starz into a premium SVOD service globally,” said Jeffrey Hirsch. “She has done a fantastic job, building an international division from scratch, which now enjoys strategic distribution alliances and international original productions,” he added.

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STARZ NAMES SUPERNA KALLE AS PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS

Superna Kalle,

President of International Networks at Starz

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‘MASTERCHEF’ REACHES 500 SEASONS WORLDWIDE

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BANIJAY ANNOUNCED THAT ITS CULINARY COMPETITION FORMAT, ‘MasterChef’, has surpassed 500 seasons produced since its reboot in 2005, reaching this milestone with the first ‘MasterChef Tamil’, which is currently on the air. The iconic, multi-award winning cooking show created by Franc Roddam has captivated audiences for over 30 years. Named the most successful cooking TV format by Guinness World Records in 2017, there have been 64 local versions to date and more than 10,000 episodes have been broadcast around the world, in addition to 500 seasons. Last year alone, despite filming restrictions, there were 43 productions in 30 markets. The original ‘MasterChef’ series first aired on the BBC in 1990 and ran for 11 years.

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Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director, Kanal D International

KDI BRINGS REASONS TO SMILE

By Luis Cabrera

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our daily lives. And with our strong romantic comedy lineup we are eager to expand our reach worldwide.”

A deep and powerful library allowed Kanal D International to face the difficulties of the last couple of years and, in the process, discover a renewed appetite from audiences for more lighthearted stories, which they answered with titles like ‘Recipe of Love’ and ‘Twist of Fate’.

What is your early evaluation of 2021?

Are library titles still being sought-after at a higher than average rate during the pandemic, as it was the case during 2020? This past year has been a huge challenge for everyone, but as a team we were able see the opportunities quickly and determine our priorities. At the beginning of the pandemic, people could not foresee many aspects, how it would impact traditional broadcasters.

Productions and daily formats were paused, this led broadcasters to lose their advertising revenues and seek changes in their plans. This quickly reflected to their yearly budgets on acquisitions and related expenses such as marketing and localization.

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anal D International (KDI) is arriving in Cannes with some very exciting additions to a deep and attractive catalogue that has conquered audiences all over the world, even during these difficult couple of years.

While Spain keeps expanding as a market for its dramas, both new titles and library ones –without forgetting the case of ‘Alba’, the Spanish adaptation of ‘Fatmagul’, distributed internationally by KDI-, the company is looking for the next big “boom”, setting its aim in creating it in Russia or Asia.

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These goals are powered by some of the most important Turkish dramas in the market, including ‘Hekimoğlu’, the successful adaptation of ‘Dr. House’, and one of the new titles for Mipcom 2021, the still in-production ‘Three Sisters’, to name just a few.

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And at the same time, there’s another genre that has been growing during the past few years: romantic comedies. As a response from the audiences to the hardships of the pandemic, light-hearted series have become more sought-after than before, and KDI has some great titles in their catalogue, like ‘Twist of Fate’, ‘Recipe of Love’ and ‘Love Trap’.

“Brazil has been a territory where Turkish drama had a limited penetration since there is a very strong local production. We are happy to see Globo strongly believe in our content.”

“While strong dramas are still in demand, what I see and experience from our recent sales is that, because of the pandemic, people are shifting towards more optimistic, feel-good stories,” explains Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director, Kanal D International.

“Romantic comedies became the breaking point to the stress we are all experiencing in

In these circumstances, while keeping the expenses under control and maintaining the slots running with good performance, many territories went after strong re-runs.

We have been underlining the strength of our all-time favorites, such as ‘Forbidden Love’, ‘Fatmagul’, and ‘Time Goes By’ for many years; once again, the strength of our library provided us a much wider playground.

What new titles would you be introducing at Mipcom 2021? We added two stress-relievers to our catalogue, ‘Recipe of Love’ and ‘Twist of Fate’, and we will be having a new premium drama by Süreç Film, titled ‘Üç Kız Kardeşler’ (‘Three Sisters’). The new drama will be the adaptation of a novel written by foremost Turkish author İclal Aydın and it is the first of a trilogy series that has broken sales records since the first day it was published, in 2018. The production still going on and we will be sharing the details very soon.

Are you travelling to the event? Do you think digital events are here to stay alongside the returns of some markets? Yes, as KDI we will be attending Mipcom 2021. It has been so long since we have met with our friends and colleagues from the industry and really missed our face-to-face conversations; we are definitely looking forward

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from Asia. We are working heavily on monetizing our content in all windows.

In the past you talked about expanding the penetration in Russia and Asia. What makes these territories/regions more difficult to engage with than LatAm or MENA? Actually, both regions have the same common difficulties. The first one is piracy. It very wide and can’t be controlled.

The second is the power of local productions. Both regions have a great number of producers depending on the traditional audience demand and habits. Our priority is to create an environment where we can introduce our stories and gain the interest of the audiences. We are currently supporting this goal by getting into both territories with VOD and format rights.

What other recent deals would you like to highlight? Cataloged as “The Best Remake in Turkish TV History” by the Turkish audience, ‘Hekimoğlu’ continues its journey. It

“While strong dramas are still in demand, what I see from our recent sales is that, because of the pandemic, people are shifting towards more optimistic, feel-good stories.” to it. During this year we had some online markets, the technology and philosophy is well-established, and works to give the best service possible for the business to stay in touch and on track, but for my experience it won’t be a substitute for in-person markets.

With the increased percentage of vaccinated people, I was optimistic from the fall season, but it seems like the virus is still strong, with different variations and we need to seek ways to protect ourselves by taking all cautions, so travelling long distances is still one of our main concerns.

How important is it for the company to have closed deals for ‘Fatmagul’ and ‘New Life’ with Globo? Brazil has been a territory where Turkish Drama had a limited penetration since there is a very strong local production. We have, in the past, licensed some of our dramas to the mainstream broadcasters and pay TV channels. Globo is the largest media group and we are happy to see them strongly believe in our content.

Broadcast as ‘Ciudad Cruel’, KDI’s premium drama ‘Ruthless City’ has also turned into a phenomenon in Spain. With a 3.4% share and more than 600,000 viewers on average since its premiere and ‘Ruthless City’ also became the most watched series of thematic channels in 2021 and the second most watched Nova series in the historical ranking of Turkish fiction broadcast in Spain since its landing in 2018.

‘Time Goes By’ is on air on Nova at the moment as ‘Mar de amores’. The series is a period drama set in Turkey during the 60’s and 70’s.

It’s a great title in which celebrity names of Turkish dramas nowadays made their debut, like Aras Bulut İynemli, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Nilperi Şahinkaya. Although it’s been a short while since its premiere, the feedback of the audience is positive.

Is there another country or region you see as following a trajectory similar to Spain?

We believe that a similar success will come

“We believe that a similar success [to the one achieved in Spain] will come from Asia. We are heavily working on monetizing our content in all windows.” has been licensed to Afghanistan, India and Uzbekistan in Asia; Kosovo and Romania in CEE; Israel in MENA; and Uruguay in Latin America. In addition, our latest rom-coms, Twist of Fate and Recipe of Love have a huge demand and we will announce the deals in a very short time.

Has the huge success of Kanal D Dramas changed your international distribution strategy at all? Kanal D Drama is a channel reaching pay TV viewers that are demanding more Turkish content. Kanal D Drama was the outcome of our huge library and with this very strong product, we are reaching an additional audience. The strategy is to reach every single viewer possible via direct distribution or through our channel or apps.

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What can you tell us about Spain, with the recent premiere of ‘Time Goes By’? How do you analyze the Spanish market after the last few years of Turkish dramas success there? Back in 2018, KDI sold one of the most successful stories to Spain, ‘Fatmagul’.

Since then, our relations in Spain has grown, licensing more than 12 titles. It has been an amazing experience to see the growth

of Turkish stories that have captivated the Spanish audience, not only in thematic channels but also on main channels. This proves that our well-told stories, extraordinary productions with exquisite locations, look-alike cast and emotional family stories are the base of the success of Turkish productions. We are also extremely excited to present Spanish remake of ‘Fatmagul’, ‘Alba’, to all our international buyers.

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Documentary series are, along with fiction, one of today’s most demanded audiovisual genres thanks to the consolidation of streaming services and new narrative formulas that combine reality with fiction techniques.

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THE NEED FOR REAL STORIES. For Martín Parlato, CEO of Posibl., a production company specializing in social impact documentaries that has placed several titles on Flow such as ‘Libres de trabajo infantil’, ‘The Fighters’, ‘Unlabel’ or ‘Crónicas de a pie’; documentary is a genre “in which we believed in the beginning of the company”. And he added: “We were convinced that the audiences of the future would need a large dose of reality in the content.”

“Reality is so strong and hard that it challenges us all. There is a great n from audiences. Factual is a content that is here to stay and that will be more and more present”, says Parlato.

The themes today are very well defined and could be framed in blocks such as music, politics or sports. A clear example is the process that led Red Creek to produce the documentary series ‘Rompan todo, la historia del rock en América Latina’ for Netflix.

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ven though documentaries are a highly recognized audiovisual genre, the truth is it hasn’t been widely popular among the general population. Because broadcast TV screens have historically been reluctant to give them a preponderant space in their programming grids, and instead premiering them marginal times and days.

But with the arrival and subsequent consolidation of streaming platforms, this content has finally found its place and, above all, its formula with the discovery of episode narration and techniques more linked to fiction.

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Indeed, docuseries are already a new classic in OTT consumption and Latin America is no exception. The genre, in fact, is currently “exploding” in the region and everything indicates that the phenomenon will increase.

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“The documentary genre has gained enormous ground thanks to streaming platforms, because they are very responsible for giving a place to content and a possibility to the public and, in that sense, the need and satisfaction is generated and something that tends to grow”, Luis Ara, founder and director of Trailer Films, responsible for docuseries such as ‘Andes Magicos’ (Netflix), said to ttv.

In the case of Netflix, in the last two years it has released many titles related to sports, music or pop culture, among which are: ‘LA Originals’, ‘Maradona en Sinaloa’, ‘Fangio’, ‘Rompan todo: La historia del rock en América Latina’, ‘Rocanrol Cowboys’, ‘Pele’ o ‘Héroes, silencio y rock and roll’, among others.

Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Video has developed a factual line with athletes and artists as protagonists, such as ‘El corazón de Sergio Ramos’, ‘La leyenda de Sergio Ramos’, ‘El niño de Medellín’ (about the life of the Colombian singer J Balvin) or ‘Chivas, el rebaño sagrado’.

Disney+, in addition, is developing several factual productions for the National Geographic brand, among which are ‘Sobrevolando’, narrated by Fito Páez and Rodrigo Santoro; or the biographical documentary of the Brazilian Mauricio de Souza for the Bios franchise, also from National Geographic; as well as others already in the works such as that of the musicians Luis Alberto Spinetta and Charly García, among others.

“I think that the platforms have given a very big boost to documentaries around the world. A lot of documentary is being produced. It fascinates me that there is support and an audience”, said María del Puy Alvarado, founder of Malvalanda, co-producer of ‘The Mole Agent’ (Netflix), nominated for the Oscar Awards 2021 as Best Documentary.

“I think it is the year of the documentary. The fact that no major productions have been released has allowed the documentary to find its audience. After the pandemic, we found an audience closer to the documentary and if we add to that the platforms that are worldwide, perhaps we will give it its place in the coming years,” she added.

Elena Vilardell, Technical and Executive Secretary - Series Development of the Ibermedia Program, confirms the priority that the genre is gaining: “The documentary is being highly rated by the Ibermedia Program”.

“Netflix called us with the idea of doing something in Spanish. They had been very successful with a documentary series and wanted to make one in Spanish for Argentina or Mexico. We made them a counter offer: why don’t we do something that would be of interest to all of Latin America. It had to be music, sports or politics”, explained Picky Talarico, director of the series.

“When it was released it was number one in all countries in the first weeks. A project in Spanish, from Latin America, made it to the top 15 worldwide,” he added.

An argument that also confirms the good health that the documentary genre is achieving in the region is the one made by Argentine producer Underground, which after its acquisition by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, is developing some 20 Sobrevolando Disney+

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“I think streaming platforms have given a very big boost to documentaries around the world.” original projects, among which are documentaries, such as ‘Baldomir’.

“We have a kind of documentary division that is going to be done with Francisco Pugliese, Sebastián Ortega and myself; under the Telemundo wing. They are documentaries more than anything about

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“Real life is so strong and hard that it challenges us all. There is a great need from audiences.”

“It is a moment that creates great opportunity, because real stories abound and knowing how to tell them well, write them well, is an art.”

characters. The next one is called ‘Baldomir’, and it’s about the boxer Carlos Baldomir”, commented Brian Maya, producer and scriptwriter of the documentary ‘LA Originals’, also from Underground, and released

by Netflix in 2020, being one of the most watched of the platform during April of that year in the US.

In this sense, and confirming this trend, it is worth noting how independent production companies are also beginning to add docuseries to their line up of original developments, in addition to fiction, as is the case with Del Barrio Producciones from Peru or Jaque Content from Argentina.

The Peruvian production company, for example, is developing the documentary ‘Hatum Vilcabamba’, which follows a group of archaeologists to a complex of ruins discovered a couple of years ago in Peru.

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REAL STORIES BUT TOLD AS FICTION. “Investigative documentary series, such as ‘Making a Murderer’, ‘The Keepers’ and all those that came after, what they do is pres-

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Jaque Content, on the other hand, is preparing ‘En nombre del pueblo’, a documentary series on political communication. In addition, the Argentine production company with offices in Mexico is also working on ‘Masa madre’, to be filmed in Europe and Latin America, focused on the relationship between women and gastronomy; and ‘Jaguares de la luz’, on the rescue and preservation of the jaguar, which is being filmed in Mexico and Brazil.

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“To put together a dramatic curve, the key is to have a conflict and to dose the delivery of information as the episodes progress, to reveal it little by little. That allows us to hold the viewer’s attention until the next episode.

I think that is the great discovery in the documentary world”, he added.

Isabel Miquel, producer of Mega Media de Chile, specialized in the creation of documentary fiction, agrees: “The arrival of streaming platforms has allowed the development of a genre where real stories are told, but with dramatic narrative structures that generate the necessary entertainment for have large audiences”.

“It is a moment that opens a great opportunity, because real stories abound and knowing how to tell them well, write them well, is an art,” she added.

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Andrés Reymondes, CEO of Vice Media Group for Latin America and the US Hispanic, added that “if the content is interesting The Mole Agent Netflix

and catches the attention, it does not matter if it is fiction or not.”

Vice, precisely, has been one of the pioneers of docuseries in Latin America with titles such as ‘1994’ or ‘Las tres muertes’ by Marisela Escobedo.

“Luckily there has been a strong evolution in the creation of documentaries; sometimes very repetitive in terms of themes, but there is growth. The good thing is that now there is space to do it”, said the executive.

In addition, Reymondes highlighted not only the demand for factual titles, but also the quality with which they are being produced. “Before on TV, documentaries were at midnight and were about very particular themes, and made with scraps of images that already existed and a voice-over.”

“Now there are people who do incredible things. I think that also speaks well of the audiences. If there are certain algorithms that read and say that this is necessary, it is very good. There are people who never saw documentaries and now they are watching many. Some are more pop, more fun, others with stronger themes”, he completed.

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Ayşegül Tuzun, Managing Director at Mistco

MISTCO TURNS BACK THE CLOCK

During a fantastic year, led by the smashing success of ‘The Innocents’, Mistco brings to Mipcom the new seasons of the best rated shows in Turkey, while adding TRT’s new historical dramas, an enticing proposition coming from a broadcaster well-known for its work on the genre.

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istco knew from the get-go that it had a huge hit on its hand while introducing ‘The Innocents’ to the international market earlier this year.

‘The Innocents’ proved to be everything that was expected and more, becoming a huge success at home and, arguably, the most sought-after Turkish title of the season.

Other returning titles to TRT’s screen, whose series Mistco represents exclusively, are ‘Shadow Team’, ‘An Anatolian Tale’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in Cyprus’. The fact that all these titles, including ‘The Innocents’, are coming back for a second season in the competitive Turkish TV industry speaks volumes of their quality and engagement with the audience.

“We had big expectations for ‘The Innocents’, because it got Turkish audiences glued to the screen from the first episode and it was the highest rated drama of the last season,” explains Ayşegül Tuzun, managing director at Mistco. “We are really satisfied with the sales results of the series.”

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‘The Innocents’ has been sold to 50 countries, including major deals like the one with the VOD platform StarzPlay, for MENA, and the one closed with Antena 3, where the series has become a big hit on the broadcaster’s prime time slot.

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“We are very happy to see that not only our new brand titles, but also our library titles are successful.”

In Latin America, as it’s usually the case when it comes to Turkish content, Chile led the charge becoming the first country to air ‘The Innocents’, with other ten territories -including Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador and many Central American countries- aiming to do the same in 2022.

“The second season has just been premiered in Turkey and it is sitting at number one in all categories on Tuesday evenings, so we have the same expectations for the series this year,” said Tuzun. “And the good thing is that we see commitment from our partners to the title: our Spanish partner already confirmed the acquisition of the second season.

It shows that both the audience and our partners have loyalty to ‘The Innocents’”.

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“‘Shadow Team’ was the number one show in Sunday evenings and it reached more than 15% of the share, which is great for a weekend show,” points out Tuzun. “We will also have the second season of ’An Anatolian Tale’, the rating’s leader on Saturday evenings.”

OLD IS NEW. When it comes to brand new titles, Mistco will be presenting at Mipcom 2021 two historical dramas: ‘Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean’ and ‘The Great Seljuks: The Legend of Alparslan’.

“We will have two brand new historical dramas, thanks to TRT best know-how and dedication to the genre,” details Tuzun. TRT has a lot of history, pun intended, in the genre after producing many successful shows like ‘Resurrection: Ertugrul’ or, to name a more recent example, ‘The Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice’.

This last show paved the way for ‘The Great Seljuks: The Legend of Alparslan’, although in an unusual way, because ‘Alparslan’ is a prequel to ‘Guardians of Justice’. “’Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice’ had a great performance last year, and ‘Alparslan’ is a spinoff from it,” explains Tuzun. “It’s a first in Turkey; normally we see what comes next in the stories, but here we will see what happened before.”

“Is the story of Sultan Alparslan, who opened the door for Turks,” details the executive. “We are very excited about the project, not only because of the opportunity to see Alparslan, story on the screen, but also because we will have Barış Arduç, know from ‘Love for Rent’, and Fahriye Evcen, a well-known star in Turkey, together on screen.”

“Besides the historical narrative, love will be an integral part of this series and Fahriye

Evcen, after a long break, will be on screen in a leading female role and I believe that, like us, our international partners and audiences are excited to see this couple on the screen.”

‘Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean’ won’t lack on star power either, with Engin Altan Düzyatan, from the before mentioned global phenomenon ‘Resurrection: Ertugrul’, and Ulaş Tuna Astepe, known for his role in ‘Lifeline’.

‘MELEK: A MOTHER’S STRUGGLE’ DEBUTS ON PASIONES On September 21, ‘Melek: A Mother’s Struggle’, Mistco’s gripping drama, debuted on the screen of Pasiones, the leading network for telenovelas and drama series in US Hispanic.

As a powerful story, led by a strong female character, ‘Melek’ has been one of Mistco’ most sought-after dramas from the distributor’s vast library. As Mistco’s Ayşegül Tuzun explains, the pandemic brought a huge demand for content that benefited distributors with deep catalogues: “What we see is that there is a good demand for our library titles,” she explains. “‘Melek: A Mother’s Struggle’ was on air in Ecuador and premiered also on Pasiones TV, ‘Hold My Hand’ will be available in the MENA region through a very well-known platform and ‘My Champion’ is on air in Ecuador with good results. ‘My Champion’ also launched recently in North Macedonia and is the number one TV series in its slot.” With productions struggling during 2020, forced into many breaks because of Covid-19 related issues, broadcasters are looking for quality content to feed the hunger of audiences that still spend more hours than usual inside their houses. “We are very happy to see that not only our new brand titles, but also our library titles are successful,” adds Tuzun.

“This series will tell the story of brave and legendary sailors who became conquerors of the sea,” says Mistco’s managing director.

“We have great expectations for the series and we are receiving some interest worldwide.”

Both series premiered recently –‘Barbarossa’ in September, ‘Alparslan’ in October- but Mistco already closed deals for the titles.

Tuzun said they will be announced shortly.

