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TV Latina Production Festival: SOMOS Group’s Luis Villanueva
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Luis Villanueva, the president and CEO at SOMOS Group, talks about the original productions the company produces for global platforms and co-production ventures.
The Venezuelan-American media executive, who has worked for over 35 years in diverse industries, heads the company that groups SOMOSTV, SOMOS Next, SOMOS Productions, SOMOS Films and SOMOS Distribution.
In conversation with Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor at
TV Latina, the executive also talks about the company’s successful titles and current slate, as well as live events the company develops for major television networks.
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TV Latina Production Festival: Caracol Televisión’s Dago García
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Dago García, the VP of production and content at Caracol Televisión, talks about his experiences in his more than 30 years in the industry and the search for television’s next great success.
As a social communicator, García has written for television, theater and film, having produced and written over 40 series and telenovelas, among them,
Pedro el escamoso,
Pecados capitals and
La saga. He is the creator of the theatrical and distribution company Daga García Producciones, where he has produced and written over 40 films.
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TV Latina Production Festival: Sonia Martínez & María Valenzuela
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Sonia Martínez, the editorial director of series at Buendía Estudios, and María Valenzuela, the director of international and business development, discuss the international relevance of Spanish productions and the secret to their titles’ success.
Responsible for some of the most relevant and internationally praised Spanish fiction titles of the last decade, among which are
La casa de papel,
Gran Hotel,
El embarcadero and
Veneno, among many others, Martínez currently heads the editorial direction of Buendía Estudios, the independent production company that emerged from the union of Atresmedia and Movistar+.
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TV Latina Production Festival: The Mediapro Studio’s Daniel Burman
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Daniel Burman, the content director at The Mediapro Studio in the U.S., who is also a producer, screenwriter and director, talks about original production development in Latin America and the company’s co-production partners.
In 2014, the executive created Oficina Burman, a company looking to becoming a content and production factory for the television industry and new platforms in the international market. In early 2017, Oficina Burman joined The Mediapro Studio. Burman is currently also CEO at Oficina Burman. In this interview with Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor of
TV Latina, he talks about the studio’s project with StarzPlay and the lessons learned during the pandemic.
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TV Latina Production Festival: VIS Americas’ Federico Cuervo
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Federico Cuervo, senior VP and head of ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) Americas, talks about the challenges and achievements of VIS Americas since its launch, among other topics.
Cuervo oversees content development, production and distribution. In conversation with Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor of
TV Latina, Cuervo also speaks on the business opportunities generated by the launch of Paramount+, liberties and limitations brought on by the production for each of their platforms and the ability the studios have of working in multiple projects.
The full schedule for the TV Latina Production Festival, running from May 11 to 14, is now available, with VIS Americas’ Federico Cuervo, Telemundo Global Studios’ Sebastián Ortega and Buendía Estudios’ Sonia Martínez and María Valenzuela among the speakers, as well as TV Latina Premieres for ZDF Enterprises and All3Media Intern