| 18 May 2021
In a move designed to cash in on what is an increasingly important market in the country, A+E Networks International has promoted Helen Jurado to the position of vice president of international content sales for both the Latin American region and the growing US Hispanic (USH) market.
Jurado began her career at A+E Networks as senior director of international content sales for LATAM and USH, with oversight of A+E Networks International’s off net television sales to basic and pay cable entities, as well as new media platforms such as subscription and advertising video-on-demand (SVOD, AVOD).
The Brit pubcaster has picked up mixed-media educational series
Don’t Blame Me, Blame My Brain (10 x 11 minutes) from Screen Glue. This live-action/animated comedy (pictured) answers unusual questions like what happens if you never sleep, or could you catapult to the moon. Hosts Ken Cheng and Leila Navabi chat with experts and celebrities in every episode, and animated sequences explore the science behind the answers they discover. Aimed at seven to 11s,
Don’t Blame Me, Blame My Brain premieres April 28.
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The Paris-based distributor has inked a number of new deals with Chinese VOD platforms. Tencent and Puxim have picked up both seasons of Watch Next Media/Three’s a Company’s
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PBS International Sends Elinor Wonders Why Around the World
Elinor Wonders Why.
The series has been licensed to Knowledge Network (Canada), Discovery Latin America, YLE (Finland), Hop! (Israel), SVT (Sweden) and e-junior (UAS).
Elinor Wonders Why is created by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson and produced in partnership with Pipeline Studios. It was developed as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the PBS Ready To Learn Initiative with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and additional support from CPB.
Elinor Wonders Why inspires kids to follow their curiosity, ask questions, figure out the answers and learn about the natural world around them. The stories in the series center around Elinor and her friends as she models the foundational practices of science inquiry and engineering design, using her powers of observation and willingness to ask questions and investigate.