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Müge Akar, Sales Deputy Manager for Europe, Asia, CIS at ATV Distribution

ADAPTING TO THE DIGITAL FUTURE

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With new territories under its belt, including Russia, and a powerful catalogue that combines returning titles –like ‘For My Family’ and ‘The Ottoman’-, with new shows –like ‘Between Us’, ‘Wounded Heart’ and ‘Destan’- ATV Distribution arrives in Cannes with high expectations.

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ew companies faced the trials of the pandemic as well as ATV Distribution, which quickly rose to the challenge by empowering the digital side of its business, both by keeping their clients updated with online presentations of its newest titles and by engaging with the booming trend of digital platforms.

These strategies meant that the Turkish company was able to close new deals for its catalogue, highlighted by titles like ‘Hercai’, ‘The Ottoman’ and ‘My Family’, while also reopening territories in Asia and conquering new ones, like Russia.

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“Honestly speaking, 2020 was a bit slower compared to the previous years, because of

“‘Hercai’ has been a big success story for us and we hope to follow it with our upcoming shows.” the Covid-19 situation, with pauses in the productions and the slowdown of many markets, which was reasonable,” explains Müge Akar, Sales Deputy Manager for Europe, Asia and CIS at ATV Distribution. “In 2021 we see a huge increase, both in new markets and also production-wise; we have a boom in production right now in Turkey, particularly in ATV. We have launched many products and entered new territories as well.

I think the future is bright, and 2021 is a lot better than the previous year.”

With the world starting to resemble the one before the pandemic, ATV will travel to Mipcom 2021 to showcase the new additions to its growing catalogue, with titles like ‘Between Us’ and ‘Wounded Heart’, the historical drama ‘Destan’ and the new seasons of ‘For My Family’ and ‘The Ottoman’.

Even in these challenging times, ATV has been able to enter new territories. Can you share how your business has expanded during the last couple of years? Some new territories came from Asia, like Indone-

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adays not every show lasts more than one season.

Have the pandemic translated in a bigger interest in your library titles? We have closed some deals for our library series. ‘Don’t Leave Me’ travelled to Bulgaria and some other few countries as well. ‘Don’t Leave Me’ also fulfilled a gap in our library, because we didn’t have a day time series before. It’s good for us to offer a more diverse catalogue to our clients.

“Entering Russia was important, because it is a huge and very relevant market. We entered via the digital platforms.” sia and Pakistan. ‘Hercai’ was starting in Indonesia, it meant the return of Turkish dramas series to the country after a very long time, and the series did a great job, as it has done in many other territories. It was a big success for the Indonesian channel and, just right after ‘Hercai’, they also picked up ‘The Ottoman’, our high-budget period drama, which they are airing right now. We believe we reopened up this market and it will probably be followed by many other shows. Pakistan was also kind of new for us. We had previous sales there, back in time, and they have come back as buyers. In that sense, it’s a very similar situation to Indonesia’s. In Pakistan we are working with two different channels there. They have picked up ‘The Ottoman’ and ‘Hercai’. We also entered Africa. We were working there and we have managed to enter in Tanzania, Kenya and many other territories. So far it’s going quite well.

With digital platforms booming, do you expect them to occupy a bigger role in your business in the future? It will be a shifting process for us. In the past, we were

‘Hercai’ has been a highlight during 2020-2021. How many territories have picked up the title? We launched ‘Hercai’ and sold it to Romania, the first country to pick it up. After that started a domino effect all over the world: from Europe to the Balkans, to Asia, to LatAm, to the US and Africa as well. It has been a crazy year for us with ‘Hercai’. We have sold it to more than 70 countries. We have deals almost everywhere and it has been a huge success wherever it has aired; the ratings were always on the top and has been the leading series in every territory it has been broadcasted.

‘Hercai’ has been a big success story for us and we hope to follow it with our upcoming shows.

What about ‘The Ottoman’? ‘The Ottoman’ filled a gap in our catalogue: we didn’t have any period historical dramas, and ‘The Ottoman’ was a big hit and fulfilled that need.

There are countries that are specifically looking for this kind of dramas and now we have the opportunity to offer it to them. We have closed many deals for ‘The Ottoman’, some of them I cannot disclose at the moment. And we are producing season 3 on Turkey, which is incredible, because now-

How are the series faring locally? ‘For My Family’ is the leading prime time series on Saturdays and ‘Wounded Heart’ is the leading prime time series on Mondays. Both are getting very high results and are the number one shows in the most competitive slot. ‘Between Us’ is also getting good ratings. As an adaption, is a new style of series, a bit different from others, but we are also happy with that one too.

What entails adapting a Korean drama for Turkish –and internationally- audiences?

We are using the scripts and the main storyline, but, as you know, Turkish series are longer than any other series, maybe in the whole world, so we are making a very long version of the series, adding up some subplots, new characters... The starting point of the series is the same, but we have to adapt it to the Turkish culture and the Turkish audience.

Are you preparing digital presentations after your experiences during 20202021? During the pandemic we started a series called A-Talks. The first one was made for ‘The Ottoman’, when we were launching the series. That was our first digital presentation. We followed it with another for the series ‘For My Family’, which we did it with Natpe V-Fronts, and that was a huge success. This year we chose to be at Mipcom in person, but we will meet digitally with the clients who cannot travel. We are planning new A-Talks for the upcoming series.

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What about Russia? We have also entered Russia, which is a completely new territory for us. Russia was important, because it is a huge and very relevant market. We entered via the digital platforms. We usually go through the Free TVs, but this time we started working with digital platforms. They are having a big boom in their market and they wanted to offer some new content to their audiences and we were able to sell three titles: ‘For My Family’, ‘Hercai’ and ‘The Ottoman’. I think we will be announcing new sales for Russia in the upcoming days.

working only with Free TVs, and then we added pay TVs. Then came OTTs and now digital platforms are really booming everywhere on the world. I think from now on, in the near future, we will see 60% of Free TV clients and 40% of digital platforms. I believe this will be the case for the next few years.

Our clients will start to change, but we will be supplying Turkish series no matter the platform.

What are your most important tiles for Mipcom 2021? There is ‘For My Family’, which is returning for a second season. We have ‘Wounded Heart’, which started in the summer season, but it was a quite success so we have carried it into the main season and now is the leading series on Monday.

We are very happy with that. We also have ‘Between Us’, an adaptation from Korea that we are going to be presenting at Mipcom.

In October we will have a new period drama, called ‘Destan’. We will using the Turkish title for the series. This will be a big product launch for us because is a big budget series, with the great costumes, great locations and, of course, a great storyline. On top of that, it has the same leading actor from ‘Hercai’, Ebru Şahin.

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Inter Medya

SETTING NEW TRENDS FOR TURKISH CONTENT The evolution of Turkish dramas is at the core of what Inter Medya labels “New Generation Turkish Series”, a slate in its catalogue that includes innovative series, with shorter seasons and narratives that break away from traditional dramas, without losing what make those so appealing.

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nter Medya has always pushed new trends when it came to Turkish content, beyond the huge wave of success of the traditional dramas, that the company was instrumental in helping create as a leading distributor of the genre around the world.

With Turkish feature films, Inter Medya deepened the connection that audiences in different regions have created with the stars of the dramas they loved and now, when the opportunity arouse to engage audiences in a new kind of platform, the digital one, the company rushed forward, even adding the role of producer to its repertoire.

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Without losing momentum on the traditional drama side of the business –‘Bitter Lands’, now on its fourth season, is still one of the strongest titles on the market, ‘The Ambassador’s Daughter’ was licensed to Slovenia and ‘Scorpion’ premiered recently in Romania-, the company led by Can Okan created a new slate inside its catalogue, titling it “New Generation Turkish Series”.

“The traditional Turkish dramas, which usually have a big number of episodes, will always be in the center of our range of products,” explains Can Okan, CEO and founder of Inter Medya. “Following the popularity of streaming platforms, mini-series have been on the rise and we see a great interest from our business partners to these titles as well.”

Under the new label buyers can find innovative Turkish dramas, miniseries with thrilling and action-packed narratives, like Inter Medya’s own ‘Respect’, now in its second season. “‘Respect 2’ has just made its premiere in Turkey and we launched it on Virtual Screenings Worldwide to our international business partners as well,” details Okan. “After the success of its first season we decided to continue it with a second season.”

“We are very excited to see its local and international success. ‘Respect 2’ distinguishes itself with an out-of-box production value, Respect 2 Miniseries

Can Okan,

CEO and founder of Inter Medya “Traditional Turkish dramas will always be at the center of our range of products, [but] following the popularity of streaming platforms, mini-series have been on the rise.” a star-studded cast and gripping storyline.

This successful ‘New Generation Turkish Series’ will be one of the hits of this season,” affirms the executive.

Other titles added to that offering are the science-fiction series ‘Synchronous’ and the second season of ‘Naked’. “‘Naked’ tells the story of a girl who lives with her grandmother and earns her living by escorting,” details Okan. “The first season of ‘Naked’, which has the distinction of being the first series shot with an iPhone, is an ambitious ‘New Generation Turkish Series’, both thematically and technically. It has managed to gain an exclusive audience.”

On the formats side, Inter Medya has allied with Production House to produce the Latin version of the reality show ‘Power of Love’. “It’s a social experiment based on relationships,” explains Okan. “’Power of Love’ is been broadcast in 11 countries at the same time, breaking new ground. The program has a great impact on social media and we are very happy to be a part of this project.”

At Mipcom, the distributor will also be introducing the second season of Tims&B’s ‘Last Summer’, which includes the addition to the cast of the popular actress Birce Akalay, and O3 Medya’s ‘The Trusted’, about a young man that, by a chance encounter while driving a taxi, gets involved with a vicious mafia.

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CISNEROS MEDIA LAUNCHES Jonathan BROADCAST TV Blum, President of NETWORK FOR Cisneros Media TELENOVELAS CISNEROS MEDIA AND HC2 BROADCASTING, owners and operators of the largest group of low-power stations in the US, announced a distribution deal for Novelísima, a platform devoted to telenovelas. It will be available for free in over 70 Hispanic markets in the US via linear TV or online. Viewers can also catch-up on their favorite shows on novelísima.com.

‘A MIRACLE’ REACHES PAY TV ON TNT SERIES

WARNERMEDIA’S PAY TV CHANNEL TNT SERIES premiered the Turkish drama ‘A Miracle’ on September 6.

Distributed by Madd Entertainment, the series thus landed on Latin American pay TV at a pan-regional level. The series stars Taner Ölmez (Ali Vefa), Reha Ö then (Adil), Onur Tuna (Ferman), Sunem Ünsal (Nazli), Hazal Türesan (Beliz), Murat Aygen (Tanju), Bihter Dincel (Selvi), Hayal Köseoglu (Acelya), Merve Bulut (Gülin), Adin Külce (Ali Niño), Berk Toktamisoglu (Ahmet). It was produced by MF Yapim and is based on the Korean series ‘The Young Doctor’, also adapted in the US.

PRODUCTION

TELEVISA STARTS FILMING ‘MI FORTUNA ES AMARTE’ ON LOCATION IN THE SOUTH OF MEXICO CITY, on August 26, Televisa marked the star of filming for ‘Mi fortuna es amarte’ the definitive title of Nicandro Díaz’s new telenovela. The new fiction will premiere on November 8, at 8:30 p.m. on Las Estrellas.

This story, original by Luis Felipe Salamanca, stars Susana González and David Zepeda, who were present at the event, joined by Ximena Córdoba, Carlos de la Mota and Andrés Sebastián.

DISTRIBUTION

GLOBO’S NEW DRAMA, the telenovela ‘A Life Worth Living’ premiered on Poland’s TTV channel on August 16 at 2:35 pm. The Brazilian story, which has been conquering fans in different countries of the world and is titled ‘Paloma’ in Poland, has been chosen to be the first telenovela broadcast by the channel, with great hopes of success in the

genre. Currently also available in Belgium, the drama was the audience leader in its schedule on broadcast TV in Brazil and Uruguay (target demo from 18 to 49 years old), and in Portugal, as well as being one of the most watched programs on pay TV, increased the audience in the schedule by 30% in relation to the previous program.

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Record TV

Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director, Record TV

RECORD TV AND THE ‘GENESIS’ SUCCESS

By Sebastián Amoroso

@sebamoroso

The Brazilian giant continues to expand its successful Biblical productions universe with its new telenovela, one of its most ambitious productions to date, which will make its official debut at Mipcom 2021.

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ne of the most anticipated products in the international market is ‘Genesis’, Record TV’s new super production, which expands the highly demanded universe of biblical dramas created by the Brazilian giant.

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In the following interview with ttv, Delmar Andrade, Director of International Sales at Record TV, shares details about this production made and released during the pandemic, his expectations in terms of international distribution following its presentation at Mipcom 2021, as well as his vision of the television industry in the new normal.

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How has this time been for Record TV? This time has been the most difficult for global TV, but in Brazil the problem is much bigger, because we are a territory with more than 200 million people.

So, although the pandemic really affected us, we had the opportunity to be the first TV in Latin America to premiere a telenovela during the pandemic. We are producing the telenovela ‘Genesis’, which we started exactly in the middle of the pandemic. All Brazilian TV channels are offering older titles.

The production of ‘Genesis’ in this context has not been easy at all… The effort was tremendous. The concern for the cameramen and actors was major. Everything had to be under close supervision. We released ‘Genesis’ with an average of 19 rating points and peaks of 25. It was something incredible for us. Its premiere at the end of January is considered the best in recent years for the channel. Filming was done during the pandemic, then suspended and picked up again. They were suspended many times.

the pandemic we were in Morocco and suddenly we had an order from the Moroccan government to withdraw the production team, canceling all production.

Like other Biblical super productions by Record TV, it was being recorded in Morocco. What happened when production came to a halt? For three months prior to

Production had to be reformulated then…

Yes. Today we are only filming in Brazil, but a large part of our productions were made in Canada, Morocco, the United States and Israel.

In Morocco there were 45 Brazilians who did not have the conditions to return to Brazil because the flights from Casablanca to Brazil were interrupted. We had to have an exclusive plane for our team to return to our country. It was something we could never have imagined.

With ‘Genesis’ we are talking about a story that continues to expand the biblical universe of large-scale, budget-friendly Record TV super productions… To give you an idea of numbers: more than 250 actors, 8,500 extras and 140 stuntmen. About 300 professionals in the production area, in addition to generating about 800 direct jobs.

ginning, in an extremely simple way, so that everyone can understand who Abram or Joseph were; and how the world was disrupted with the introduction of evil. They are things that people often do not access.

We are presenting the world market with a product that, in addition to entertaining and generating empathy, is clearly informing how the Bible works. It is an extremely well made product, without ideology. We do not offer a biased or religious biblical story; it is a true and clear story.

We also created a set in our studios in Brazil with 16 large buildings, with a total of 11,000m2 of built area. ‘Genesis’ is the largest production that Record TV is presenting to the world. Not even ‘Moses and the 10 commandments,’ which was a great production that we filmed in three countries, reaches this new standard.

Delmar Andrade,

International Sales Director, Record TV

So this new one joins a list of how many Biblical productions? We have about 16 Biblical series.

How do you see the television market in this context? The market is exhausted.

There was a small part of our clients who had difficulties and we were extremely supportive. But the reason why we cannot say that 2020 was a tragic year, although it was extremely difficult, has been because of the union of producers and clients, which is the only way we can move forward.

We have had to protect our customers, in the same way that they help us by buying our product. At Record TV we have an extremely broad vision of the market, which is why we are sacrificing at this moment so that the market has a new product, because the market needs to have new products as quickly as possible. Our concern was to have a new telenovela, because everyone was doing reruns.

How is it being presented to the international market? We have been in very direct contact with our clients for more than 15 years. They are all getting information, videos and updates on ‘Genesis’ and, we are preparing a great package to offer the market.

I think it is essential to return to the face-toface events. It is necessary to have physical

“‘Genesis’ is the largest production that Record TV is presenting to the world.” contact with the client. We cannot throw away the last 60 years of the market for a sale of rights by video conference. Tradeshows are necessary. In those events you can connect with people, you receive and offer new ideas. It is extremely important that we bring them back, but for that we need to have safety and health.

a safe harbor where the person can become aware of history and understand that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We work according to the market. The product is supported by advertisers. Initially, the telenovela was designed to have 100 episodes, but 150 are already confirmed to be produced, and we will possibly go up to 180.

We believe that the Mipcom event may be a bit complicated, because we do not know what Europe is going to require for us to travel there. That side of it depends on the governments and that could create some obstacles. Maybe young buyers can get the vaccine in 2022. However, we will be at Mipcom offering our products.

A message for the industry? Everyone knows that we always offer something new.

Sure, we also work with our catalog, but this year is not going to be any different.

We will be one of the few who had the determination to carry a product filmed in a pandemic.

What would you highlight about ‘Genesis’ as a television product? I think ‘Genesis’ offers the international market something that’s never been seen at this level. We are telling the stories in the Bible from the be-

“It is an extremely well made product, without ideology.”

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Record TV’s biblical product has also reached streaming platforms. The digital market is in a phase of amplitude, growing every day. It’s the future, but still the broadcast TV market controls more than twice the market.

But of course, many are exhibiting our products. We have had growth in digital sales.

It is a television product that - in addition to its formal quality - comes at a time where uncertainty would seem to make it necessary... It is the purpose of this production: in addition to entertaining, creating

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SPAIN’S “TURKISH BOOM” IN NUMBERS Consultancy firm Dos30’ presented a report about the growth of Turkish fiction in Spain: between 2018 and 2020, Turkish dramas increased their presence on Spanish TV almost sevenfold.

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n January 2018 and after several years of success in Latin America, Atresmedia’s Nova decided to premiere a Turkish drama for the first time in Spain: ‘Fatmagül’. And the results were unprecedented. With a 4.1% share and 744,000 viewers on average, ‘Fatmagül’ that year became the most watched series in the history of the channel.

Since then, Turkish dramas haven’t stopped growing with multiple premieres on Nova, then Divinity and later on Antena 3 and Telecinco themselves.

But to understand the magnitude of the phenomenon, consultancy firm Dos30’ revealed an investigation on the growth of Turkish fiction in Spain. As per the headline, Turkish dramas went from accounting for 491 hours of programming in 2018 to 3,286 hours in 2020. Almost seven times more.

On Nova, for example, Turkey went from being the third content provider in 2018 to the first and by far in 2021.

Mexico and the US were the great displaced.

Something similar happened on Divinity. From being a marginal content provider in 2018, Turkey is already the second by far in 2021.

Turkish dramas went from accounting for 491 hours of programming in 2018 to 3,286 hours in 2020. Almost seven times more.

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The big difference between the two channels specialized in telenovelas was that while Nova opted for dramas, Divinty did it mostly for romantic comedies. And the results were mixed. Even so, Turkey has managed to displace Spanish and Brazilian content from the Divinity screen and has reduced the number of hours from US content.

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And the phenomenon is now shifting to the main networks from both groups. Once again Atresmedia led the strategy with the premiere of Woman on its screen and, later, with that of My daughter, which is already the most watched Turkish series to date and is also the most watched overall television series of the 2020/21 season.

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ATRESMEDIA SUCCEEDS WITH NEW TURKISH PREMIERES ON ANTENA 3 Antena 3, with ‘Mujer’ (‘Woman’, Calinos), and the response from the audience was overwhelming.

The trend continued with ‘Mi hija’ (‘My Little Girl’, Madd Entertainment), another huge success, and last July Antena 3 premiered two other

Turkish series: on the 4th, ‘Tierra Amarga’ (‘Bitter Lands’, Inter Medya) the first to premiere in the afternoon, and on the 22nd was the debut of ‘Inocentes’ (‘Innocents’, Mistco) in prime time.

And since then, both have consistently led their slots.

Atresmedia backs its bet and says that it is in no case harmful to national production: “Turkish fiction is replacing other people’s production that we had from other countries.

We are replacing British, French or American fiction

with Turkish,” José Antón explained to ttv.

Thus, the group has already announced the fifth Turkish title that will come to Antena 3: ‘Infiel’ (‘A Woman Scorned’), the adaptation of ‘Doctor Foster’, distributed by Madd Entertainment.

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Since ‘Fatmagül’ premiered on Nova in January 2018, Atresmedia not only hasn’t stopped its commitment to Turkish dramas, but rather doubled down. The biggest test was the jump from its feminine thematic channel to its main channel

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Televisa

Rosy Ocampo, Executive Producer and Showrunner at Televisa

TELEVISA AND THE NEW “ANTHOLOGY TELENOVELA”

By Sebastián Amoroso

@sebamoroso

samoroso@todotv.tv

Rosy Ocampo, executive producer at Televisa, spoke to ttv about the great performance of ‘Vencer al pasado’, the third installment of the successful franchise by Las Estrellas which addresses and showcases problems in contemporary society.

