Prime Video has unveiled a landmark $2 billion-plus investment plan in Latin American entertainment spanning 2027 to 2030 in a concerted bid to increase viewership and engagement. The move comes in what is considered the second fastest growing region for streaming in the world, with Netflix the clear frontrunner. At an inaugural showcase event in
Latin Quarter Distribution has acquired world sales rights to José Dell’Acqua’s Uruguayan crime thriller “Maltrato Animal” (“Animal Budget”). The deal was closed after a screening of “Maltrato Animal” at Locarno’s First Look, a pix-in-post competition focused on rough-cut screenings of emerging and established talent from a territory around the world, this year Uruguay. Presented in
“Baywatch” is heading to Canada, India and Europe, among other territories, thanks to a new multi-territory between international distributor Fremantle and Prime Video. The pact also includes the original series’ complete back catalogue, including spin-off “Baywatch Hawaii.” Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Canada, Latin America and India will be able to
The July 11 UFC main stream featuring the 69-second fight between Conor McGregor and Max Holloway averaged 6.5 million viewers in the U.S. and Latin America on Paramount+. That combined statistic is according to Nielsen in the US and Adobe Analytic + Channel Partner in Latin America. The two-and-a-half-hour stream peaked at 8 million simultaneous
Damián Alcázar, star of “Narcos” as Pablo Escobar’s successor, Cali mafia boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, will star in “Rookies,” the television series that marks the screenwriting and directing debut of prominent Colombian film director José Luis Rugeles. Rugeles, one of Colombia’s most prominent film directors, debuted with Cannes 2015’s Una Cierta Mirada title “Alias María,”