Spain’s prominent public broadcaster Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) is set to launch RTVE Play+, its international video-on-demand OTT platform, in Asia and Oceania this Tuesday, Oct. 22. The announcement comes at a fortuitous time, given a recent glowing report from Spanish trade and investment body ICEX and entertainment analytics org, Parrot Analytics. The report, unveiled […]

J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-nominated “Society of the Snow,” Netflix series hit “Money Heist” and Prime Video’s “Red Queen” have spearheaded the success of Spanish content worldwide, per a new report unveiled at Mipcom by Spanish trade and investment body ICEX and entertainment analytics org, Parrot Analytics.  Data they presented at the annual confab in Cannes revealed […]

In an unprecedented move, Disney+ Latin America and Colombia’s Caracol TV aired and streamed a series simultaneously, shattering distribution windows that typically start with a free-to-air broadcast if an FTA network is producing then followed by streaming on a platform. With “Peter the Great: Greater Than Ever” (“Pedro el escamoso: más escamoso que nunca”), the […]

John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush and Kristine Froseth won top acting awards at Spain’s prominent Sitges Fantasy Film Festival, which wrapped its 57th edition on Oct. 13. Making a sweep of the fest with three awards was Austrian Best International Feature Oscar entry “The Devil’s Bath” by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. Drawn from historical facts, […]

Alonso Aguilar, head of Mexico Originals at Amazon Studios and showrunner/director Jorge Michel Grau regaled participants of the Madrid confab Iberseries & Platino Industria with a first look at the trailer of Prime Video Latin America’s most expensive production to date, “Every Minute Counts” (“Cada Minuto Cuenta”). The new original series, that turns on the […]

Leading Chilean producer Florencia Larrea (“My Tender Matador”), formerly with Forastero, has launched a new all-female company, 500 Cinema, based in the coastal town of Viña del Mar, where she and her partners are based.  “Chile is too vast and beautiful a country for everything to be centered in Santiago,” Larrea remarked. 500 Cinema serves […]

Spain’s Secuoya Studios aims to produce more English-language projects as part of its new international strategy. Holding forth to a packed audience at the 4th Iberseries & Platino Industria confab, Secuoya Studios CEO Brendan Fitzgerald, introduced the company’s three new executive producers Mónica Aguirre, Sergio Cánovas and Juan Carballo, who will be leading the company’s […]

Paz Lázaro’s Madrid-based Amore Cine and Basque producer Txintxua Films, one driving force behind the Basque Country’s robust growth, have boarded Quijote Films’ wry psychological drama “Morir de Pie” (“To Die on Your Feet”) by María Paz Gonzalez (“Lina de Lima”). They join Argentina’s Gema Films, which joined the production earlier this year and also […]

Speaking at Madrid confab Iberseries & Platino Industria, Walt Disney Latin America execs, led by Leonardo Aranguibel, VP head of production operations & strategy and Mariana Perez, head of general entertainment, unveiled some of Disney+’s upcoming shows, all co-produced with multinational production company BTF Media. Participants of the Madrid industry event were treated to a […]

Chile’s Storyboard Media, run by Gabriela Sandoval and Carlos Nuñez, has boarded crime drama “Wildness” (“Salvajes”) by two of Latin America’s leading women filmmakers, Claudia Huaiquimilla from Chile and Peru’s Joanna Lombardi. Pact was sealed at Madrid-based confab Iberseries & Platino Industria where the project participates in the annual event’s co-production forum. Written by Diego […]

Disney+ Spain has unveiled what it touts as the first original daily melodrama series produced by a premium streaming platform in Europe, “Return to Las Sabinas” (“Regreso a Las Sabinas”). The announcement was the first order of the day at the Madrid confab, Iberseries & Platino Industria, which kicked off on Oct.1. Like the traditional […]

Spain’s Zeta Studios, the company behind Netflix hit “Elite,” has partnered with leading Brazilian indie Conspiração to create “Bajo Presión,” a Spanish remake of the hit Brazilian TV medical drama, “Sob Pressão”(“Under Pressure”). Set in the emergency room of a public hospital, Brazil’s “Under Pressure” hit a sweet spot, mixing large suspense – about the […]

Now marking its fourth edition over Oct. 1 – 4 in Madrid, Spain’s annual Iberseries & Platino Industria confab has leapt to must-attend status for Ibero-American audiovisual industry professionals. Iberseries co-director Samuel Castro, who covers the TV industry while co-director Juan Alía handles film, said: “We hope that in this fourth edition, we will at […]