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n recent times, Televisa has been betting on creating new telenovela formats, with contemporary characters and themes designed to meet audiences’ demands, in this case, for the Las Estrellas network. The anthology telenovela franchise ‘Vencer’, created by executive producer and showrunner Rosy Ocampo for the network’s prime time, is a clear example of where the Mexican giant is focusing its drama production strategy.

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In a dialogue with ttv, Rosy Ocampo shared details about what it takes to develop this successful francise, as well as Televisa’s commitment to addressing and showcasing the problems that contemporary society is going through .

How has the performance of ‘Vencer el miedo’ been to date? We premiered it on July 12 at 8:30 p.m. and it airs from Monday to Friday. We are seeing excellent numbers, even 15% higher than the previous product that aired at the same time.

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Televisa has always focused on the classic telenovela. How do you define a franchise as ‘Vencer’? ‘Vencer’ is a new, different format. Televisa has always sought to innovate.

The telenovela genre is the most important that is produced within Televisa. We have

been producing it for 60 years and it has always been in evolution. At some point it was thought that it was in disuse, that it was an ancient genre. But, on the contrary, it is a living genre that from the beginning has been transforming according to the needs of the audience.

Melodrama is a mirror in which audiences can see themselves. They identify with the characters and even like them a lot because it is a hopeful vision. For many years we had this type of classic telenovela, with stereotypical characters, very exacerbated performances, always the fight of good against evil, and the search for love as the main goal.

However, this has been transformed.

30 years ago we started producing by subgenres. We had the children’s telenovela, for example, and important actors such as Belinda or Diego Boneta emerged from those telenovelas. Also specific telenovelas for women with new stories. Now we are with a different format.

What are the characteristics of this format?

We have called it an “anthology telenovela”, because it is a format in which each telenovela can have 80-85 episodes. They fall under an umbrella that we have called ‘Vencer’. The first was ‘Vencer el miedo,’ which premiered in 2020, and the second was ‘Vencer el desamor,’ which we had in March of this year. The third installment now is ‘Vencer el pasado’.

The characters are four women, but different from those of the previous installments. Why women? Because we know that the large audience of broadcast TV is female, especially women aged 40-45 who are the ones who pull the community to watch broadcast TV. And that is what we are taking advantage of.

So, they are women of different ages, with very different conflicts and challenges that they have to overcome. For example, in ‘Vencer el desamor’, we talked about situ-

“We have called it an anthology telenovela, because it is a format in which each telenovela can have 80-85 episodes.”

“There is attention to detail put into the script. Various revisions are made, up to six versions of each one.”

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ations that had to do with heartbreak. A young widow, an empty nest, an infidelity and a teenage pregnancy. In the case of ‘Vencer el pasado’, the theme has to do with the digital lynching that is currently very much in force in Mexico.

We are very aware of the issues that afflict our society, with a view to Mexico and the US, because our products are broadcast on both Televisa and Univision. We transform these themes into stories.

In Mexico, violence against women is terrible. Two out of every three women are raped from the age of 15. Physical, sexual violence, excites. And ‘Vencer’ has to do with that. The actor at the end of the episode makes an ep-

The head of writers is Pedro Armando Rodríguez. And in fact it is a rigorous and systematic work, where we choose which problem is to be treated. We partner with foundations that provide us with research tools to create the plots and characters, always trying to make it a very realistic telenovela and that you can see something that can serve you.

In the case of ‘Vencer’, they are telenovelas that take place in the same universe...

They are anthology telenovelas because they happen in the same place, in an urban area, in a neighborhood in Mexico City. And some characters migrate from one telenovela to another and lines intersect. We are now bringing in three characters from previous seasons. It is the same universe so the audience knows the type of story they are going to see. However, the idea is always to surprise them.

We use flashbacks and flashforwards. There is very careful attention to detail put into the script. Various revisions are made, up to six versions of the script. We are very happy because the audience results have been sensational. The telenovela ends in November.

And the choice of the cast? We have a format made in such a way that we have lines for each age. From women that are 50 and up, 40, 30 and the youngest. We choose actresses who have a career that is complemented by young actresses, as well as a great cast. Part of the proposal is that audiences will always see very important actors and actresses, but also newcomers.

They have also developed supplemental content. What is the goal? We have a whole digital line of content, which has to do with the information part, such as sexual prevention methods, for example. We have capsules, blogs and material that is produced simultaneously. We are very satisfied with the results.

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How is the writing team put together to create the stories? An important part of this format has to do with research. For me as a producer, the research part is important.

Our literary team always goes hand in hand with a team of researchers.

ilogue speaking to the camera, and there’s a phone number and a link to a website with important information.

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Barbora Suster,

Sales Director of Eccho Rights for Spain and Latin America

COLOMBIA

CARACOL CELEBRATED THE FINALE OF ‘PEDRO, EL ESCAMOSO’ THE RETURN OF THE SUCCESSFUL CARACOL TELEVISIÓN SERIES ‘Pedro, el escamoso’, ended on Wednesday, August 18 with surprising audience numbers, reaching 39.2% share, and reaching more than 6 million people during its broadcast. Written by Dago García and Luis Felipe Salamanca, and starring Miguel Varoni and Sandra Reyes, the telenovela originally aired between 2001 and 2003. The story features a man who is not your typical conventional heartthrob. He is a seducer who, thanks to his charisma, becomes a key person in the life of every human being who knows him, spreading joy with his smile, his peculiar way of dressing, speaking, dancing and moving.

SPAIN

ECCHO RIGHTS SELLS TURKISH DRAMA ‘LEGACY’ TO SPAIN MEXICO

TV AZTECA RETURNS TO FICTION WITH ‘UN DÍA PARA VIVIR’ ‘UN DÍA PARA VIVIR’ is the first of several projects that TV Azteca has in store for Azteca 7, which according to what they anticipated and marks the beginning of “a new stage in which the channel will bring original series of its own production to its audience, close and empathetic stories for Mexican families”. Produced by Rafael Urióstegui and starring María José Magán, the series will present unitary stories with positive and reflective messages. ‘Un día para vivir’ premiered on September 6 and airs Mondays through Thursdays at 8:30 pm on Azteca 7.

SWEDISH DISTRIBUTOR ECCHO RIGHTS announced the sale of the Turkish drama Legacy to Spain’s Atresmedia. Broadcast by Kanal 7 in Turkey and produced by Karamel Yapim, Legacy is a daily series with 281 45-minute episodes in its first season.

The channel has also just commissioned a second installment, which will premiere in September. “Spain has really embraced Turkish dramas in recent years and Spanish audiences recognize their quality at the level of scripts, performances and production,” said Barbora Suster, Eccho Rights Sales Director for Spain and Latin America.

Distributed by Eccho Rights, the series has already been sold to 10 territories in Central and South America after an agreement signed with Albavision.

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KANAL D DRAMA LAUNCHES STANDALONE OTT PLATFORM THEMA AMÉRICA, a Canal+ group company, announced the launch of Kanal D Drama’s independent streaming SVOD app, dedicated exclusively to Turkish series dubbed into Spanish. Kanal D Drama fans in Latin America, the US and Spain can now subscribe to the new service and enjoy more than 4,000 hours of their favorite Turkish series from a variety of devices without the need for a pay TV

subscription. Patrick Rivet, CEO of Thema America, said: “We are really excited about this new mobile viewing option from the Kanal D Drama brand. The streaming service comes to the Americas in response to the excellent relationship we have built all these years in the region where we already have millions of followers, an audience that recognizes Kanal D Drama as the only destination for the best Turkish releases and dramas.”

Patrick Rivet,

CEO of Thema América

Listings Mipcom 2021

Wounded Heart

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Emre Gorentas, Content Sales Deputy Manager Gozde Dinc Ozcan, Content Sales Specialist Merve Dogan, Content Sales Specialist

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Muge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager

The series is an impressive story of revenge between two families. In the series, everything turns upside down when Ferit (Gökhan Alkan) and Hande (Merve Çağıran) plan a marriage with the support of their families.

When Ferit returns to the farm earlier than he should have been, and sees Hande very intimately with Yaman (Toprak Can Adıgüzel).

Then, he immediately goes to İstanbul and by chance meets up a fierce girl and makes a “proposal” to Ayşe (Yağmur Tanrısevsin). The events revolve around, when they go back to motherlands.

TROUBLE MAKER (Drama - 45’)

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Psychology enthusiast Ipek and and the chief of police Şahin’s paths cross after Ipek’s husband is involved with shady business to be murdered. In the series, a murder subject will be dealt with every week. İpek, who started a job at the Police Department, and Şahin, the chief commissioner of the murder bureau, are two quite opposite characters, and of course their tension proves once again that opposittes do attract each other.

The Cartel The Origin

Liar

CALINOS ENTERTAINMENT

CARACOL TELEVISIÓN

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150 Alhambra Circle, Suite #1250. Miami, FL, 33134, USA +1 305-960-2018 www.caracolinternacional.com

EXECUTIVES

Ismail Dursunov, Deputy General Manager Asli Serim Guliyev, Head of International Sales Duda Rodrigues, International Sales Executive (Latam) Melis Idil, International Sales Director (Mena, Europe, India) Bernadette Delmas, International Sales & Acquisitions Director (Latam) Goryana Vasileva, OTT & Format Sales Manager Ebru Mercan, International Sales Representative (Africa & Baltics)

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WOUNDED HEART (Drama - 45’)

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Jose Luis Gascue, Executive Vice President Head of Worldwide Sales

LAWLESS LOVE (Drama) It’s 1940. A mining town in Zonguldak, the coal city. Everybody in town make their living through the coal mine. The mine belongs to Malik, a rich man in his 50s. In addition to the mine, he also owns most of the agricultural fields in town. This system of exploitation that Malik established made him richer and richer, especially during wartime. The protagonist, Davut, lives a modest life in this town with his two brothers, his 6-year-old sister and his parents. His father Tahir and his brothers Celal and Eyup are miners like him. The mine collapses, and Malik’s actions result in nine deaths. Malik explained the situation to Davut but he doesn’t believe his lies and ends up shooting him. Davut goes to Malik’s mansion and receives an unexpected offer. Malik will not report him in, but in return, he expects Davut to do his dirty work for him. Davut accepts the offer so that he can destroy the corrupt system from within. One day, Gulfem, Malik’s daughter, sees him, and she instantly hates him. Their relationship starts with hate, but it eventually turns into something else.

And they decide to get married.

EXECUTIVES

Paloma Garcia, Sales Director Europe and Africa Jesus Iriepar, Sales Executive for Asia, Europe and Middle East

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Fredrik af Malmborg, General Director Lisa Wegscheider, Sales and Format Sales Coordinator

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Barbora Suster, Executive for Latin America and Iberia

Lisette Osorio, VP of International Sales

THE CARTEL THE ORIGIN (Super series - 60 x 60’) ‘The Cartel, the Origin’, the untold story of the Cali Cartel, a drug empire whose operations reached more than 25 countries, becoming the most powerful cartel in the world. This new super series will feature the events that preceded the successful ‘The Cartel’ and ‘The Cartel 2’, series that traveled around the world, being sold to more than 180 countries. Based on real events, it will preserve throughout every moment the tension and suspense of the events that led its protagonists to become the most sought after men in the world.

BLOOD SISTERS (Super series - 60 x 60’) ‘Las Villamizar’, a historical drama with a taste of suspense and police thrillers, taking place during America´s Independence years. Las Villamizar are 3 aristocratic sisters, who have a double life as spies for the liberation army.

These heroines will face the Spanish army, led by Coronel Montenegro, responsible for the death of their mother 12 years back. The sisters will be trained by their father Gerardo Villamizar, who prepared his daughters Carolina, Leonor and Isabela to avenge his wife, turning them into true spies, capable of using all kinds of weapons, but also experts in manipulating and infiltrating high society.

Throughout this story, the 3 sisters will fulfill missions that will get them closer to their objective, putting their hearts, identities and lives on the line.

LIAR (Drama - 150 x 45’) The most dramatic, tense and thrilling launch of the autumn season in Turkey, Liar is an extraordinary series that grapples with tough issues in an unexpected way, asking difficult moral questions of the viewer as we seek the truth after a first date spirals out of control.

ONE OF US (Drama - 150 x 45’) The next hit romantic drama comedy from the producers of recent ratings sensations New Bride and North Star, ‘One of Us’ is the story of Adam and Havva - a couple deeply in love but faced with tough decisions to make in order to appease their fiercely religious parents...

THREESOME (Drama - 8 x 23’) Threesome is a boundary pushing drama series that has won rave reviews from critics in Sweden. A story of first love, broken dreams, betrayal, self-discovery and sex, the series has been called “Sweden’s best drama of 2021” and will return for a second season next year.

CHRYSALIS (Drama - 163 x 45’) The biggest launch of the 2021 spring season in Turkey, ‘Chrysalis’ is a phenomenal smash hit, returning straight to number one in the ratings upon its second season premiere in September 2021.

Once We Were Six

Three Sisters

GLOBO Avenida Brasil, 1.594, Jardim América 01430-001, São Paulo, Brazil + 55 11 5112- 4559 www.globo.com/screening

EXECUTIVES

Pablo Ghiglione, Sales Director, Latin America Isadora Filpi, Sales Executive, Latin America Marina Melo, Sales Director, North America Paula Ventrum, Sales Executive, North America

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All About Marriage

Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean

KANAL D INTERNATIONAL

MADD ENTERTAİNMENT

DTV Haber Ve Gorsel Yayincilik A.S., Demioren Medya Center 100. Yıl Mah. 2264. Sk. No:1 34204, Bagcilar, Istambúl, Turquía +90 212 413 56 66 sales@kanald.international www.kanald.international Booth: Tresor 2-1804/2-1802

+90 212 273 24 34 info@madd.tv https:// madd.tv

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Özlem Özsümbül, Head of Sales Alaa Elabasy, Senior Sales Manager

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Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director, Kanal D International

TOP EXECUTIVES

Angella Colla, Sales Director

TOP EXECUTIVES Ateş İnce, Managing Director

MISTCO Murat Reis Mh. Yeniocak Sk. No.45 Uskudar 34664 Istanbul, Turkey +90 2166951300 info@mistco.tv www.mistco.tv

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Maria Espino, Sales Manager, LatAm Zeynep Kayrak, Head of Marketing and Sales Support

TOP EXECUTIVES

Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director

Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director

ONCE WE WERE SIX (Telenovela - 50 x 60’) A classic of Brazilian literature, ‘Once We Were Six’ follows the drama and the story of overcoming of the Lemos family. Throughout the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, the matriarch Lola remains strong and full of hope, as she struggles to keep her home united and to care for her children, despite all the obstacles in life.

A MOTHER´S LOVE (Telenovela - 115 x 60’) Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams come true and prepare her son for a life without her presence; Vitória is a successful lawyer who sees the end of her marriage after countless failed attempts to have a baby and decides for adoption, but finds out she is pregnant during the process.

In ‘A Mother’s Love’, the lives of these women are intertwined while they recognize themselves in the unconditional love provided by motherhood.

ALL ABOUT MARRIAGE (Drama - 45’) THREE SISTERS (Premium Drama) Published in 2018 and breaking sales records since the day it was published, İclal Aydın’s book “Three Sisters”, one of the trilogy book series, now brings its story from the pages to the screen. Once upon a time, three sisters lived in a cute house overlooking one of the lovely seas of a very beautiful and mysterious country. The names of these 3 sisters are Türkan, Dönüş and Derya. Together with their father, Sadık , and their mother, Nesrin, they would sit on their laps at night and dream of the wonderful years that awaited them in the future. Maybe the fairy-tale childhood of Türkan, Dönüş and Derya in the pine-scented streets of Ayvalık did not prepare them for the cruelty of the adult world. It is not a story of unhappiness; The story of returning to goodness by remembering the joyful days.

The journey of becoming good…

TWIST OF FATE (Romantic Comedy)

Starring Engin Altan Düzyatan (known from resurrection: Ertugrul) and Ulaş Tuna Astepe (Known from Lifeline) the series tells four brothers born and raised in Lesbos, who rise up against dangers and become conquerors of the seas in the 16th century.

THE GREAT SELJUKS: THE LEGEND OF ALPARSLAN (Historical Drama - 120 x 45’) The series, which will tell the life of Sultan Alparslan, the ruler of the Great Seljuk State, who defeated the Byzantine army in 1071 and opened the gates of Anatolia to the Turks, is a spin off from the Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice.

THE SHADOW TEAM (Drama, Crime - S1 44 x 45’ / S2 – On Air) ‘The Shadow Team’ tells the story, fight, devotion, and sacrifice of ‘seven patriots’ who accept a challenging duty that requires them to leave their own lives behind and become ghosts among crowds for their country and who literally go underground for this purpose.

But there is only one condition for becoming a member of this team: the team members will be officially considered dead from now on and no one, including their loved ones, will know that they are alive.

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What happens when a superstitious beautiful young girl tries to keep her “marriage fraud” to avoid being “happily n’ever after” and has to work with a handsome Alpha-Male boss who has tightly close doors against love? The fate twists and Cupid hits both of them so hard with its arrow!

Çolpan Cevher is a renowned lawyer and has built the family business into Istanbul’s top divorce practice when her oldest daughter Azra suddenly leaves the firm to join a rival.

Stubborn sister Sanem who is also a lawyer remains with her mother, while the little sister Güneş lives her life away from the law.

To complicate the matters more, their father shows up - 25 years after running away with the nanny - to reclaim his share of the family business. Stable life of Azra is shaken when she learns the infidelity of her husband’. who is also a divorce attorney and the couple have three beautiful children together.

Despite all her professional experience, Azra is ill-prepared for her own divorce when she reconnects with an old flame at her new firm.

There is only so much room at the top, and eventually Azra’s new firm sets out to crush her old one. In the midst of a nasty divorce, a reviving love affair, and a bitter business rivalry with her own mother, Azra is pushed to the very limit.

BARBAROSSA: SWORD OF THE MEDITERRANEAN (Historical Drama - 120 x 45’)

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The Yard

Genesis

RECORD TV

Salih Omurtak Sok. No 40 Koşuyolu Kadıköy 00902165451533 00902165451534 ramazan@rayagroup.tv www.rayagroup.tv

1449, Bosque Street, Barra Funda São Paulo/SP, Brasil 01136-001 - São Paulo-SP, Brasil. +55 11 3300-4022 emendes@recordtv.com.br www.recordtvnetwork.com

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TOP EXECUTIVES Nil Pekin, Sales Executive

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La Desalmada

RAYA GROUP

Ramazan Yirmibesoglu, Owner

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Un Día Para Vivir

TELEVISA INTERNACIONAL

TV AZTECA INTERNATIONAL

Av. Chapultepec #28 Cuauhtémoc C.P. 06724 55 5224 - 5000 www.televisainternacional.com

México, CDMX (+5255) 5166 2330 jrico@tvazteca.com.mx www.tvaztecainternacional.com

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Edson Mendes, International Sales Manager

Fernando Muñiz, General Director

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Fernando Muñiz, General Director

Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director

THE YARD (Drama, Crime - 146 x 45’)

GENESIS (Biblical Telenovela - 180 in production x 50’)

LA DESALMADA (Telenovela - 85 x 60’)

Deniz who took the blame for the crime of her daughter Ecem who shot her husband Hakan by whom she was subjected to violence is arrested. In the prison she is squeezed between the leaders of two jail gangs, namely Azra and Kudret. She hopes to be released in a short time. Deniz is accused of killing the warden of the prison and is put on trial for serving a life sentence Kudret who sees Deniz as a threat look for various ways for harming her and prepares a plot. In the meanwhile Ecem the daughter of Deniz get acquainted with Alp, the son of Kudret, at the gate of the prison and they fall in love with each other. Kudret tries to get Ecem murdered by Alp but Ecem gets rid of it. Ecem who confessed that it was her who shot Hakan goes into the jail. On the other hand Kudret tries to get Ecem murdered again, this time in the jail. Ecem is heavily injured and hospitalized. She is released from prison after she gets out of the hospital. She is murdered by Alp the first day that she went home. After the killing of her daughter, Deniz stabs Kudret to death.

‘Genesis’ is the story of the first 2,300 years of humanity and recounts events exclusively from that period. The plot begins by giving us a greater understanding of why we exist and how we turned from perfection to imperfection. The origin of all social and racial problems is there at the beginning of everything, when via one decision a human being who only knew good and enjoyed it so much also chose to know evil.

