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NATPE 2017 DAY 2 January 18, 2017 My 2 Cents: Miami is Two Original Dramas from Telemundo’s a ‘cool’ place, bring Disney MD LA at NATPE Roc Stars Gather scarves and ski gloves Page 3 rama in a boxing ring and To Celebrate Dthe secret surrounding World: Sports TV rights Mexican-American singer very year, the Telemundo in the E.U. The power Selena’s death round out Disney team works to up their Media Distribution Latin America’s E game when it comes to their of football leagues original production line-up here at annual NATPE screening and party. NATPE. Page 8 Last night’s event managed to pull Selena’s Secret (El secreto de off the intended mission, with Selena) is a 13-episode series based around 500 guests, and 80 stars of on the 1997 book by Puerto Rican NATPE Visuals: Scenes Telemundo’s new and upcoming journalist and three-time Emmy While DMDLA is the from the suites and the winner Maria Celeste Arrarás. series in attendance. The cast of the international distributor, the series Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a company’s newest series, romantic exhibition floor is a co-production of Disney with popular American singer of Mexican comedy La Fan, was there for the Miami-based LatinWe and Mexico’s Page 17 ancestry murdered in 1995. The screenings held at Eden Roc and series includes what the 1997 movie BTF Media. Onboard as broadcasters the subsequent red carpet event, starring Jennifer Lopez in the role are TNT for Latin America and TV as were representatives from all of of the Tejano music star, left out. Azteca in Mexico. Telemundo’s superseries, including VideoAge According to Arrarás, “it is a very The announcement was made Rafael Amaya, Humberto Zurita, Daily on different tale to the official version here at NATPE during a press Carolina Miranda, Mariana Seoane told immediately after the murder.” conference with, from left to right in and Fernanda Castillo. the go (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 4) Buyers Preparing For Unusual L.A. Screenings ith this NATPE almost Wover, the L.A. Screenings are now just around the corner. Actually, there are other TV markets in between — such as Discop Dubai, Sportel America, MIP- TV, NAB and Hot Docs — but still May 16 is only 117 days away. The major U.S. TV networks’ announcements, better known as the Upfronts, will begin in New York City on the morning of Monday, May 15 and finish on the morning of Thursday, May 18, the day in which Twentieth Century Fox TV Distribution will start the Studios’ screenings with their Latin American contingent in Los Angeles. As for the Newfronts, they will start in New York City on the morning of May 1 and wrap up in the afternoon of May 12. Some 24 digital content players are expected to pitch Madison Avenue. (Continued on Page 6) My 2¢ Miami is a “cool” place, not “hot.” So if during NATPE you wish to be in Alaska, where it’s warmer indoors than here, don’t despair, but be prepared: bring scarves, ski gloves and thermal underwear. iami residents, like those in every air-conditioned cars to their air-conditioned gyms Mtropical and subtropical city, love the and workplaces, which all have indoor garages indoors cold: whether that’s in taxis, that allow a walk to their office short enough not hotels, restaurants, shops, or at the airport, they to trigger hyperthermia (which is the opposite always expect the temperature to be just above of hypothermia). And if you see people driving freezing level. convertibles along Miami’s streets, they’re either Well, there are exceptions, however. For tourists or filming commercials, TV series or example, in Singapore (which is located near movies. VIDEOAGE DAILY the Equator), when the temperature is “cold,” it Also, no respectable Miamian goes to the beach: hovers around 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees The sand is too hot and the sea is too warm, and AT NATPE Celsius) with humidity stable at 80 percent, don’t expect to see them on Ocean Drive either. and yet all indoor climates are pleasant and They know that stretch of road in Miami Beach KIOSK 606-K comfortable. is the equivalent of San Marco Square in Venice, MAIN OFFICE: Instead, in Miami, at times the temperature Italy: it is only for tourists to be ripped off. 216 EAST 75TH STREET STE PW NEW YORK, NY 10021 difference between indoor and outdoor places Although all TV commercials and promotional TEL: (212) 288-3933 could reach well above 50 literature about Miami FAX: (212) 288-3424 degrees Fahrenheit (27 emphasizes its warm WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG degrees C), which is like weather and all the WWW.VIDEOAGEDAILY.COM WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM saying it’s 80° F (26°C) people are pictured outdoors and 30° F (minus in bathing suits, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 1°C) indoors. those commercials DOM SERAFINI That’s why tourists in- are actually shot in EDITORIAL TEAM the-know walk around New York City in well- LARRY ADKINS ISME BENNIE (CANADA) Miami carrying scarves; heated studios, in order LUCY COHEN BLATTER it’s to prevent hypovolemic to avoid very visible ILANA ENGELBERG CARLOS GUROVICH shocks when entering any goosebumps on the DIXON GONZALEZ MESTRE indoor facilities from the models’ skin if they LUIS POLANCO LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER street. were to be shot in a GIULIANA TELLO And don’t you snow- Miami studio. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER “I WISH YOU’D TURN THE A/C OFF!” birds (i.e., winter visitors) When visiting New MONICA GORGHETTO dare ask locals, who are York City during the BUSINESS OFFICE doing you a favor by freezing and snowy LEN FINKEL driving you around, to Christmas holidays, LEGAL OFFICE ROBERT ACKERMANN, lower the air conditioning, because the possible Miami residents can be easily spotted because STEVE SCHIFFMAN heatstroke could make them lose control of their they’re the only ones wearing shorts when being WEB MANAGER cars. Indeed, in Miami automobile accidents dropped off from a taxi to an indoor place. Only BRUNO MARRACINO occur when the cars’ A/Cs break down. the fact that they don’t like to walk prevents them DESIGN/LAYOUT CARMINE RASPAOLO Miamians’ blood-boiling threshold is from going outside or visiting Central Park to play ILLUSTRATIONS reportedly very low, and if temperatures go above with snowballs. BOB SHOCHET the 30°F (-1°C), they start to sweat. Indeed, if in Another tell-tale is that, when in a well-heated the north one has a fever once body temperature indoor place in wintery New York City, Miamians reaches above 98.6° F (37°C), in Miami, 50°F carry portable battery-powered fans to cool off. (10°C) is considered having a high fever. And now you know why Miami is a “cool” That’s why Miami’s locals don’t walk: they place! drive from their air-conditioned homes to their Dom Serafini January 18, 2017 Cover Stories (Continued from Cover) Disney MD Latam’s Original Dramas Telemundo native town of Culiacan, Sinaloa as well as “We are always interested in bringing in fresh Mexico City and Los Angeles. faces, but there are plenty of stars that people El Cesar tells the story of Chavez, who recognize, too,” said Olimpia Del Boccio, vp of remained undefeated for more than 13 years marketing at Telemundo. in the 1980s and ’90s, but fell from a life of Among those faces: Carmen Villalobos from privilege, fame and fortune into a world of Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso; Maria Leon, Alberto >m]jjYÛYf\Û;Yfa]dÛ<dZallYlÛ^jgeÛGuerra de Idolos drug dealers, addictions and scandal, which and Miguel Varoni, Angelica Vale and Juan Pablo destroyed his career and nearly took his life. Espinosa from La Fan. He retired from boxing in 2005. “We start the production on this event in July, the photo above: BTF Media’s Francisco Cordero, The series is already in production and is and we really dive into it right after MIPCOM,” LatinWe’s Luis Balanguer, author Maria Celeste scheduled to be completed this coming April. said Del Boccio, who added that this year there Arrarás, Disney’s Fernando Barbosa, TNT’s Angel It will premiere on TV Azteca in Mexico, on was a new and improved screen on which they Zembrano and TV Azteca’s Mauricio Majul. Telemundo in the U.S. Hispanic market and on showed clips to the audience. During a subsequent press conference here Turner’s Space for pay-TV in LATAM. “In about 25 minutes we want our clients to at NATPE, DMDLA also announced the cast of At the press conference Disney announced see everything that we have for the year,” said Del its second drama co-production series, El Cesar, that Armando Hernández plays Chavez, Leticia Boccio. which follows Mexican boxing champion Julio ?mabYjYÛ akÛ :`Yn]r¿kÛ egl`]jÛ DYj[]dYÛ >majY\gÛ akÛ As always, Telemundo’s president, Marcos Cesar Chavez. The winner of six world titles in the boxer’s first wife, and Julio Branco plays a Santana, was the main presenter, along with the three weight divisions, Chavez is partnering promoter. Also in the cast are prominent actors cast members of the shows, who told the audience about each of their series and some of their with DMDLA, Mexico’s TV Azteca and Mexican Héctor Bonilla and Maya Zapata. characters. producer BTF Media to produce El Cesar, a On the cover: Disney Media Distribution Latin After the business at hand was done, it was time 26-episode drama series about his life and boxing America’s Fernando Barbosa with his Miami-based to party at LIV nightclub at the Fontainebleau.