‘La Desalmada’ is a story that begins with a great tragedy for Fernanda, because on her wedding night her husband is murdered and she is raped. This event marks her life and over the years she becomes a hard and heartless woman, in search of justice. But on that road she finds love in Rafael. The first encounters between the two are explosive, but little by little they fall in love and for the first time since the rape, Fernanda opens her heart. However, she soon discovers that Rafael is Octavio’s son, the culprit of her misfortunes. He is a powerful man and influential. Responsible for many other crimes Fernanda is caught between the dilemma of doing justice and exposing the father of the man she loves, or forgetting the past and being happy with Rafael.

MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Biblical Telenovela - 242 x 50’) The telenovela tells one of the most famous passages in the Bible: the life of Moses. The story of the Hebrew leader, from his birth until his death, highlighting the encounter with God on Mount Sinai, the plagues thrown over Egypt, his participation in the liberation of the Hebrew people from slavery, the passage through the Red Sea, revelation of the ten commandments, the journey of forty years in the desert and the arrival of the people on the promised land.

DISEÑANDO TU AMOR (Telenovela - 120 x 60’) Valentina is a young woman who dreams of succeeding in the world of fashion. She works in a milk pasteurization factory belonging to Ricardo’s family, who makes her believe that he will help her fulfill her dream, but he just wants to take advantage of her and use her to steal the money from her father and her company. Her and Ricardo’s escape plan is discovered, which will condemn Ricardo to make a trip with his father Armando, a successful businessman who does not forgive the betrayal of his son and threatens to send him to jail as well as his accomplice. Unfortunately, the trip turns into a tragedy, which ends in a plane crash, changing everyone’s lives.

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Giuliana Alberti, head of Sales for Asia, Europe (Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark), Canada, Australia and UK Dulce Ávila, Sales representative for LatAm and Brazil Melissa Pillow, Sales representative for Europe, Turkey, Israel, UAS, New Zealand and Australia Andrés Payá, Marketing

TOP EXECUTIVES Patricia Jasín, VP of TV Azteca International

UN DÍA PARA VIVIR (Drama - 60 x 60 ‘) Men and women are visited by death, embodied by a beautiful young woman, who warns them that they have one day to solve their problems.

STREAMING

TV AZTECA LAUNCHES FREE OTT PLATFORM, AZTECA NOW

TV AZTECA ANNOUNCED the launch, in partnership with Icaro Media Group, of the premium mobile app Azteca Now for smartphones, media players and tablets, available in iOS and Android stores around the world. As detailed, the OTT service will be available throughout Latin America and Canada, reaching an audience of more than 100 million viewers. The new app will provide access to original content from TV Azteca, including well-known telenovelas, Mexican cinema, the main drama series and ADN40, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“With Azteca Now we renew our commitment to our audience in Latin America and we open another channel to reach our content’s millions of followers.

We are excited about all the projects that we are putting together for this new business”, said Patricia Jasin, VP of TV Azteca Internacional / Azteca Estudios.

LATIN AMERICA

AT&T SELLS DIRECTV LATAM TO THE WERTHEIN GROUP GRUPO WERTHEIN AND AT&T ANNOUNCED that Grupo Werthein has reached an agreement to acquire the business unit Vrio Corp., parent company of Directv Latin America.

Grupo Werthein is a private holding company with more than 100 years of experience and a regional and international presence, with experience in telecommunications, the financial market, insurance, agricultural production and real estate.

The agreement, they detailed, is for 100% of Vrio’s capital, which includes Directv Latin America, Sky Brasil and Directv GO. Together they have 10.3 million subscribers and operations in 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. After the transaction is complete, Vrio subscribers will continue to have access to the same services, content and the same customer service experience. The companies expect the transaction to close in early 2022.

PORTUGAL

ONSERIES LISBOA WILL BE HELD IN PERSON IN NOVEMBER ORIGINALLY SET TO LAUNCH IN APRIL 2020, the first ONSeries Lisboa was designed as a new event dedicated exclusively to Portuguese fiction, planned and produced by Inside Content, the company that since 2017 has organized Conecta Fiction in Spain. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was initially postponed and then cancelled. Until now, when the ONSeries Lisboa organization confirmed the official date for the event: November 25 and 26, 2021 at the Belém Cultural Center (CBC) in Lisbon. ONSeries Lisboa was born as an international meeting that will allow a high level of training, promotion and networking for the local industry and will be a showcase for TV series produced in Portugal.

Géraldine Gonard, Director of ONSeries Lisboa

Patricia Jasin,

VP of TV Azteca Internacional / Azteca Estudios

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MEDIAPRO OPENS NEW PRODUCTION CENTER IN MIAMI

MEDIAPRO US, the US subsidiary of the Spanish group, announced the addition of a new production center in Florida located next to its headquarters in Miami. Thus, the Mediapro Group, which annually produces more than 5,500 hours of TV content and operates 10 TV channels, now has a total of four production centers in different parts of the US: two in Miami, one in Brooklyn and the recently opened one in Manhattan. The new facilities have two large studios, the largest to date for Mediapro US, with dimensions of 1,500 m2 and 970 m2. The new one covers more than 11,000 m2 and has the capacity to house large productions.

Other facilities include two control rooms, editing rooms, three makeup rooms, 25 artist waiting rooms, four service areas, two wardrobes, a storage area, a carpentry/workshop area and 2,650 m2 production offices.

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Janel Downing, VP of Sales, Latin America at All3Media International

A PREMIUM ANSWER TO A GROWING DEMAND

By By Carolina Mussio

@arolinamussio

Through a vast selection of new productions ranging from premium dramas to game shows and documentaries, All3Media has been able to meet the increasing demand for high-quality content during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now ready to find new opportunities for its varied catalog.

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he rise in the demand for entertainment caused by the global pandemic and the quarantine measures imposed all over the world has led to multiple opportunities for content creators and producers, especially those armed with a varied catalog that’s suited for multiple audiences and platforms.

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And when it comes to “high quality content”, the options are plenty within the company’s catalog.

“Premium dramas such as ‘Angela Black’ have been popular,” she explained in regard to what type of content has been demanded most during the past few months. “This six part Hitchcockian thriller reunites the brilliant talent of Golden Globe winner Joanne Froggatt with the multi award winning Two Brothers Pictures, the producers behind ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Liar’.”

In addition to premium drama, the executive also noted the rise in demand for factual entertainment and productions that are relevant to current events.

“We have also had interest in factual entertainment that reflects the shared experiences of the pandemic”, she said. “We are proud to be representing ‘The Anti-Vax Conspiracy’, a timely and important feature-length documentary that explores the origins and growth of the anti-vaccination movement, and its impact on global efforts to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic.”

Armed with a collection of titles ranging from premium fiction to factual entertainment and documentaries, All3Media International has been able to meet this demand, and keep families and viewers entertained while staying home.

“Buyers have also shown interest in Royals Docs thanks to the birth of Meghan and Harry’s new baby,” she added. “‘Diana’, 72 Films definitive portrait of the princess and Spun Gold’s ‘Harry & William: What Went Wrong’, which offers an insightful and candid look at the breakdown in the brothers’ relationship have both sold to the region.”

“Our main goal is to continue offering the best quality content to audiences around the world,” said Janel Downing, VP of Sales,

In addition to the rise in demand for new content, the other big trend to come out of the pandemic has been the growth of OTT

“Our main goal is to continue offering the best quality content to audiences around the world.”

platforms, with dozens of new services being launched in Latin America and the world.

Luckily for All3Media, streaming is one of its areas of expertise.

“OTT platforms have long been a focus of our strategy in the region and our content is well suited to these audiences, who are looking for non-traditional programing”, the executive explained. “Our strong scripted slate, offering gripping dramas and thrillers, has been of particular interest to OTT platforms as demonstrated by AMC’s acquisition of ‘The Drowning’ for Acorn TV and Globo’s acquisition of ‘The Deceived’,” she added.

Looking to find new partners for these and other new titles, the company is attending this year’s Mipcom, though it will do so virtually.

“Following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic I think hybrid events are the best way to hold markets safely. They provide people with choice regarding what they feel comfortable with. Over the last year and a half we have all proven that we can do business

effectively whilst working virtually,” the executive explained.

“So All3Media International will be participating virtually this year but we are still seeing all of our clients and hoping to meet new buyers even though we will be online,” she added.

During Mipcom, the company will be presenting a standout selection of new titles, starting with ‘Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League’, a four-episode documentary series, created by the Emmy and BAFTAaward-winning Story Films and David Beckham’s new production company Studio 99.

This enthralling documentary offers the definitive story of the English Premier League.

Charting the transformative impact that business brains, players, agents and journalists had on English football, as well as how the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s pay-tv influenced the game’s global reach, the documentary relives this story from the inside through exclusive interviews with key players. The premium series traces how race, celebrity, masculinity, wealth and globalisation has changed across football and the world over the last 30 years.

The company will also be presenting ‘The Wimbledon Kidnapping’, produced by Caravan, which tells the untold story of Muriel McKay’s kidnap investigation, the first headline-grabbing kidnap and ransom case in the UK. This compelling crime documentary traces how big business, race and the rise of the tabloids played a part in the trial around Muriel McKay’s abduction– with Rupert Murdoch pivotal to the crime. Featuring exclusive interviews with one of those accused of her kidnap and murder, as well as the victim’s son and hostage negotiator, this film follows the case from the moment of Muriel McKay’s abduction to the eventual trial at the Old Bailey.

Also in the crime genre, All3Media is presenting ‘Manhunt II: The Night Stalker’, in which Martin Clunes reprises his critically acclaimed and ratings-winning role as the former London Metropolitan Police detective DCI Colin Sutton. This four-part drama traces the story of the real-life police pursuit of a notorious serial rapist, whose 17-year reign of terror left thousands of elderly people in South East London living in fear.

In addition, the distributor is presenting the new drama ‘Hollington Drive’, a four-epi-

sode series produced by West Road Pictures: a captivating story from award-winning screenwriter Sophie Petzal, this taut domestic thriller explores the lengths families will go to in order to protect their children.

Led by BAFTA-winning Anna Maxwell Martin, the four-part series follows the lives of sisters, Theresa (Anna Maxwell Martin) and her older headteacher sibling, Helen (Rachael Stirling), whose lives are turned upside down after the disappearance of their neighbour’s child.

Last but not least is ‘Cash at Your Door’ from Matar Productions, a charming, cost-effective and adaptable game show format, with an innovative twist on the traditional studio-based game show, where the presenter literally knocks at the doors of potential contestants’ homes for the game to begin.

“Following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic I think hybrid events are the best way to hold markets safely.”

“All3Media International will be participating in Mipcom virtually this year, but we are still seeing all of our clients and hoping to meet new buyers.”

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ORF GOES BACK TO CANNES For over a year and a half, ORF-Enterprise has been able to overcome the challenges imposed by the Covid pandemic through innovative digital solutions to connect with clients and partners. And now, the distributor is ready to meet face-to-face again at the upcoming Mipcom in Cannes, to showcase its newest comedy series and factual productions to the international market.

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year and a half ago, ORF-Enterprise was ready to inaugurate a brand new stand at Miptv 2020 to showcase its growing catalog of fiction series and high-end documentaries to the international market, but ultimately the event got canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And now, a year and a half later, the distributor is headed to Mipcom to finally meet face to face with its clients and colleagues in Cannes.

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“We plan to be at Mipcom as a team”, said Armin Luttenberger, Head of International Content Sales at ORF-Enterprise. “We will have our own stand with reduced seating and we are eager to see how things turn out, and how this “new normal” will be realized at the market.”

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The Vienna-based distributor will be present at the event with a full slate of content, ranging from comedy series to films and blue-chip documentaries. “We are a part of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation so we have a very colorful catalog with various genres. We will focus on our brand new TV series and seasons,” the executive explained.

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First up is the comedy ‘We Are Family’, which will be premiering at Mipcom, produced by Interspot Film for ORF and based on the format ‘La Famiglia’ by United Studios of Israel. In addition, the company will present new seasons of its established comedy series, ‘Walking on Sunshine’; the sixth and final season of ‘Suburbia - Women on the Edge’; and the 20th and final season of ‘Soko Kitzbuehel’, which has been a huge success. “Also we might be talking to some partners about the ‘Soko Linz’ series, which will premiere in 2022”, the executive revealed.

ed in digital alternatives to connect with clients and partners.

In addition to fiction series, ORF-Enterprise will be offering its well-known nature and history documentaries from its factual catalog for the international market.

“But being back in the office and seeing everyone is a great feeling, because this is a human-driven business and it’s always good to meet face to face, with that feeling of coming together again as a team and as an industry,” he concluded.

“Everybody who did attend the online edition of Miptv might have joined us for the Universum Nature Showcase, which was an online event we did on our own screening platform to present the brand new lineup of blue-chip and wildlife nature documentaries, and some of them are premiering at Mipcom.

For instance, we have a beautiful documentary about Colombia and a fantastic wildlife piece on the Hudson river, plus many others”, he explained. “We will also have the Universum History Showcase after the market, presenting all the new dramas and documentaries from the history genre”, he added.

The Universum Showcases are just one of the many solutions ORF-Enterprise was able to put in place to face the challenges imposed by the pandemic, a period in which it invest-

“We had to think about new strategies like offering clients new ways of exploring our content,” the executive explained. “We relaunched our screening platform together with our tech partner Mediafellows, which is super convenient to search for content and screen it online. Plus, we set up the online showcase platform where we do live presentations in high quality, and where people can easily interact with our sales team.”

Armin Luttenberger,

Head of International Content Sales at ORF-Enterprise “We had to think about new strategies like offering clients new ways of exploring our content.”

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Snap Media

DEDICATED TO MULTI-TARGET CONTENT

The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes 2020

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In this regard, the executive highlighted an attractive list of movies for Netflix, among which are the successful horror and zombie story ‘Peninsula: Estación Zombie 2’ and the Russian title ‘Attraction 2: Invasion’, directed by Fedor Bondarchuk; as well as agreements closed with The Walt Disney Company, HBO Max, Megavisión, Discovery, Univisión and Televisa, among others, some of these for the year 2022.

Media will attend Mipcom 2021 online through the event’s digital platform.

The Hemisphere Media Group distribution company will be presenting a brand new content catalog at Mipcom 2021, made up of genres and titles for all audiences, with titles such as ‘Peninsula: Estación Zombie 2’, ‘Holiday Joy’ or ‘Los Bando’, among others.

Diana Coifman,

VP of Sales and Distribution at Snap Media “We focus on quality films from around the world that can be scheduled in all time slots and are suitable for a wide variety of targets.”

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s part of the Hemisphere Media Group, the Snap Media company has established itself as one of the leading independent distributors operating in the Latin American and US Hispanic markets.

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Through a portfolio made up of multi-target genres and titles, but mainly focused on the family segment, Snap Media is arriving at Mipcom 2021 with several new productions.

“We have had a very active first part of the year in which we have focused on closing important agreements that have been in negotiation, in addition to complementing our existing catalog with new acquisitions,” said Diana Coifman, VP of Sales and Distribution at Snap Media.

“Snap Media is known for its multi-target offer. Our catalog includes a wide variety of family, animation and action movies. We focus on quality films from around the world that can be scheduled in all time slots and are suitable for a wide variety of targets,” explained Coifman. “In addition, we distribute the Cinelatino film catalog, which expands us to the world of local productions,” she added.

Regarding the company’s client portfolio, the executive noted that the company works with a variety of windows in all Latin American countries, including América TV and Latina in Peru, Megavisión and TVN from Panama, RCN Televisión from Colombia, TCTV from Ecuador, Televisa in Mexico, Bandeirantes in Brazil or pan-regional players such as A+E Networks Latin America, The Walt Disney Company or WarnerMedia, among others.

Taking into account the state of the pandemic in Latin America and the world, Snap

The company will be presenting some of its most recent titles, such as the horror and zombie film ‘Peninsula: Estación Zombie 2’, a sequel to ‘Train to Busan’, the Christmas story ‘Holiday Joy’ and ‘Qué León’, the first film starring the Puerto Rican singer and composer Ozuna.

New for the Cannes market will also be an extensive package of content for kids and teens, with titles such as: ‘The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes’, ‘Four Enchanted Sisters’, ‘Adventures of a Boy Genius’, ‘Toys and Pets’, ‘Sheep and Wolves: A Pig Deal’ or the youth road movie ‘Los Bando’, centered on a band that embarks on a crazy journey through Norway to attend the National Rock Championship in a race against time, the police and their parents.

“The return to “normalcy” -in all aspects, but specifically in terms of event formats and attendance- is highly anticipated,” said Coifman.

“We believe that the remainder of 2021 will still be marked by reduced face-to-face assistance, due to the different circumstances that countries around the world are facing as a result of the pandemic. However, we hope that for Natpe Miami 2022 we can all meet again in person,” she concluded.

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TV Azteca

Sandra Smester, General Director of Content at TV Azteca

“NOW MORE THAN EVER, CONTENT IS KING”

By Sebastián Amoroso

@sebamoroso

samoroso@todotv.tv

The new general director of Content at TV Azteca, Sandra Smester, spoke to ttv about the Mexican giant’s new initiatives in its permanent search for growth and innovation.

very difficult, but only those of us who experience it and understand it, know it. And the legacy that he left on TV Azteca was that of a great team, because it was what he put together. Alberto was a leader. A person who knew how to lead the way for all of us who were with him.

What is the roadmap that TV Azteca will implement under your direction? Basically we are focused on the creation of content, further developing everything that is content in the digital arena, always strengthening broadcast TV and the four channels that we have at TV Azteca.

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ith more than 25 years of experience in the industry, Sandra Smester has recently been appointed by Benjamín Salinas as the new General Director of Content for TV Azteca.

In this new leadership role, one of the executive’s main goals is to create and develop content to strengthen a 360° offer.

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In the following interview with ttv, Smester shares insights into this strategy, the legacy left behind by Albero Ciurana, the role of broadcast TV in the era of streaming and much more.

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What does it mean to assume this new role at TV Azteca? It is definitely growth and satisfaction after 25 years of working in the industry. It feels very good that Benjamín Salinas has trusted me to lead a great team that we have in the company. And as a woman, it feels incredible because I’m also an example for many girls in the industry, an industry that we know very well and that is dominated mostly by men. I started 25 years ago as an intern at Univision. I went through all the steps as it should be done and I think it is a very strong satisfaction to know that you got to where you are through your achievements and efforts.

What is the legacy that Alberto Ciurana has left at TV Azteca? He was personally a great friend. Many years of knowing each other and joking around. He was working on programming at Televisa and I was doing the same at Univision. Our meetings were a

“Alberto [Ciurana] was a leader. He was someone who knew how to lead the way for everyone who worked with him.” lot of fun. Then he came to Univision as my boss and I can’t tell you how much fun we had. I remember my cheeks hurting on the weekend from laughing so much and how happy I was that Alberto was going to be with me. Then he invited me to TV Azteca.

I thought about it for five minutes and said: “With you, I’ll go anywhere.”

I think that’s the legacy. Having that person by my side. He shared the same passion for this content industry, for TV. This industry that we love so much and that we know is

How are the TV Azteca channels working today? Will there be some kind of editorial shift in these channels? I think we are doing very well. We had a historic first quarter where our ratings were the highest they’ve been in the last ten years and we are already in the middle of a very solid second quarter as well. The editorial shift at Azteca Uno isn’t changing at this time. We will continue to develop the live TV that we have been doing for the last four years. Azteca 7 does bring a change in terms of original production. In the afternoons, a new format began, the game show ‘Cazatesoros’ and we are going to continue strengthening it, because we have found significant growth in a specific group of the population.

TV Azteca has bet on large international entertainment formats, how do you evaluate their performance and what can be seen in the future? ‘Exatlon’, which could be said to be our baby since we started our change, continues to perform well. We have also done ‘MasterChef’, the traditional edition as well as the kids version, along with the first ‘MasterChef Celebrity’. On the other hand, this year we also worked on ‘La Voz Kids’. It was scheduled for last year, but we couldn’t do it due to the pandemic. We had already had the senior version. So, we always look for the best of what we already have, we work on innovation and, of course, always watching what the market brings. We expect more and better formats.

What type of international content is TV Azteca looking for today for its screens?

We are always looking for content, but it does not necessarily have to be international. It must be content that connects with Mexican audiences and families and that can be a format like ‘La Academia’, which was planned to be done for this year, but due to the pandemic -because it is a format that needs a live audience-, we have decided to leave it for next year. So it is always about looking for national or international content, but one that will connect with the Mexican audience.

What is the challenge faced by broadcast TV in times of streaming? I think they can call us visionaries, because four years ago when we arrived from the Univision-Televisa environment, we knew what was on the other side of the competition and what we had at TV Azteca. We decided to change because we had been studying the transformation of TV, where fiction is on streaming platforms like Disney+ or Hulu. What can we compete with? With live TV, where you can exploit each production with a 360° approach and digital content. This is how we compete against them.

How does TV Azteca implement audience analysis? We have a ratings department. We handle everything that is the HR and Nielsen and we are also seeing what audience we want to go to find, who is watching us.

Our 19-44 audience is very strong. And that must be noted. By not having fiction -which has been our competitors’ business for more than 70 years and we know they do it wellanother type of audience comes to us. There is a large audience that in one way or another consumes the content.

Azteca 7 is very powerful when it comes to sports like boxing. There are very big business opportunities and it is basically increasing the content on this 360 platform. You have to go find live events. It is true that last year was very bad for everyone in the industry, but this year we are seeing a very important recovery. So, I think we just have to know what we have, how to sell it and who we will be selling it to.

“We are always looking for content, but not necessarily international.

It has to be content that can connect with Mexican audiences and families.”

How has Azteca Estudios done in its first months in business? Right now I have just been with Paty Jasín who is the VP of Azteca Estudios and she is doing an incredible job.

We are fighting over the forums, because now TV Azteca is a client. At this moment I can say that Azteca Estudios is full because today everyone wants to produce. And that is wonderful! It’s the right time and we have the perfect person there.

“Fiction consumption is much faster today and this means many producers and creators will have more work.”

A message for the television industry?

“Content is king” is a phrase that we have said for years and I think it’s true now more than ever. I think this transformation of where the content is offered is wonderful for those of us who create in wthe industry, because it becomes an opportunity to create

more things. Today the consumption of fiction is much faster and that only means that many producers and creators are going to have more work. Now more than ever, content is king and that benefits us all due to the strength of the audience’s consumption on different platforms and broadcast TV.

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What commercial opportunities will TV have in your opinion for the period 20212022? I think they are the big events where we do very well. Azteca Uno is the home of great events and we are doing very well. And

TV AZTECA WILL NOT HAVE PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN MIPCOM Patricia Jasin, VP of TV Azteca Internacional.

Regarding virtual tradeshows, the executive was nonetheless skeptical about their effectiveness and their future. “We have been regular with virtual events. Unfortunately, many of the online appointments that we schedule are canceled and the vast

majority can be done without the need for an external platform.

We rarely make new contacts virtually,” she explained. “I think there is only room for a limited number of these types of annual events and they should offer creative solutions to create new contacts,” she added on the future of virtual or hybrid trade shows. “Personal

contact with the client is irreplaceable. This successful virtual management that we have done in a pandemic has been possible because with the vast majority of clients we already have a relationship built over many years. It will be difficult to establish this type of community if the contacts are only virtual”, she completed.

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While the Mipcom 2021 organization remains determined to host an in-person event this year, international distributors are still deciding whether or not to travel to Cannes. In this context, TV Azteca has just confirmed to ttv that the company will only participate virtually.

“We will not be there in person,” confirmed

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Distribution

RTVE TRAVELS TO CANNES As many other international distributors, RTVE will participate at this year’s in-person edition of Mipcom in Cannes, where it will showcase new fictions such as season two of ‘HIT’, ‘Riders, la serie’, ‘Sequía’ and ‘Ana Tramel.

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María Jesús Pérez,

Director of International Sales at RTVE “We’ve already planned to attend Mipcom with a stand, and we are planning to travel and have face-to-face meetings.”

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It is well known that Spanish content is currently one of the go-to productions in the international market thanks to the quality of its stories and its excellent technical invoice. In this context, RTVE’s productions -especially fiction- have led the way in the expansion of Spanish content on a global scale, and its new titles continue to bring this level of quality.

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“In terms of distribution we continue to focus on series produced by RTVE, which are being quite recognized internationally,” María Jesús Pérez, director of International Sales at RTVE, told ttv.

The executive highlighted new alliances in countries such as Italy and France, for series such as ‘La caza. Monteperdido’ and ‘La caza.

Tramuntana’, as well as other fiction series

such as ‘HIT’, telenovelas such as ‘Acacias 38’, ‘Seis hermanas’ and ‘Dos vidas’, which have been very well received in the international market.

“We are quite satisfied that the efforts made at the end have been worth it. We continue to open up new markets, which are always complicated, as is the case in the Middle East, Asia, Russia and the CIS”, she said.

Moreover, the Latin American and US Hispanic markets continue to be the focus of RTVE’s distribution arm. “We are making important agreements in the pay TV sector, with our new series such as ‘La caza. Monteperdido’, ‘La caza. Tramuntana’, ‘Malaka’ and, the newest additions to our catalog, such as ‘HIT’,” she added.

“Overall, we work in the field of pan-regional operators, although we also have agreements with local television stations, such as in Mexico and Uruguay. And we have several agreements to be finalized with various platforms at the pan-regional level and also in the US Hispanic market,” she said.

Regarding the arrival of new players to the Latin American markets, the executive believes the competition is great.

“Production is taking place in several countries at a very good level and the competition is great. But the fact that there are such large containers of content and that there are viewers eager to consume that content, gives us producers many opportunities for our stories to come out of our countries and to be enjoyed in the international market”, she highlighted.

Regarding RTVE’s thoughts about virtual tradeshows, María Jesús Pérez said that it has been overall a good experience. “It has given us the opportunity to present our new titles, we have seen that there has been traffic of buyers viewing, but for human teams who are used to meeting in person, it has been a bit hard for us just to have held meetings through videoconference. We are already excited about the idea of being able to return to international markets, since we think that the right conditions will soon be in place to be able to travel”.

PAY TV NETWORKS THRIVING IN LATAM

RTVE’s portfolio of pay TV channels –including the brands TVE Internacional, Star, Clan and 24h-, continues to add partners and territories in Latin America.

“Fortunately we are present all over America and the channels are very consolidated”, said María Jesús Pérez. “New operators are always being added, some OTT and smaller operators that were not within our orbit. We are very pleased”, she added. In this regard, although TVE Internacional has a broad penetration, newer brands such as Star and Clan have achieved “very important” growth, especially in Mexico, Central America and the US Hispanic. “We plan to go back to the pay TV tradeshows when they can be held in person. We are waiting to see how 2022 comes along. It is common for us to start with Andina Link in Cartagena, Colombia. Let’s see if the usual schedule can take place. Hopefully so”, she concluded.

In this sense, the executive noted that Mipcom 2021 will be RTVE’s first post-pandemic market with a stand, where they will present their new shows, such as the documentary ‘Colón DNA, su verdadero origen’, to premiere on October 12, as well like the second season of ‘HIT’, the teen fiction ‘Riders, la serie’, and the thrillers ‘Sequía’ and ‘Ana Tramel. El juego’.

“We have already prepared the presence with our physical stand and we are planning to travel and have our face-to-face meetings,” said Pérez.

Likewise, the executive stated that -if all goes well- RTVE will be present at MipCancun 2021 to be able to meet with those buyers who cannot travel to Europe today.

“The plans for this year are limited to these two markets,” she said. “If these October and November experiences go well, we will undoubtedly be traveling to Natpe Miami, which is certainly a must-attend market for us,” she concluded.

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Streaming

Sergey Kupreev, CBDO of Star Media

STAR MEDIA BURSTS INTO OTT MARKET WITH LAVA

Already a heavyweight player in the fields of pay TV and MCNs, Star Media is expanding the reach of its vast catalog of high-end Russian productions with the launch of LAVA, its very own streaming service, which will launch later this year for Smart TVs, mobile phones (iOS & Android) and tablets, and offer the best of the company’s series and films to Russian-speaking audiences all over the world.

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ver the last year and a half, the world has had to learn to navigate the new reality caused by the global pandemic. And a big part of that has been spending more time at home with their families, due to the work-from-home and quarantine measures imposed by most governments around the world.

In this context, TV consumption has grown notably as families have been seeking more entertainment during their time at home, leading to two major trends: on the one hand, an increased need for quality content to meet this increasing demand from viewers. And on the other hand, the revolution of the streaming world, with dozens of new players coming into the market, offering custom catalogs and solutions to audiences worldwide.

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As one of the leading media groups in Russia, Star Media has been able to rise to the occasion on both fronts, as it has continued

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to develop high-end productions that add to its already impressive catalog of series and films, and most-recently announcing the launch of its very own streaming service: LAVA. Aimed at Russian-speaking audiences in their native country and around the world, the new service will be available for Smart TV, mobile phones (iOS & Android) and tablets, and offer Star Media’s most popular content at launch, with plans to expand the offer to the company’s entire library in the future.

“We want is to provide our viewers with a simple and convenient way to view Star Media content, all in one place”, said Sergey Kupreev, CBDO of Star Media, who spoke to ttv about the new streaming service, the strategy behind it, its content catalog, key markets and potential launch date.

How did you come to the necessity to launch your own streaming service? Star Media regularly extends the opportunities

“We already have our own pay TV channels, MCN on YouTube, so launching of our own streaming service was a logical step considering the size of our catalog.”

Silence Drama

“We want to provide our viewers with a simple and convenient way to view Star Media content in one place: on LAVA.” with the simple and convenient way to view Star Media content in one place: on LAVA, which, we hope, will become a home of Russian-speaking content one day, soon we plan to start aggregating third-party content.

What kind of content will LAVA present?

When launched, LAVA will offer the most popular content of Star Media. In the future, we are planning to expand the offering to the whole library, which consists of more than 7.5 thousand hours of ready-made content. Among others, users will be able to find the popular series ‘Detective Anna’, as well as thrillers ‘Silence’ and ‘The Pleasure Principle’, co-produced by Star Media and foreign partners. Within the next few years we plan to start producing LAVA originals, including co-productions with other local platforms.

to monetize its main asset: content. We already have our own pay TV channels, MCN on YouTube, so launching of our own streaming service was a logical step considering the size of our catalog. We see growing interest in our content beyond the CIS borders so LAVA is another possibility to watch great Russian language content on any devices.

On what devices will the app be available? LAVA is designed for Smart TV, mobile phones (iOS & Android) and tablets. Thanks to this universal and simple app, users will have a possibility to watch content on any

When will LAVA streaming service become available to users? We are planning to launch LAVA later this autumn.

Do you have a strategy how to make LAVA outperform the international streaming platforms? Netflix, for example? We are not going to compete with global or local platforms. All we want is to provide our viewers

Tell us about the business part of the project. How do you plan to monetize it? LAVA will be available in AVOD and SVOD which will allow skipping all ads.

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Please, tell us about your target audience.

Our key markets are North and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Israel and some part of Asia. Of course, we target the Russian-speaking audience, which accounts for around 35 million people according to different estimates, and taking into account their family members and friends, we may double this number. Content presented on LAVA will catch interest of the Russian-speaking audience that loves strong drama stories. We also hope to engage the foreign audience that speaks other languages and takes interest in quality content, modern Russian culture, cinematography, studies Russian language perhaps.

of the above-mentioned devices anywhere in the world.

How do you handle the language issue?

Taking into account that LAVA targets the audiences of different countries. Most our films and series will be presented in Russian. A part of content will be available both dubbed and subtitled in 6-8 languages including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and others.

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Nelvana

Pam Westman, President of Nelvana

50 YEARS OF BIG CONTENT FOR LITTLE VIEWERS With half a century of experience working in the entertainment industry, Nelvana now stands as one of the leading producers and distributors of kids’ content in the international market. In the following interview, Pam Westman, president of Nelvana, explains how the company has been able to continue working safely during these unprecedented times to create new animated and live-action shows, perfectly suited to meet the growing demand for family entertainment.

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ince taking its first steps in the entertainment industry in 1971, Nelvana has grown to become one of the biggest producers and distributors of kids’ animated and live-action content in Canada and the international market. Over the last 50 years, the company has amassed a catalog of thousands of hours of content that is now present in over 180 countries around the world, created through an inhouse studio, as well as multiple alliances and joint-ventures with partners around the world.

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And now, in the midst of a global pandemic and quarantine measures that have increased the need for entertainment and content, Nelvana has prepared a catalog of new shows that are perfectly suited to meet the growing need for family-friendly content.

“For us it’s been about keeping the business going, keeping our deliveries on time and on budget, and most importantly keeping our employees safe while doing it”, said Pam Westman, president of Nelvana, who spoke to ttv about how the company has adapted

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to the “new normal”, its newest titles and its main goals for the near future.

How did Nelvana adapt to the pandemic?

After the first flurry of getting everybody at home with computers and software, internet that worked, we settled in really well.

It’s been 18 months now and we’re 100% at home, and we’ve really done a good job.

Production is coming in on time, on budget. Creativity is strong. From Nelvana’s point of view, it’s good. It’s given people the flexibility that they need. The creative process doesn’t always work 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. Sometimes people prefer hours of working when they’re at their best. This allows people to take advantage of that, as well as the company.

What worries me, if this continues on forever or for the foreseeable future, is how do we make sure our communication continues to be as strong, how do we mentor young talent, how do we make sure people are visible for promotions and other opportunities within the company, when we’re all at home watching each other on zoom. Those are things that Corus as a whole is addressing now, since they’re looking at a more flexible work environment, so they will give us the

“For us it is all about keeping the business going, keeping our deliveries on time and on budget, and most importantly keeping our employees safe while doing it.” resources to work with a new management style.

How has it affected the business side of things? The production hasn’t changed.

We’ve been able to communicate with our

partners, probably better now, because we are all so much better at zoom than we were a few years ago. On the other hand, the client side is different because we’re not going to tradeshows anymore, we’re not flying and seeing each other face to face. So it’s been more of a challenge to make sure that those relationships stay solid and strong. For instance, if a new client comes on board, how do you form a strong relationship via zoom?

How do you pitch shows when you’re not there in person, answering questions and making sure people connect to it? When they’re in the room with you, you have a different connection with people. So we’ve had to adapt our presentations to be virtual; instead of one meeting at a tradeshow, we have several meetings with people in different territories and different time zones. It’s more work and you have to make presentations that are more dynamic, more visual.

Will Nelvana be participating at this year’s Mipcom? Yes, but we will do so virtually. We are considering sending some of our European colleagues, but we won’t be participating from Canada. Travel is uncertain and people might not feel entirely comfortable

Speaking of animated shows, has animation been a big trend for Nelvana during this past year? I would say yes. The demand is there. I think because of Covid, some of the new streamers that have come on board have been more successful. Two or three years ago we would wonder how many streamers people would actually subscribe to. But with Covid, people need to be entertained and there’s a need for content, so they’re subscribing to more platforms. And streamers’ demand for content is extremely strong.

The negative about animation is that it takes a long time. If you’re starting a new project now, it will take about 18 months to be ready. And streamers like to have quite a bit of content before launch. I would say live-action reacts much quicker to that demand.

How do you see the market evolving in the near future? What are the company’s main goals? We have our slate already on the go for the next year in terms of deliveries. We have several deliveries going out to all our major partners. So for us it is all about keeping the business going, keeping our deliveries on time and on budget, and most

redknot, as well as jointly look out into the marketplace. Because when you start a new venture and your first two shows out of the gate are a hit, you want to continue that. The Latin American market is a really important place for us.

Are you looking for more co-production partners in the region? Absolutely, we’re looking for co-production partners in different countries in Latin America. We’re exploring the different treaties that Canada has with the different countries. With Latin America, not only because of our relationship with redknot, but also because streamers that are now coming into Latin America are also focused on local productions. So for us to be able to tap into the Canadian funding model and the countries within Latin America who have funding models, and be able to produce shows that have a voice that appeals to a global marketplace, is very advantageous for people who want to buy shows and want to commission shows.

When it comes to producing this type of content, what’s the most important thing you look for? I think it starts with story and

“We’re looking for co-production partners in different countries in Latin America. We’re exploring the different treaties that Canada has with the different countries.” with traveling and being at the Palais with so many people.

Which new titles is Nelvana currently presenting in the international market? We are selling ‘The Dog & Pony Show’, which is a show about these two characters, a dog and a pony. The pony has magical powers and they come from their beautiful, idyllic land to the big city, the cartoon care-bear type world to the big city, and they get into all kinds of problems. It’s currently airing in Canada and in Latin America on Discovery Kids, doing amazing in the ratings. So we are hoping to bring it to the rest of the territories.

We are also selling ‘Agent Binky’, season two.

Season one has done extremely well, so we are meeting with our buyers to present them the new one.

What role does Latin America play in your strategy? A very, very important one, especially over the last couple of years. We have a joint-venture with Discovery Kids Latin America called redknot. We greenlit ‘Dog & Pony’ and ‘Agent Binky’ through that, so the two first shows out of this venture are doing extremely well in the ratings in Latin America and in Canada. Which shows you that two regions that are very different in terms of geography and language, when it comes to kids’ programming, there’s a lot of common ground. Discovery Kids is bringing shows that they love to us to put into redknot, and we continue to bring them shows to put into

characters first. For instance, ‘Dog & Pony’ had some big industry talent attached to it and ‘Agent Binky’ came from a series of books out of Nelvana’s publishing arm, Kids Can Press, and was all produced within our own in-house talent, which is an extremely talented team but there isn’t a huge industry name. So I think it starts with the story and making sure you have talented people throughout the process leading it.

How do you see the industry evolving in the near future? I don’t think we’re going to go back to the way things were and I also don’t think we’re going to stay as we are today. I think we’re going to find a model in the future once Covid has been contained, that now works for more people. We have proven to the world as an industry that we can function and work completely at home, and we’ve obviously proven for many years that we can continue to function in the industry when we’re all at the office. So now I think there will be a nice blend that will allow people to have a life, to choose where they want to live, have more time without commuting for hours, because now we’ve mastered communication through virtual platforms, and that will give everyone a better quality of life. Happier people, better product.

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And then of course we have our catalog of live-action, which will be headed by ‘Miss Persona’, a live-action show about a woman who sings songs and interacts with the kids within her own little world. It’s doing amazing on Canadian TV, to the point where it started as short-form on YouTube and now we’re bringing it to long-form. So we’re excited to show that.

importantly keeping our employees safe while doing it. And also continue to pitch content for our new partners and streamers, as well as our linear partners who are so important for our business, trying to find the perfect project for each one. For instance, a lot of our linear partners now have streaming arms, they all have their own platform, so they’re trying to find their identity for consumers to want to buy multiple subscriptions, as well as keeping their cable packages and watch the linear channels. So that requires us to find the perfect, unique project for each one of them as they continue to craft their identities.

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APPOINTMENT

JACKY CASTRO JOINS SONY PICTURES TELEVISION LATAM SONY PICTURES TELEVISION (SPT) announced that Jaqueline “Jacky” Castro has been appointed Executive Director of Unscripted Content for International Production in Latin America. Based in Mexico City, the executive reports to Ana Bond, senior VP and general director of International Production in Latin America and the Hispanic US. In her new role, Castro will work closely with the senior management team to lead unscripted content development efforts in the region. Castro joins SPT with more than fifteen years of experience in the media industry. Most recently, she was Head of Content Production for Mexico at The Mediapro Studio, where she was in charge of production and scripted and unscripted projects in the region. Previously, Castro worked in production with Televisa and TV Azteca.

Jacky Castro,

Executive Director of Unscripted Content for International Production in Latin America at SPT

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ARGENTINA

ESPOTLIGHT WILL AWARD THREE SERIES PROJECTS FROM VENTANA SUR SOLOSERIES, Ventana Sur’s new call for Latin American fiction projects or documentary series in development stages, announced it has closed an agreement with the Spanish talent incubator ESPotlight, associated with Legendary Global, for which it will deliver three prizes that will “enhance Latin American series production”.

The ten selected projects will be presented at Mercado Ventana Sur 2021, which will take place from November 29 to December 3 in Buenos Aires. ESPotlight will award a first prize of 15,000 euros as consideration for the development and transfer of exclusive intellectual property rights for a period of 18 months of a sales document and a pilot. The second prize will be 5,000 euros, and the third will consist of training on the development of the project and advice on the sales strategy, by ESPotlight. The rest of the selected projects will be part of the Ventana Sur catalog.

SERIES MANIA 2021

COLOMBIA’S ‘VIDA DE COLORES’ AMONG EVENT’S WINNERS

SERIES MANIA 2021 unveiled this year’s winners during the closing ceremony held at the Nouveau Siècle in Lille on September 2. “Our numbers speak for themselves: we had more than 54,000 participants as part of the Series Mania Festival, and for the Series Mania Forum, the in-person event had a total of 2,100 participants, with more than 400 online registrations, which add up to a total of 2,500 participants from 66 different countries and 50,000 visits to the platform”, said Laurence Herszberg, founder and CEO of Series Mania. Regarding the winners for this year, Herszberg celebrated that two of them, ‘Blackport’ and ‘The Last Socialist Artefact’, were projects originally presented at the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions of the Series Mania Forum, “which reinforces the fact that Series Mania is the place ‘where series begin.’” The list of winners features Colombian series ‘Vida de colores’, created by David David and produced

by Garabato Cine, which won the Special Jury Prize in the International Panorama category. The series was broadcast this year in Colombia on Canal Telecaribe.

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FUTVOX REACHES LATIN AMERICA AND THE HISPANIC US

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THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY continues to grow and adapt to new consumer habits in order to attract new audiences and bring the best content and formats to its followers. It is in this context that futvox was born, the first podcast company entirely devoted to soccer in Spanish that seeks to transcend in the audio-on-demand sector. The company is backed by a team of experienced professionals in entertainment and content production, as well as a committee of advisors and investors who provide support and expertise in technology, communication and sports business. Focusing on fans in Latin America and the US Hispanic market of the world’s most popular sport, futvox combines technology, innovation and original content produced entirely in the region, with the participation of a team of more than 50 journalists, hosts, analysts, technical directors, referees and ex-Latin American players.

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Joshua Mintz, Chief Content Officer at Dori Media

DORI MEDIA BETS ON GLOBAL PROJECTS

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Joshua Mintz, Chief Content Officer at Dori Media; spoke to ttv about the new stage in his career, as well as the company’s strategy for co-developing and co-producing new original projects for the international market.

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n June of this year, Dori Media Group announced the appointment of former TV Azteca executive, Joshua Mintz, as its new Chief Content Officer.

The executive with more than 30 years of experience in the audiovisual industry and now based in Jerusalem spoke to ttv about his plans to search for international partners with the aim of co-developing and co-producing original properties of high impact and global scale.

What does this new stage in your career imply? I am very grateful to Nadav [Palti], Givon [Snir] and Tami Mozes; because they are giving me a chance to work on something completely new for me. It is an important step because it means working at another company, but also in another culture and learning different processes and possibilities, in a position that is also very different from the one I had been in before. Because my current job has a very interesting mix between the creative part -production per se

and finding interesting content-, but it has an important load on the business side. This time I am also jointly responsible for setting up the business and distribution.

Today the production and distribution of content has evolved... All of it has changed significantly. It is no longer just about having a very good idea and a very good project, but there are many possibilities of who to do it with and what size. I see it as when I went from Mexico to the United States, as when I went from Univision to Telemundo and TV Azteca. I see it as something completely new and I take it with the same enthusiasm as when I was 20 years old, to do something new and not only work, but learn from my colleagues. I work with very talented people with enormous experience.

At Dori Media, in addition to the US Hispanic and Latin America, you will also work on projects in other international markets… Naturally, my area of expertise is the Spanish-speaking market, which will create synergy with what we want, because we are also seeing projects in Turkey. The issue is that there is a great demand for product in Spanish, but at the same time there is a demand for the dramatic genre. So these two important needs are brought together with a company that has a large, well-known catalog, with a significant amount of intellectual property that is ripe to be remade. And

“We already have projects in advanced stages for Turkey, Argentina and soon we will have projects whose main markets are the US Hispanic and pan-regional.”

we have access to creators who we naturally seek and who we know, both in Israel and in Mexico, the United States and Latin America.

In this sense, Dori Media already has projects in Argentina and Turkey, but there are also developments for Canada and the United States, as well as for other Latin American markets such as Mexico or Colombia… Exactly. We already have projects in advanced stages for Turkey, Argentina and we will soon have projects -I can’t say they are for Mexico, but they will be produced in Mexico- whose main markets are the US Hispanic and pan-regional. At the same time, we realize that production in Spanish transcends borders thanks to how the materials are now distributed. A Mexican product can be a global success, just as a Danish product is a global success.

We are focused on generating high quality content. I in particular, in the genre and the territories that I dominate and, which are also territories that Dori Media also knows, regardless of the fact that Dori Media has original content on Apple TV+ and has just sold a very important series to Channel 4 in England. But these contents are also to be aired in other markets. I have access to a lot of material and, this first month has been devoted to starting to figure out what we have and who we can work with.

What is the plan for working in a market like Turkey? The people who work in Turkey make very high quality TV and have an important mastery of melodrama, and they have also opened important markets. What we want on the one hand is to make content that transcends languages from the idiomatic point of view in Spanish and Turkish.

And on the other hand, there are sensational original stories in Turkey that we also want to develop for the international market, having one foot of course in Turkey. From a geographical point of view it is also close.

Turkey is the same distance to us as Mexico from Miami.

Where do the new projects come from?

When I arrived at the company I asked: What is the mission? Where are we going to get the stories from? We have a very large amount of intellectual property in the company. We are beginning to see which ones are ready to adapt. There is Israeli intellectual property that has worked very well locally and that is opening markets, such as ‘Little Mom’ in England. I see ‘Little Mom’ as a great possibility for Latin America. So we have our own IP, but we are also looking for content creators. Our intention is not to commission projects. We are jointly responsible for the development and execution. We want to be partners in the entire process.

What opportunity do you see for Hispanic content in this globalized universe of streamers? Our market has worked for many years in the same way and in the last two or three years it has matured to make higher quality materials as the international market is used to. I believe that international audiences will find quality Latin production and stories that are attractive to them. At this point, language is no longer a barrier.

Both the subtitles and the dubbing are spectacular.

Really the quality of the production and the script play an important role, but you do need great actors who act exceptionally well, because the actor’s name may be important for a certain region, but for the rest of the world their performance is going to be the most important thing. For instance, I know a couple of actors from the cast of ‘Borgen’.

But they are not really actors whose name tells me anything, other than their brilliant performance that I am seeing in a language that I do not know with Spanish subtitles. I think this is a very important lesson for all of us who work in the Latin American market. A good story that’s well-produced, well-acted, well executed has great international possibilities. The Netflix series [‘Who killed Sara?’] written by “Chascas” [José Ignacio] Valenzuela with Roberto Stopello, is a perfect exam-

“Our goal is not to simply commission projects. We are jointly responsible for the development and execution. We want to be partners in the whole process.” ple of a well-executed drama and a very important international success. I am pleased to have worked with both of them. They did a spectacular job.

What do you think about the current competition for creative talent? I believe that this is an incredible time in which there are no longer large groups that have a monopoly on talent and that talents can’t move.

And when I talk about talents I am not only talking about actors, but I am talking about the writer, the producer and the director.

There is great mobility and mobility only generates positive things. As long as this incredible moment of product demand continues and there is this volume of production that has now stopped due to the pandemic but that will eventually return to normal levels, there will be an unprecedented amount of production, at least as far as Mexico goes…

It’s an incredible time for talent. The young talent is going to be sheltering the talent that has more experience to do the normal rotation. Just as when I was young there were fewer possibilities to grow in the audiovisual business in Mexico, now there are really a big number of production companies and possibilities for your content to be seen and for you to have job opportunities, and I think it’s incredible. It is a time of great opportunity.

NORMAL SOLD TO HBO MAX FOR LATIN AMERICA November 2020 through HOT in Israel.

The series is inspired by the life of Lior Dayan, a member of the famous Israeli family Dayan, who created the series with Assaf Korman. It tells the story of 24-yearold Noam, a member of a famous family, as he resides in a mental

hospital after hitting rock bottom. The series comes from being a success with audiences in Israel, where it managed to be one of the three most watched dramas on the HOT network during 2020, with a 17.2% share and 580,000 views on VOD.

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Israeli distributor Dori Media announced the sale of its drama ‘Normal’ to WarnerMedia Latin America. The deal is for HBO Max, which will broadcast it in English, Spanish and Portuguese. ‘Normal’ is an eight-episode, 35-minute drama, originally aired in

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Russia TV and Radio (Sovtelexport)

For more details, content and sales contacts, please visit the company’s profile on our exclusive service TTV+

Julia Matyash, Director of Sovtelexport

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Which titles and productions will the company be presenting at the event? At the upcoming autumn market, Sovtelexport will present several new titles. The first is the TV series ‘Cloister’, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Zakhar Prilepin.

It is a poignant and shocking love story unfolding on the background of the horrors of the Solovetsky special purpose camp in post-Civil-War Russia.

Increasing sales, new alliances and deals, and new territories conquered are just some of the things RTR has accomplished during these challenging times, all while keeping its employees safe. Julia Matyash, Director of Sovtelexport, spoke to ttv about these milestones and the new titles the Russian company’s distribution arm is now presenting in the international market.

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t’s safe to say these past few months have been one of the most challenging in recent times. But one of the few positive things to come out of the global pandemic has been the increasing need for content, with families across the globe seeking entertainment during the quarantine.

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And one of the distributors that has been able to rise to this challenge is Sovtelexport, the distribution arm for Russia TV and Radio, which has taken its high-end catalog of premium dramas and content to almost every corner of the globe.

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“Even during these challenging times, we managed to maintain the sales rate high.

Our distribution activity did not weaken: we keep successfully presenting new drama series on the market, participating in online events and festivals, striking deals with new clients and, most importantly, exploring new territories,” said Julia Matyash, director of the distributor, who spoke to ttv about

Then we have the feature film ‘Elsa’s Land’, a moving love story of 70-year-old Leonid and Elsa. Their families do not approve of their love, which leads to a tense confrontation between generations.

Lastly, we have the TV series ‘The Lockdown’, which was initiated in the pre-Covid times, but turned out to be prophetic. It centers on the idea that any pandemic will end and the people’s main task is to preserve eternal human values, such as love, friendship and commitment to principles.

“Even during these challenging times, we managed to maintain the sales rate high.

Our distribution activity did not weaken.” how the company has adapted to the “new normal” and what’s new in terms of content for the international market. Аs we approach a new edition of Mipcom, another event that will take place both in person and online, how will Sovtelexport be participating? We will be participating in Mipcom online, since we are unable to participate in the physical edition of the event this year due to the Covid restrictions.

Speaking of hybrid events, what’s your opinion about digital marketplaces? Do you think they are a good solution to the current health crisis or are physical events simply the best option? Why so? Unfortunately, hybrid events did not improve the situation radically. Quarantine restrictions still affect both formats How has the last year been for your company in terms of business and strategies for working under the “new normal”?

How has the business changed? Even during these challenging times, we managed to maintain the sales rate high. Our distribution activity did not weaken: we keep successfully presenting new drama series on the market, participating in online events and festivals, striking deals with new clients and, most importantly, exploring new territories: Australia, for instance. ‘The Optimists’ series was included in the catalog of the SBS On Demand VOD Platform. It is the second most viewed digital platform in the country.

Last year, our series were aired on the largest TV channels and VOD platforms of the world.

Cloister Series

Elsa’s Island Series

The Lockdown Series

“We keep successfully presenting new drama series on the market, participating in online events and festivals, striking deals with new clients and, most importantly, exploring new territories.”

We have signed agreements with TF-1 Histoire (France), TVP 2 (Poland), RAI (Italy), RTVS (Slovakia), HRT (Croatia), CJ (South Korea), GINGA (Japan), Discovery channel Japan, Senal (Columbia). Titles from our catalog were included in Netflix and Amazon Prime libraries.

One of the main trends during the pandemic has been the growth of streaming platforms all over the world, with audiences having to quarantine and looking for new forms of entertainment. How has this influenced Sovtelexport’s strategy?

Is OTT more important now in terms of distribution? Undoubtedly, the growing amount of new streaming platforms affected our international strategy. The demand for digital rights is high. And new services are more flexible in choosing content, since they are eager to find their niche on the market. Due to this, Sovtelexport was able to explore new territories in 2020-2021. Nowadays, VOD sales is not only an independent segment. Many TV channels use their platforms to test audience reaction, for example.

Lately, the major Polish television network Telewizja Polska S.A. started broadcasting the ‘All Quiet In Cossack Village…’ telenovela in its prime time.

In Japan, the GINGA channel showed the second season of the top-rate period drama

“The present of cinema is shaped by the future. Creators must think of what themes will be relevant in 2-3 years, when their project is released.

And the topic of after survival seems to be the most promising.”

‘Ekaterina’ and already licensed rights for the continuation of the show, ‘Ekaterina: Pretenders’, for broadcasting in 2021.

The OSN channel purchased the film version of Leo Tolstoy’s famous novel ‘Anna Karenina’ directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. Senal, the state channel of Colombia, acquired rights for the period drama ‘Sophia’. Amazon Prime included ‘The Terrible’, ‘The Blood Widow’, ‘The Optimists: Caribbean Season’, ‘Ekaterina’, ‘Demons’, ‘The Prince’s guard’, ‘Peter the Great: Testament’ among many other TV series in its library.

How do you see the future of the content production and distribution business under the “new normal” and what’s in store for RTR in this regard? The present of cinema is shaped by the future. The creators must think of what themes will be relevant in 2-3 years, when their project is released.

And the topic of after survival seems to be the most promising.

People are exhausted by overcoming and defeating the cruel circumstances. They will keep seeking answers to how to find the strength to live a full life after all those irreparable losses, horrors and catastrophes; where to get the power to continue their journey; where is this magical thread that will lead them out of this labyrinth of hopelessness and dread.

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Which RTR titles have been demanded the most by platforms and broadcasters around the world during this past year?

The appetite for high-end screen adaptations of the famous contemporary Russian writers’ works is strong. Our film versions fans found ‘Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes’, ‘Blackout’ and ‘Cloister’ very exciting.

And undoubtedly, period dramas with their large-scale productions, gripping plots, gorgeous costumes and decorations remain very demanded. Apart from being incredibly beautiful and educative shows, they help us to solve the most insoluble modern conflicts and problems.

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LATIN AMERICA

WALTER PRESENTS ARRIVES IN LATAM WITH CINDIE WALTER PRESENTS’ SPECIALIZED PLATFORM FOR QUALITY INTERNATIONAL SERIES continues to expand around the world.

Originally launched in 2016 in the UK by Channel 4, with series specialist Walter Iuzzolino as alma mater and content curator, Walter Presents has since expanded into territories such as Ireland, Australia and the US. And now, according to Variety, it will land in Latin America. The platform’s arrival in the region will be part of an alliance with Cindie, DMD’s OTT platform specialized in independent cinema. With TVOD and EST platforms, DMD is present in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil and reaches up to 36 million households in the region. “Reaching Latin America has been one of my goals for a long time and doing it with a company like DMD means that our collection will reach a very wide audience,” said Walter Iuzzolino.

APPOINTMENT

ELISABETTA ZENATTI IS THE NEW VP OF CONTENT AT NETFLIX BRAZIL

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AFTER ANNOUNCING her departure from Floresta Produções, a Brazilian production company owned by Sony Pictures Television (SPT), Elisabetta Zenatti’s new professional challenge was unveiled. Since August, the experienced executive has been Netflix’s new VP of Content for Brazil. “Elisabetta brings a wide network of relationships and experiences that will undoubtedly allow us to expand our investment in local production, both in variety and ambition, with an irresistible offer of the best original Brazilian content, in different genres,” said Francisco Ramos, VP of Content for Latin America at Netflix.

“Bringing someone with Elisabetta’s experience to our team is another clear example of our commitment to bring more Brazilian stories to the world, through the voices of national talents and creators,” added Ramos.

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Elisabetta Zenatti, VP of Content at Netflix Brazil

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Mirjam Strasser,

Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Authentic Distirbution

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AUTHENTIC DISTRIBUTION STRENGTHENS SALES AND ACQUISITIONS TEAM AUTHENTIC DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCED the arrival of new members to its acquisitions and sales team. With the added power, Autentic Distribution is strengthening its expertise in sourcing, curating, and financing world-class factual content. Angelika Stebbings is now responsible for the international acquisition of high-end documentaries and factual series for the strong sales catalog. Stebbings brings many years of experience in both acquisitions and sales, including runs at KirchMedia, EM Entertainment, YEP TV, and Mainstream Media.

In addition, Birte Zywko, a former student of Studio Hamburg, has been supporting the sales team since July. She is responsible for all sales in France and Benelux, Nordic countries and the UK, LatAm, Spain and Portugal, as well as the US and Canada. Birte brings more than 20 years of experience in international sales of factual content.

CALINOS NAMES DIRECTOR OF SALES AND ACQUISITIONS IN LATAM TURKISH DISTRIBUTOR CALINOS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCED the addition of a new member to its international team: Bernadette Delmás was appointed Director of Sales and Acquisitions for Latin America.

Delmás is a TV and film executive with more than 18 years of experience in acquisitions, sales and programming.

“I am very excited to announce this great opportunity, working at Calinos Entertainment, one of the most important Turkish companies, whose achievements are well known to those of us who are privileged to work in our beloved industry. This is a great challenge that I will face with all the passion, happiness and experience of more than 18 years that I have been working in this magical world of entertainment!”

Bernadette Delmás,

Director of Sales and Acquisitions for Calinos in LatAm

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Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League

Paco’s Men

Wounded Heart

ALL3MEDIA INTERNATIONAL

ATRESMEDIA INTERNACIONAL

Berkshire House, 168-173 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7AA +44 (0)20 7845 4350 +44 (0)20 7845 4399 international@all3media.com www.all3mediainternational.com

Avda. Isla Graciosa, 13, San Sebastián De Los Reyes, 28703 Madrid (Spain) +34 91 6230500 pgardon@atresmediatv.com www.international-sales-atresmedia.com

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Diana Borbón, Sales Manager

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ATV

BANIJAY RIGHTS

+90 212 354 37 01 info@atvdistribution.com www.atvdistribution.com

Shepherds Building Central Charecroft Way London W14 0EE United Kingdom sales@banijayrights.com www.banijayrights.com

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Emre Gorentas, Content Sales Deputy Manager Gozde Dinc Ozcan, Content Sales Specialist Merve Dogan, Content Sales Specialist

Sally Habbershaw, EVP, Americas

FEVER PITCH: THE RISE OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE (Documentary - 4 x 60’) Created by the Emmy and BAFTA-awardwinning Story Films and David Beckham’s new production company Studio 99, this enthralling documentary offers the definitive story of the English Premier League. Charting the transformative impact that business brains, players, agents and journalists had on English football, as well as how the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s pay-tv influenced the game’s global reach, the documentary relives this story from the inside through exclusive interviews with key players. The premium series traces how race, celebrity, masculinity, wealth and globalisation has changed across football and the world over the last 30 years.

CASH AT YOUR DOOR (Entertainment - 30’)

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A charming, cost-effective and adaptable game show format, with an innovative twist on the traditional studio-based game show, where the presenter literally knocks at the doors of potential contestants’ homes for the game to begin!

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PACO’S MEN (Comedy - 8 x 50’) This new season keeps the same spirit that made ‘Paco’s Men’ great, its humor, its way of understanding friendship, love, life and justice, but adapted to the new times. It’s been a few years and many things have changed, but not their soul, that will never change. The return of ‘Paco’s men’ will not disappoint old fans of the series, but it will also attract new viewers. Paco is older, wiser, and even more stubborn. He has grown as a person and everything is changing around him. But above all, he is a born survivor and he will always know how face any challenge. Of course, with the unconditional support of his friends.

A NORMAL FAMILY: THE RETURN (Drama - 4 x 50’) The family meets again. Ten years have passed since the Castillo Rey family had a happy ending. But life goes on and the passage of time, destiny and an unknown event that we will discover during this new stage, were separating them. Now, a serious threat looms over them, which will confront them with a new mission

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Muge Akar, Content Sales Deputy Manager

José Antonio Salso, Head of Acquisitions and Sales

Janel Downing, VP Sales, Latin America

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Matt Creasy, EVP Sales,Acquisitions & Coproductions (World excluding EMEA) Michelle Wasserman, SVP Latam Finished Tape & Formats

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Janet Jackson

WOUNDED HEART (Drama - 45’) The series is an impressive story of revenge between two families. In the series, everything turns upside down when Ferit (Gökhan Alkan) and Hande (Merve Çağıran) plan a marriage with the support of their families.

When Ferit returns to the farm earlier than he should have been, and sees Hande very intimately with Yaman (Toprak Can Adıgüzel).

Then, he immediately goes to İstanbul and by chance meets up a fierce girl and makes a “proposal” to Ayşe (Yağmur Tanrısevsin). The events revolve around, when they go back to motherlands.

TROUBLE MAKER (Drama - 45’) Psychology enthusiast Ipek and and the chief of police Şahin’s paths cross after Ipek’s husband is involved with shady business to be murdered. In the series, a murder subject will be dealt with every week. İpek, who started a job at the Police Department, and Şahin, the chief commissioner of the murder bureau, are two quite opposite characters, and of course their tension proves once again that opposittes do attract each other.

Cathy Payne, Chief Executive Officer

JANET JACKSON (Factual - 4 x 60’) With full unprecedented access to the music icon, Janet will be an intimate, honest and unfiltered look at her untold story. Filmed over three years, the incredible documentary will feature exclusive access to archival footage and Janet’s never before seen home videos, along with star-studded interviews. As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s very first album, this will be the definitive story on Janet Jackson, one of the best-selling and highest-earning artists in music history.

The four-hour documentary event joins Janet as her family is going through another extremely difficult time, mourning the loss of her father Joseph, the pivotal figure in the Jackson dynasty. The documentary details Janet’s return to the world stage following a sudden break from music. Speaking like never before, Janet also discusses everything including her Superbowl appearance with Justin Timberlake in 2004, the death of her brother Michael and becoming a mother later in life. And with her own romantic relationship having broken down, she starts to look back at her own life and reflect on her fight to the top.

Lawless Love

The Cartel The Origin

Taffy

Hidden Assets

CALINOS ENTERTAINMENT

CARACOL TELEVISIÓN

CYBER GROUP STUDIOS

+90 216 999 49 99 info@calinosentertainment.com www.calinosentertainment.com

150 Alhambra Circle, Suite #1250. Miami, FL, 33134, USA +1 305-960-2018 www.caracolinternacional.com

+33155563232 sales@cybergroupstudios.com www.cybergroupstudios.com

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Ismail Dursunov, Deputy General Manager Asli Serim Guliyev, Head of International Sales Duda Rodrigues, International Sales Executive (Latam) Melis Idil, International Sales Director (Mena, Europe, India) Bernadette Delmas, International Sales & Acquisitions Director (Latam) Goryana Vasileva, OTT & Format Sales Manager Ebru Mercan, International Sales Representative (Africa & Baltics)

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Jose Luis Gascue, Executive Vice President Head of Worldwide Sales

LAWLESS LOVE (Drama) It’s 1940. A mining town in Zonguldak, the coal city. Everybody in town make their living through the coal mine. The mine belongs to Malik, a rich man in his 50s. In addition to the mine, he also owns most of the agricultural fields in town. This system of exploitation that Malik established made him richer and richer, especially during wartime. The protagonist, Davut, lives a modest life in this town with his two brothers, his 6-year-old sister and his parents. His father Tahir and his brothers Celal and Eyup are miners like him. The mine collapses, and Malik’s actions result in nine deaths. Malik explained the situation to Davut but he doesn’t believe his lies and ends up shooting him. Davut goes to Malik’s mansion and receives an unexpected offer. Malik will not report him in, but in return, he expects Davut to do his dirty work for him. Davut accepts the offer so that he can destroy the corrupt system from within. One day, Gulfem, Malik’s daughter, sees him, and she instantly hates him. Their relationship starts with hate, but it eventually turns into something else.

And they decide to get married.

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Paloma Garcia, Sales Director Europe and Africa Jesus Iriepar, Sales Executive for Asia, Europe and Middle East

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Jessica Laloum, International Sales Executive Eve Cohen, International Sales, Marketing and Communication Coordinator

BLOOD SISTERS (Super series - 60 x 60’) ‘Las Villamizar’, a historical drama with a taste of suspense and police thrillers, taking place during America´s Independence years. Las Villamizar are 3 aristocratic sisters, who have a double life as spies for the liberation army.

These heroines will face the Spanish army, led by Coronel Montenegro, responsible for the death of their mother 12 years back. The sisters will be trained by their father Gerardo Villamizar, who prepared his daughters Carolina, Leonor and Isabela to avenge his wife, turning them into true spies, capable of using all kinds of weapons, but also experts in manipulating and infiltrating high society.

Throughout this story, the 3 sisters will fulfill missions that will get them closer to their objective, putting their hearts, identities and lives on the line.

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Rick Barker, Head of Sales James Anderson, Sales Manager

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Pierre Sissmann, Chairman & CEO

Lisette Osorio, VP of International Sales

‘The Cartel, the Origin’, the untold story of the Cali Cartel, a drug empire whose operations reached more than 25 countries, becoming the most powerful cartel in the world. This new super series will feature the events that preceded the successful ‘The Cartel’ and ‘The Cartel 2’, series that traveled around the world, being sold to more than 180 countries. Based on real events, it will preserve throughout every moment the tension and suspense of the events that led its protagonists to become the most sought after men in the world.

2 Kingdom Street, London W2 6JP team@dcdrights.com + 44 (0) 20 3869 0190 www.dcdrights.com

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THE CARTEL THE ORIGIN (Super series - 60 x 60’)

DCD RIGHTS

TAFFY (Comedy - 78 x 7’) ‘Taffy’ follows the non-stop, slapstick extravaganza faced by loyal hound dog Bentley when his billionaire old lady owner Mrs Muchmore takes in an imposter posing as wide-eyed, fluffy angora cat. Each instalment sees Bentley try to reveal “Taffy” for the vermin he is – while super-clever Taffy handily frames the dog for every one of his exploits, pillagings and disastrous messes.

50/50 HEROES (Comedy - 52 x 11’) The series follows the adventures of Mo and Sam, half-brother and sister, aged 11 and 9.

One day they find out that they have inherited some powers from their great-great-greatgrandma who had a fling with a superhero many moons ago. But, as half-siblings, they must share these powers down the middle.

Upshot: these two “sorta superheroes” run half as fast, turn half-invisible! Superpowers, crazy adventures, fun, comedy, friendship and family are all here together in the first season of this bold and hilarious series.

LAST KIDS ON EARTH (Comedy - 66’ + 22 x 22’ + 2 specials)

HIDDEN ASSETS (Drama - 6 x 60’) A routine raid led by Emer Berry (Angeline Ball), a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source – not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong (Wouter Hendrickx). Eventually, they unravel a political conspiracy fueling domestic unrest for financial gain; caught up in this web of greed are the Brannigans, a wealthy Irish dynasty with ties to Antwerp.

GENESIS: THE LAST DOMINO? (Live Concerts & Events - 1 x 60’) ‘Genesis: The Last Domino?’ follows Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford and their crew as they build and rehearse their Last Domino tour. Despite the complications and uncertainties of the global Covid pandemic, the band took the decision to spend the time and money so they would be prepared once the world returned to normal. The film follows the creative and emotional processes involved, and features band interviews and live performances from the spectacular yet to be seen show.

This Netflix’s original animated series follows Jack Sullivan and a group of zombie-fighting middle schoolers who live in a treehouse filled with video games and candy.

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Power Couple

The Teacher

DORI MEDIA Seefeldstrasse 133, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland +41-43-817-7050 sales@dorimedia.com www.dorimedia.com , www.dorimediadistribution.com

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Carolina Sabbag, VP Sales, Western Europe, USA & Canada Maria Perez Campi, Director of Sales, LATAM & US Hispanic Camila Premet, Sales Manager, CEE, CIS & Africa Haikal Jamari, Sales Manager, Asia & Middle East Einat Borovich-Naim, VP Marketing, Dori Media Group

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Liar

ENTERTAINMENT ONE

ECCHO RIGHTS

GAUMONT

134 Peter St, Suite 700 , Toronto, Ontario, Canada https:// eone.internationaldistribution.com

Kungsgatan 48, 111 35 Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 55 69 93 80 info@ecchorights.com www.ecchorights.com

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750 N. San Vicente Blvd. West Hollywood, CA, 90069, RW STE 1000 +1(424) 281 5200 tvsales@gaumont.com www.gaumont.us

Spyro Markesinis, EVP, Head of Sales - EMEA, International Distribution Dan Loewy, EVP Head of Sales - US, International Distribution Noel Hedges, EVP, Acquisitions, International Distribution

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Barbora Suster, Executive for Latin America and Iberia

Cecilia Rossignol, SVP, International TV Sales, Scripted

Starring mutli BAFTA and Olivier award-winner Sheridan Smith as a teacher whose life unravels after being accused of having a drunken sexual encounter with one of her pupils.

THE NEWSREADER (Drama - 6 x 60’) Set in a frantic 1980’s commercial TV newsroom, ‘The Newsreader’ centres on the compelling relationship between two reporters, covering an extraordinary chain of events.

JONI MITCHELL: BLUE 50TH ANNIVERSARY (W/T) (Documentary - 1 x 70’) The definitive documentary to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s iconic album, Blue and how her career has influenced countless artists across the last few decades.

NONA AND HER DAUGHTERS (Modern Dramedy - 9 x 30’)

The most dramatic, tense and thrilling launch of the autumn season in Turkey, Liar is an extraordinary series that grapples with tough issues in an unexpected way, asking difficult moral questions of the viewer as we seek the truth after a first date spirals out of control.

In love with André and freed from Manu, George and Gaby, her three adult daughters she adores, Nona, 70 years old, lives life to the full, in the heart of the Parisian neighbourhood of Goutte d’Or. Until doctor Truffe tells her that she is pregnant…

ONE OF US (Drama - 150 x 45’)

BIONIC MAX (Slapstick Buddy Comedy - 52 x 11’)

The next hit romantic drama comedy from the producers of recent ratings sensations New Bride and North Star, ‘One of Us’ is the story of Adam and Havva - a couple deeply in love but faced with tough decisions to make in order to appease their fiercely religious parents...

Max, a malfunctioning bionic guinea pig and his goldfish buddy, JC, escape from their laboratory into the bustling streets of Woodchuck Woods. Adapting to the urban jungle is no small feat for our pair of intrepid misfits, who try to fit in with the local wildlife while living madcap and clumsy adventures.

THREESOME (Drama - 8 x 23’) Threesome is a boundary pushing drama series that has won rave reviews from critics in Sweden. A story of first love, broken dreams, betrayal, self-discovery and sex, the series has been called “Sweden’s best drama of 2021” and will return for a second season next year.

The biggest launch of the 2021 spring season in Turkey, ‘Chrysalis’ is a phenomenal smash hit, returning straight to number one in the ratings upon its second season premiere in September 2021.

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LIAR (Drama - 150 x 45’)

CHRYSALIS (Drama - 163 x 45’)

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Laura Laas, VP, International TV Sales, Kids & Family

Stuart Baxter, President, International Distribution

THE TEACHER (Drama Miniseries - 4 x 60’)

An international and successful prime time reality format that puts love to the test like you’ve never seen before! The couple’s emotions, humor, tensions and love come into play. 8 couples move into a one villa for 6 weeks and each week they’ll have to face extreme challenges that will test how well they really know each other. In this game, couples who are confident in themselves and believe in their relationship can turn that into a lot of money, the winning couple’s relationship determines the size of the prize. Power Couple is a new and different experience in the reality show genre bringing a lot of humor, emotions and love to the screen and not only intrigues and conspiracies!

Fredrik af Malmborg, General Director Lisa Wegscheider, Sales and Format Sales Coordinator

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Nadav Palti, President & CEO

POWER COUPLE (Reality Format)

Nona And Her Daughters

DO, RE & MI (Comedy, Musical - 52 x 11’) ‘Do, Re & Mi’ is an animated series for preschoolers that centers on the musical adventures of three best birdie buddies voiced by Kristen Bell, Jackie Tohn, and Luke Youngblood. Featuring delightful adventures and toe-tapping original songs spanning multiple genres, the series takes little ones on a journey where they will discover new sounds and melodies, move to the beat, and see how music helps solve every problem!

Respect 2

Three Sisters

INTER MEDYA Istanbloom Offices, Kore Sehitleri, Caddesi 16/1 Zincirlikuyu, 34394, Istanbul, Turkey +90 (212) 231 0102 info@intermedya.tv https:// intermedya.tv

EXECUTIVES

Beatriz Cea Okan, VP and Head of Sales and Acquisitions Sibel Levendoglu, Sales Executive Pelin Koray, Sales Executive Elena Pak, Sales Executive Sinem Aliskan, Sales Executive

All About Marriage

Barbarossa: Sword of the Mediterranean

KANAL D INTERNATIONAL

MADD ENTERTAİNMENT

DTV Haber Ve Gorsel Yayincilik A.S., Demioren Medya Center 100. Yıl Mah. 2264. Sk. No:1 34204, Bagcilar, Istambúl, Turquía +90 212 413 56 66 sales@kanald.international www.kanald.international Booth: Tresor 2-1804/2-1802

+90 212 273 24 34 info@madd.tv https:// madd.tv

EXECUTIVES

Özlem Özsümbül, Head of Sales Alaa Elabasy, Senior Sales Manager

EXECUTIVES

Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director, Kanal D International

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TOP EXECUTIVES Ateş İnce, Managing Director

MISTCO Murat Reis Mh. Yeniocak Sk. No.45 Uskudar 34664 Istanbul, Turkey +90 2166951300 info@mistco.tv www.mistco.tv

EXECUTIVES

Maria Espino, Sales Manager, LatAm Zeynep Kayrak, Head of Marketing and Sales Support

TOP EXECUTIVES

Aysegul Tuzun, Managing Director

Ekin Koyuncu, Executive Director

Can Okan, Founder and CEO

ALL ABOUT MARRIAGE (Drama - 45’) RESPECT 2 (Drama)

THREE SISTERS (Premium Drama)

‘Respect’ is the story of a psychopath, Ercument Cozer, and his obsession against disrespect and its reflections on the community. Two lovers whom just found their identity, Helen and Savas, are in a warpath against imprudence and start committing serial killings in Istanbul. In a wicked game he created himself, Ercument emerges victorious, tears Savas and Helen apart, and takes Helen under his wings. Now, he has a sister to fight along him for his cause. A newly appointed prosecutor, Arya, will introduce Ercument the feelings he has never known, to their full extent. Meanwhile left with his anger all alone, Savas feels lost between his sense of justice and his love for Helen. Selim, who has not been able to lie ever since leaving Ercument’s rehabilitation center, is now part of this game. What if, Ercument who saw his rehabilitation patients as merely ‘flies’ gets conquered by them instead? Maybe Ercument is mortal after all.

Published in 2018 and breaking sales records since the day it was published, İclal Aydın’s book “Three Sisters”, one of the trilogy book series, now brings its story from the pages to the screen. Once upon a time, three sisters lived in a cute house overlooking one of the lovely seas of a very beautiful and mysterious country. The names of these 3 sisters are Türkan, Dönüş and Derya. Together with their father, Sadık , and their mother, Nesrin, they would sit on their laps at night and dream of the wonderful years that awaited them in the future. Maybe the fairy-tale childhood of Türkan, Dönüş and Derya in the pine-scented streets of Ayvalık did not prepare them for the cruelty of the adult world. It is not a story of unhappiness; The story of returning to goodness by remembering the joyful days.

The journey of becoming good…

TWIST OF FATE (Romantic Comedy) What happens when a superstitious beautiful young girl tries to keep her “marriage fraud” to avoid being “happily n’ever after” and has to work with a handsome Alpha-Male boss who has tightly close doors against love? The fate twists and Cupid hits both of them so hard with its arrow!

Çolpan Cevher is a renowned lawyer and has built the family business into Istanbul’s top divorce practice when her oldest daughter Azra suddenly leaves the firm to join a rival.

Stubborn sister Sanem who is also a lawyer remains with her mother, while the little sister Güneş lives her life away from the law.

To complicate the matters more, their father shows up - 25 years after running away with the nanny - to reclaim his share of the family business. Stable life of Azra is shaken when she learns the infidelity of her husband’. who is also a divorce attorney and the couple have three beautiful children together.

Despite all her professional experience, Azra is ill-prepared for her own divorce when she reconnects with an old flame at her new firm.

There is only so much room at the top, and eventually Azra’s new firm sets out to crush her old one. In the midst of a nasty divorce, a reviving love affair, and a bitter business rivalry with her own mother, Azra is pushed to the very limit.

BARBAROSSA: SWORD OF THE MEDITERRANEAN (Historical Drama - 120 x 45’) Starring Engin Altan Düzyatan (known from resurrection: Ertugrul) and Ulaş Tuna Astepe (Known from Lifeline) the series tells four brothers born and raised in Lesbos, who rise up against dangers and become conquerors of the seas in the 16th century.

THE GREAT SELJUKS: THE LEGEND OF ALPARSLAN (Historical Drama - 120 x 45’) The series, which will tell the life of Sultan Alparslan, the ruler of the Great Seljuk State, who defeated the Byzantine army in 1071 and opened the gates of Anatolia to the Turks, is a spin off from the Great Seljuks: Guardians of Justice.

THE SHADOW TEAM (Drama, Crime - S1 44 x 45’ / S2 – On Air) ‘The Shadow Team’ tells the story, fight, devotion, and sacrifice of ‘seven patriots’ who accept a challenging duty that requires them to leave their own lives behind and become ghosts among crowds for their country and who literally go underground for this purpose.

But there is only one condition for becoming a member of this team: the team members will be officially considered dead from now on and no one, including their loved ones, will know that they are alive.

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MeteoHeroes

Miss Persona

MONDO TV STUDIOS Calle de Quevedo, 5, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38005, Spain f.mandolini@mondotvstudios.com

EXECUTIVES

Dimitri Papanikas, International Sales & Coproductions Manager

TOP EXECUTIVES

Maria Bonaria Fois, CEO

Colombia - Wild And Free

The Yard

NELVANA

ORF-ENTERPRISE

RAYA GROUP

25 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ON, Canada M5A 0B5 www.nelvana.com

Wuerzburggasse 30, 1136 Vienna, Austria +43 1 87878-13030 contentsales@orf.at https://contentsales.ORF.at

Salih Omurtak Sok. No 40 Koşuyolu Kadıköy 00902165451533 00902165451534 ramazan@rayagroup.tv www.rayagroup.tv

EXECUTIVES

Leyla Formoso, Sales Representative, Latin America, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal at Corus Entertainment

TOP EXECUTIVES

Leyla Formoso, Sales Representative, Latin America, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal at Corus Entertainment

EXECUTIVES

Marion Camus-Oberdorfer, Sales Director GST I Music & Performing Arts I Distribution Investment Monika Kossits, Sales Manager TV Johannes Stanek, Sales Manager TV Alexandra Hopf, Sales Manager TV Mario Leonhardsberger, Digital Content Distribution Manager Valerie Schmitt, Sales Manager VOD

EXECUTIVES

Ramazan Yirmibesoglu, Owner

TOP EXECUTIVES

Nil Pekin, Sales Executive

TOP EXECUTIVES METEOHEROES (Animation 2D - S1: 52 episodes x 7’ | S2: 52 episodes x 13’ in production) MeteoHeroes addresses issues like climate change, ecology and respect for nature through the amazing adventures of six children - each of whom can control a weather phenomenon. It’s an important message but it’s delivered in a fun, engaging way that both entertains young viewers and helps them understand the issues and how they can help the planet.

NINA & OLGA (Animation 2D - 52 episodes x 7’) Nina is a sweet 6-year-old girl who goes to school together with her friend Teo. The two children have a very special friend: Olga, a soft white cloud who is the same age as Nina and Teo. With her they will live fantastic adventures in their everyday life, through which they will learn to get to know each other and to manage their still unknown emotions.

SEX SYMBOLS (Animation 2D - 26 episodes x 7’)

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Carla, Mia, Max and Hugo are entering their pre-adolescence when their first doubts about physical changes and sexuality begin to arise. An entertaining animated series through which youngers will learn about sexual and emotional education.

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MISS PERSONA (Kids/Live-Action - S1: 4 x 5’ | S2: 52 x 3’ | S3: 60 x 7’) Fix-It-Up Forest, join Miss Persona, and her shy teddy bear best friend Brandon Bear as they solve problems through imaginative play. Each episode features crafts, originals songs and lots of fun!

ESME & ROY (Kids/Animation - S1: 52 x 11’ | S2: 52 x 11’) The best Monstersitters in Monsterdale!

Esme and Roy help little monsters solve big problems. Using creative games, mindfulness and the power of play, the pair help younger monsters overcome relatable situations.

‘Esme & Roy’ is an award-winning series with multi-Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series, produced by Nelvana in partnership with Sesame Workshop.

TOON BOPS (Kids/Animation - 2 Seasons, 21 x 90’’) Endearing musical shorts encouraging little ones to explore and have fun, the new season of ‘Toon Bops’ will have preschoolers bopping to new beats inspired by pop, country, and r&b! Each music video features original music, a rotating cast of fun-loving animated characters and heartfelt themes such as fun, friendship and family.

Armin Luttenberger, Head of Content Sales International

COLOMBIA - WILD AND FREE (Documentary - 2 x 52’) The echo of gunfire has died in Colombia’s forests. For decades, rebel groups held out in the great national parks. They spread terror - but paradoxically they also protected the pristine forests. Now that peace has been declared, this country can reveal its natural glories: snow-capped mountains and glaciers, rainforests, mysterious tepui table mountains, thundering waterfalls, swamps, savanna, lonely coasts - and a dazzling and extraordinary variety of wildlife.

EMPEROR AUGUSTUS - TYRANT AND PEACEMAKER (Documentary – 1 x 52’) Octavian, better known by his honorific title of Augustus, was the heir to the murdered autocrat Caesar. He avenged his adoptive father and used cunning and brutal violence to bring the civil war to an end in order to become ruler of the Roman Empire himself.

A stunning documentary focusing not only on the power struggle between the two women that fought for themselves and the line of succession, but also on how Augustus ensured that the Roman culture was able to blossom for centuries.

THE YARD (Drama, Crime - 146 x 45’) Deniz who took the blame for the crime of her daughter Ecem who shot her husband Hakan by whom she was subjected to violence is arrested. In the prison she is squeezed between the leaders of two jail gangs, namely Azra and Kudret. She hopes to be released in a short time. Deniz is accused of killing the warden of the prison and is put on trial for serving a life sentence Kudret who sees Deniz as a threat look for various ways for harming her and prepares a plot. In the meanwhile Ecem the daughter of Deniz get acquainted with Alp, the son of Kudret, at the gate of the prison and they fall in love with each other. Kudret tries to get Ecem murdered by Alp but Ecem gets rid of it. Ecem who confessed that it was her who shot Hakan goes into the jail. On the other hand Kudret tries to get Ecem murdered again, this time in the jail. Ecem is heavily injured and hospitalized. She is released from prison after she gets out of the hospital. She is murdered by Alp the first day that she went home. After the killing of her daughter, Deniz stabs Kudret to death.

Genesis

Outback Car Hunters

Elsa’s Land

RECORD TV

RTVE

1449, Bosque Street, Barra Funda São Paulo/SP, Brasil 01136-001 - São Paulo-SP, Brasil. +55 11 3300-4022 emendes@recordtv.com.br www.recordtvnetwork.com

Avda. de Radio Televisión, 4, 28223 Pozuelo De Alarcón, Madrid + 34.91.581.78.27 www.rtve.es/commercial/

EXECUTIVES

Rafael Bardem, Subdirector de Venta de Programas y Licencias Tony Pérez Bonilla, Gerente de Ventas María José Loranca, Ejecutivo de Ventas David Priego, Ejecutivo de Ventas Cecilia Lera, Responsable de Mercados y Promoción

Edson Mendes, International Sales Manager

TOP EXECUTIVES Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director

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‘Genesis’ is the story of the first 2,300 years of humanity and recounts events exclusively from that period. The plot begins by giving us a greater understanding of why we exist and how we turned from perfection to imperfection. The origin of all social and racial problems is there at the beginning of everything, when via one decision a human being who only knew good and enjoyed it so much also chose to know evil.

MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Biblical Telenovela - 242 x 50’) The telenovela tells one of the most famous passages in the Bible: the life of Moses. The story of the Hebrew leader, from his birth until his death, highlighting the encounter with God on Mount Sinai, the plagues thrown over Egypt, his participation in the liberation of the Hebrew people from slavery, the passage through the Red Sea, revelation of the ten commandments, the journey of forty years in the desert and the arrival of the people on the promised land.

RUSSIA TELEVISION AND RADIO - SOVTELEXPORT 37 Shabolovka str., Moscow 115162, Russia +7 495 955 89 20 Ref.ste@vgtrk.com https://sales.vgtrk.com

EXECUTIVES

Maria Dorokhina, Head of International Sales Ekaterina Grigorieva, Head of Sales Elizaveta Shcherbakova, Manager International Sales, Worldwide except CIS and Baltic States Nadezhda Kobzeva, Manager International Sales, Worldwide except CIS and Baltic States Karina Soldatova, Manager International Sales, CIS and Baltic States

María-Jesús Pérez, Directora de Ventas Internacionales

GENESIS (Biblical Telenovela - 180 in production x 50’)

Magic Kids - Three Unlikely Heroes

TOP EXECUTIVES

Julia Matyash, Director, Sovtelexport

GENESIS (Drama - 8 x 60’) Border between Spain and Portugal. Due to a severe drought, the town of Campomediano emerges from the bottom of the swamp.

Two human remains of men appear in one of the old houses of the town. Everything makes one suspect that it is a crime that has remained hidden for years. Police Inspector Daniela Yanes takes over the case and begins the investigation.

ANA TRAMEL. EL JUEGO (Drama - 6 x 60’) Ana Tramel is a criminal lawyer who must confront a large company of the gambling industry when her brother is accused of murder HIT (SEASON 2) (Drama - 10 x 60’) Professor Hugo Ibarra Toledo will face a change of residence and educational cycle by accepting the challenge of leading a pilot plan against school dropout in a vocational training center located in Puertollano (Ciudad Real). The series continues creating a necessary social debate on education and adolescence.

ELSA’S LAND (Drama - 1 x 95’) A retired geography teacher Leonid and recently widowed Elsa meet and fall in love.

Their friends and family are appalled: both Elsa and Leonid are in their 70s. They do not approve of this relationship, considering it indecent. But Elsa and Leonid do not intend to hide their love; they’re going to get married and go travelling to find their own land - Elsa’s Land.

CLOISTER (Drama - 8 x 52’) Late 1920s. Solovki. The ancient monastery, lingonberry woods, picturesque lakes and freezing cold, hunger, pain and sufferings of people in the Solovetsky concentration camp.

A passionate love story between a prisoner Artyom and a Cheka officer Galina unfolds in a place where everybody is striving to survive at any cost. Their love is hopeless, dangerous and doomed to be tragical.

SNAP MEDIA Bonpland 1281 / 1291 / 1293 - 2nd Floor, CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina +5411 4773 8826 dcoifman@snaptv.tv / sstanko@snaptv.tv www.snaptv.tv

EXECUTIVES

Valeria Lavalle, VP Acquisitions Sonia Stanko, Sales Executive & MKT Coordinator

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Diana Coifman, VP Sales & Distribution

MAGIC KIDS - THREE UNLIKELY HEROES (Family - 1 x 90’) Three magical losers - a vampire who cannot take the sight of blood, a fairy with a fear of flying and a werewolf allergic to animal hair - square up against an infernal opponent and win the greatest of all possible victories: accepting themselves as they are.

TRAIN TO BUSAN 2 (Horror, Action - 1 x 116’) When the zombie outbreak swept through the nation, Jung-soek barely escaped from South Korea alive. Living a hopeless life in Hong Kong, he receives a tempting offer to return to the peninsula in quarantine. His mission is to recover an abandoned truck in the middle of Seoul within a time frame and escape the peninsula quietly. But his operation turns chaotic when a mysterious militia group called Unit 631 ambushes Jung-seok’s small team, as well as a violent horde of zombies.

FOUR ENCHANTED SISTERS (Family - 1 x 97’) Four sisters with magical powers, but only together they are strong enough to fight against Glenda, mistress of the black arts, who tries to separate the sisters and wants to take over control of their home, Cantrip Towers, and its magical fountain.

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Detective Anna, Season 2

Uncoupling (L’amour Flou)

STAR MEDIA

STUDIOCANAL

109382, Bld. 1, 31 Nizhniye Polia Str, Russia, Moscow +7 (499) 356 54 00 www.starmediafilm.com

1 Place du Spectacle Issy-les-Moulineaux, 92863 France 33-1-71-35-35-35 www.studiocanal.com

EXECUTIVES

EXECUTIVES

William J Peck, Sales

TOP EXECUTIVES

Ksenia Kalistratova, Head of Sales

Francoise Guyonnet, Executive Managing Director, TV Series Anne Chérel, EVP Global Sales and Distribution Beatriz Campos, SVP Global Sales and Production Financing, TV Series

TOP EXECUTIVES

Francoise Guyonnet, Executive Managing Director, TV Series

Express

THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO DISTRIBUTION Ctra. Fuencarral a Alcobendas, 2428049 Madrid, Spain +34 91 728 57 38 themediaprostudio@mediapro.tv www.distribution.themediaprostudio.com R7.N1

COLD SHORES (Drama - 8 x 52’)

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A rich heiress, Maria Sorokina, goes missing after a quarrel with her husband. Boris Novinsky, head of the police station, entrusts this case to a young detective, yesterday’s intern, Alina Novinskaya, his daughter. It turns out that a maniac who strangles and disfigures young women who look like Maria Sorokina operates in the town. The search for Maria brings her husband, Mark, and Alina together.

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SURGE (VTC) (Drama - 5 x 20’ or 1 x 90’) Nora is a night driver for a ridesharing app.

Addicted to amphetamines, her life is falling apart: she is drowning in debt, divorced, and she’s now sleeping in her car to save enough money to rent an apartment and obtain joint custody of her daughter. When her brother Ben, also a cab driver, crashes his car, Nora offers to deliver a strange package for him and ends up being generously paid. Without realising it, Nora is now bound to a mysterious and dangerous underground network.

Tonight will be the darkest night of her life.

Lima, Peru 0051 01 2776923 www.tonderodistribution.com

EXECUTIVES

Edyuli Barrios, International Sales Manager

TOP EXECUTIVES

Javier Esteban, Head of Business Strategy and Sales of North America, LATAM & MENA Miguel Ángel Fernández, Head of Europe & Asia

Cecilia Gómez de la Torre, General Manager

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Marta Ezpeleta, GM Distribution, Coproductions, Acquisitions and International Offices

UNCOUPLING (L’AMOUR FLOU) (Drama - 56 x 50’) Based on a true story and adapted from the movie ‘In the Move for Love’. Romane and Philippe were together ten years, with two precious kids they adore and a dog, but now they’ve fallen out of love - well, they’re not in love, but they still love each other. Despite the misgivings of their family and friends, they come up with the idea of two separate apartments connected via the children’s bedroom. In many ways, the new set-up turns out to be pretty miraculous: free from the threat of separation, the tensions between them fade away. And as the kids seem super happy with both parents close at hand, they carry on living their lives their own sweet way… but what if the doubters are rights and you’ll never be able to move on if you live like that?

TONDERO DISTRIBUCIÓN

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DETECTIVE ANNA, SEASON 2 (Drama - 56 x 50’) The year is 1894, and the small provincial town of Zatonsk has calmed down after the ominous events that occurred in the first season. Anna Mironova has also lost her gift of communication with spirits. But one day the spirits return, as does Yakov Shtolman, who had mysteriously disappeared before.

A gloomy shadow now looms over Zatonsk again, as more brutal murders start to shake the town and its citizens. Anna and Shtolman team up to fight the criminals and bring them to justice. Will they be able to revive their love and find happiness?

Dos hermanas

EXPRESS (Thriller - 6 x50’) ‘Express’ tells the story of a criminal psychologist, Bárbara (Maggie Civantos), and her family after she becomes the victim of one of the newest, virally spreading forms of violent crime…express kidnappings. Set in a world where everything moves so quickly that people’s capacity to understand and react has been disrupted in ways yet to be fully realized, one group of people knows that unease can be heightened into fear and exploited for profit. Now working as a negotiator in cases similar to her own, Bárbara is on a mission to understand why this happened to her and uncover the people who threatened her life and her family.

DOS HERMANAS (Telenovela - 80 x 45’) ‘Dos hermanas’ tells the story of a family destroyed by terrorism and its healing process through time, confronting its past and its origin. We will follow Mery in her tireless fight to bring up her family and find her lost sister: little Urpi, who was snatched from her hands as a baby.

MELODY (Teen Series - 12 x 45’) Melody is a teenager who dreams of singing and expressing her feelings through music.

She would love to become an artist like Layla, the superstar who guides her and who she talks to through the posters taped to her bedroom wall. She lives a humble life and helps her father, Miguel, in the coffee shop located in a metro station in the city. Melody is convinced that the time has come to bet on what she loves most in the world, music, but Miguel is determined to avoid it because of the memory of the fate of his wife, Melody’s mother, who died many years ago in a accident while giving a concert.

CONTRA EL DEMONIO (Supernatural - 1 x 88’) After the tragic death of her oldest son, Blanca and her family travel to the Chilean coast. In their new house, strange phenomena occur: Blanca thinks it is her son trying to communicate but, the truth is much worse... an evil spirit thirsty for revenge stalks them. Inspired by a true story.

Un Día Para Vivir

Parot

Tango Shalom

What On Earth?

TV AZTECA INTERNATIONAL

VIACOMCBS STUDIOS VISION FILMS INTERNATIONAL (VIS)

WAG ENTERTAINMENT

México, CDMX (+5255) 5166 2330 jrico@tvazteca.com.mx www.tvaztecainternacional.com

Cuyo 1844, Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina vis-americas@vimn.com www.viacominternationalstudios.com

2D Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London, N1 3QP www.wagentertainment.com

EXECUTIVES

Giuliana Alberti, head of Sales for Asia, Europe (Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark), Canada, Australia and UK Dulce Ávila, Sales representative for LatAm and Brazil Melissa Pillow, Sales representative for Europe, Turkey, Israel, UAS, New Zealand and Australia Andrés Payá, Marketing

TOP EXECUTIVES Patricia Jasín, VP of TV Azteca International

UN DÍA PARA VIVIR (Drama - 60 x 60 ‘) Men and women are visited by death, embodied by a beautiful young woman, who warns them that they have one day to solve their problems.

NOT TO RETURN (Documentary - 1 x 65 ‘) When Explorer left Honduras, she left everything behind. In the middle of the night, she didn’t have a chance to ask where she was going, but she was never afraid, her father is always there taking care of her. This Honduran family traveled to Mexico in search of a safe place. A place where their two daughters could grow up and their lives were not at stake. This is a short chapter in this family’s journey to protect their daughters’ lives and their innocence.

EXECUTIVES

Elena Antonini, Director Content Sales & Co Production VIS Natalia Delmas, Manager Content Sales & Co Production VIS

333 Washington Blvd #357, Town/city Marina Del Rey, CA, USA +1 818 784 1702 sales@visionfilms.net www.visionfilms.net Robby Amar, VP International Sales Adam Wright, Sales Consultant Andres Santos, Sales Consultant

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Spain, 2013. After the annulment of the ‘Parot Doctrine’, almost a hundred terrorists, rapists and serial killers are set free before their sentences are up. Society clamors in outrage against the decision... and someone seems to listen. One by one, the released convicts turn up murdered in the same way their victims were. In the face of calls for vengeance and media praise, Isabel Mora, a noble and persevering police officer who was scarred by the rape she suffered in her youth at the hands of one of the released convicts, will risk it all to catch the vigilante.

CLUB 57 - SEASON 2 (Telenovela - 60 x 60’) The new season of ‘Club 57’ brings us extraordinary adventures in time and new challenges for our favorite characters. Eva and Rubén split their time between 1957 and 1987, where the “Chaos Guardians” have JJ hidden. However, now, they are not the only ones travelling through time. Tiago, a brilliant but rebellious classmate, has developed his own technology for time travel. Soon, his spontaneous and disorganized travels clash with Eva and Ruben’s plans. Even though she dislikes Tiago, Eva needs him to find a way to stay with JJ, without breaking the space-time dimension and cause chaos in the universe… again!

Janice Strangward, SVP Head of Sales

TOP EXECUTIVES

Janice Strangward, SVP Head of Sales

Lise Romanoff, Managing Director / CEO

Guillermo Borensztein, VP Content Sales & Co-Productions – Head of Films ViacomCBS International Studios, The Americas

PAROT (Drama, Thriller - 10 x 60’)

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WHAT ON EARTH? (Factual - 112 x 60’, seasons 1-7) TANGO SHALOM (Comedy - 115’) When a female Tango dancer asks a Jewish Rabbi to enter a dance competition, there’s one big problem-due to his orthodox beliefs, he’s not allowed to touch her! But the prize money is much needed for both, so he develops a plan to enter the competition without sacrificing his faith, and the bonds of family, tolerance, and community santalanare tested one dazzling dance step at a time.

ASHLEY JONES IS PERFECTLY NORMAL (Romantic Comedy - 82’) Ace reporter Ashley Jones is a perfectly normal young woman with a perfectly normal life, normal job, and normal fiancée until she meets a woman claiming to be 500,000 years old and strange things start happening to her. As she struggles to make sense of her new upside-down world, she wonders if a life of being “different” can be her new normal.

AMAZING QUEEN (Action - 87’) A riverboat cruise on the Amazon River becomes a nightmare when criminals searching for a large fortune take over the boat and threaten the voyagers. As the passengers develop a plan to overtake their captors, the jungle will make its own judgement on who survives.

Circling high above the earth at 17,000 miles an hour, satellites uncover startling mysteries invisible to observers on the ground. With high magnification optics, infra-red scanning, and advanced ground-penetrating radar, they capture images that lead us on startling journeys into hidden worlds, revealing the secrets of the past and astonishing natural phenomena. Some of these images are breath-taking, but some are bizarre. One could be a vital clue to the location of the Garden of Eden, another might reveal the legendary golden city of El Dorado. What is the terrifying truth behind the massive tsunamis seen from space that disappear without trace, and the sinister blood-red lake in war-torn Baghdad?

WEIRD EARTH (Factual - 18 x 60’, seasons 1-2) Captured on camera around the world, this powerful series reveals weather phenomena that can’t be explained. From sinister lightning shooting up from the earth, to logic-defying horizontal tornadoes … this is weather that is spectacular, frightening, and defies rational explanation. Each gripping one-hour episode of Weird Earth features four weird weather events that the experts can’t explain. A gripping combination of interviews with eyewitnesses, incredible CGI, location filming, experiments (aimed at proving or disproving theories), and expert testimony from senior scientists trying to rationalize these freak events and phenomena.

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IN NUMBERS 42 million

OTT subscribers were reached by ViacomCBS globally, according to the company’s second quarter financial results, driven by the Paramount+ offering reaching select territories in Europe in an agreement with Sky.

58% of TV and streaming consumers

in the US would accept ads in exchange for cheaper subscriptions, according to a new study from Hub Entertainment Research.

APPOINTMENT

BBC STUDIOS PROMOTES SUZY RAIA TO SENIOR VP BBC STUDIOS - AMERICA ANNOUNCED the promotion of Suzy Raia to Senior VP of Consumer Products and Business Development. Based in New York, Raia will continue to oversee and provide strategic licensing planning for the ‘Bluey’ franchise in America, as well as other key BBC brands such as ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Top Gear’, ‘His Dark Materials’ and programming from the Natural History Unit.

250 million

of dollars is how much Millicom will invest in Panama, as announced by Mauricio Ramos, CEO of the company, for the modernization of infrastructure by Tigo for the period 2021-2022.

1.5% of revenues from Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon is how much they’ll have to pay RTVE from 2022, as established by the Spanish Government.

32% growth in revenue was reached

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by Univision compared to 2020, according to the financial results of the second quarter of 2021, a period “with total advertising sales that exceeded the results of 2019”.

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6,000 hours

a year of original content will be produced by Futvox, the podcast platform dedicated to soccer in Spanish in the US Hispanic and Latin America.

Suzy Raia,

Senior VP of BBC Studios

AD SALES A+E NETWORKS SIGNS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH YOUTUBE A+E NETWORKS LATIN AMERICA ANNOUNCED an alliance with YouTube under which the company’s content from its A&E, History and Lifetime brands will be offered on the video platform. The success of the A+E Networks Latin America portfolio is led by History, which has more than 4 million subscribers on YouTube in Latin America, of which 60% are generation Z and millennials. “We are very satisfied with what we have achieved on digital platforms and especially on YouTube, where due to the power of our brands and premium content, we achieve high levels of audience and engagement with users.

The challenge is not only to be on all platforms but also to know what to say and offer in each one, so we can achieve the relevance that we have”, said Eddy Ruiz, president and CEO of A+E Networks Latin America.

Eddy Ruiz,

President and CEO of A+E Networks Latin America

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AMAZON BEGINS PRODUCTION ON ITS FIRST MEXICAN WESTERN SERIES AMAZON PRIME VIDEO ANNOUNCED that it has begun production for ‘La cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta,’ the first Amazon Original western series in Latin America, which will launch exclusively in 2020 on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world.

Produced by Dynamo, this action-packed Western takes place on the new border between Mexico and the United States in 1851, in a period fueled by greed, anger

and xenophobia, when an all-out war is fought thanks to the California Gold Rush.

The series is created by Diego Ramírez Schrempp (‘Falco’, ‘Frontera verde’, ‘Narcos’) and Mauricio Leiva-Cock (‘Ruido capital’, ‘Frontera verde’, ‘Distrito salvaje’), produced

by Juliana Flórez Luna (‘Frontera verde’, ‘American Made’, ‘La cara oculta’, ‘Narcos’) and directed by Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz (‘El candidato’, ‘Luis Miguel, la serie’) and David Pablos (‘El baile de los 41’, ‘Las elegidas’).