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Latin America’s Welcome and DTT Big NATPE’s Sun & Shade Be Back

Challenge Industry Celebrates Mart’s Rebirth By Matti Herrera Bower ATPE is finally back in Miami after but the business environment could be n 10 years time, at the latest, Latin a 17-year absence and the industry more conducive to business. Whereas in s Mayor of Miami Beach and on America will experience the greatest TV Nresponded with some 10 parties. Vegas, NATPE was on its death bed, in behalf of my colleagues on the Irevolution in its history. It will happen This year NATPE will end up being Miami it is in the recovery room. Many ACommission, I am thrilled to wel- when the region completes its analog more expensive than it was in Las Vegas, European and Asian distributors are anx- come the National Association of switch off and at least 600 new terrestrial iously awaiting the outcome of this Television Program Executives, the largest digital TV terrestrial channels will flood NATPE, and, if all turns out positive, professional TV trade show in the United the region. In comparison, today the they’ll return next year. In that case the States. whole region’s 91 million TVHH are market can safely be declared back in full The last time NATPE was here was in served by 120 terrestrial TV networks. health. 1994, when both the trade show and Most countries in South America have NATPE president Rick Feldman, too, Miami Beach were very different. NATPE adopted the Japanese digital terrestrial has a lot riding on this year’s conference then was largely centered on the domestic TV (DTT) standard ISDB-T modified in a more personal sense: 2012 marks television market. This city was just by Brazil (Colombia has adopted the the end of his current contract. beginning to pull out of the challenging European DVB-T and Mexico the U.S.’s Reportedly the NATPE organization economic times of the 1980s. ATSC), which allows up to eight medi- signed on to hold the conference at the Seventeen years later, Miami Beach is a um definition channels or four SDTV. Fontainebleau Hotel for two years, with world-renowned destination for tourism These new DTT channels will require “But, Natpe got a 67% approval rating.” (Continued on Page 4) some 7,000 hours of compounded pro- (Continued on Page 4) gramming per day, which adds up to over 2.5 million annual hours. This compares to the current terrestrial’s 700,000 hours of programming per year. No matter how one slices the pie, pro- (Continued on Page 4) DVD Downloads vs. VoD Faceoff

ne of the major issues that the indus- try faced at the AFM last November Owas DVD companies looking to buy VoD rights in competition with broad- casters. However, this issue was nowhere to be found in the 12 conferences offered at the AFM. One of the key issues facing NATPE is DVD downloads rights, but don’t expect it to be among the 57 con- ferences held here in Miami Beach. This latest challenge for both the U.S. and international entertainment industry required a special meeting of IFTA and the U.S. majors earlier this month. For broadcasters with digital channels and MSOs, DVD downloading is basically a VoD technology even though they each have their own set of exploitation rights. DVD downloads and DVD on disc also have different rights. DVD downloading (Continued on Page 4) INSIDE: My2¢: FUTURE IS RETRO LATIN AMERICA’S TV FARE 126116 VA Daily1 1/18/11 6:11 PM Page 2 126116 VA Daily1 1/18/11 6:11 PM Page 3

VIDEO AGE MY TWO CENTS DAILY ould you like to know what the future holds for the TV industry? Well, look back, because the future is retro! Forward thinking is passé; retro thinking is the new AT NATPE 2011 school. Retro is now even considered “visionary,” as expressed by Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes in an interview with the U.K.’s Royal Television Society’s Television mag- Booth 130 azine: “Time Warner needed to do something more visionary: Separate the distri- butionW of media from its creation — thereby reversing the conventional wisdom behind two www.videoageinternational.com decades of media industry thinking.” Have you noticed that vinyl records are back in? What about the fact that stock dividends are back in fashion? “Back to the future” is how a news commentator from France24 explained the EDITOR drive towards the gold standard for currencies. How about the fact that Italian carmaker, Fiat DOM SERAFINI has dusted off its 500 model from the ’60s for its Chrysler? Television programs are also looking back. Take Hawaii Five-O (CBS) a series that origi- EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS nated in 1961, for example. Also from 1961 is the new remake of The Defenders (CBS), while ABC borrowed the title of its new series The Whole Truth from a 1950 British Film and it is SARA ALESSI now reviving the 1970s hit Charlie’s Angels. And this without considering the success of series LUCY BLATTER like Mad Men, set in the ’60s. Indeed, retro is now forward. DAY LORENA SANCHEZ We all know that the arts anticipate social changes, which in turn conditions the political CARLOS GUROVICH world that shapes the economic landscape and influences the academic world that ultimately LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER dictates political policies. For example, the Chicago School of Economics at The University of Chicago is credited with starting movements such as neo-conservativism that created deregula- BOB JENKINS tion and globalization, which resulted in Reaganomics, and subsequently U.S. presidents LEVI SHAPIRO Clinton’s and Bush’s laissez-faire policies (almost bordering on anarchism). ERIN SOMERS But, let’s not get ahead of the story. MICHEL ZGARKA By now, some of our readers know that I’m not fond of seminars at trade shows. It’s not that I dislike all seminars; some of them can be interesting. If event organizers want to add seminars to their trade shows, conferences should not be staged concurrently with the market itself. CORPORATE AND It is therefore in this spirit that I’d like to offer the following seminar topics suggestion to con- CIRCULATION OFFICE ference organizers. 216 EAST 75TH STREET This editorial incipit clearly stated that forward thinking has shown all of its limitations and 1 NEW YORK, NY 10021 that retro thinking is now the neo-philosophy. Not that this doctrine is really new. In 1732 the Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico wrote about the “course and recourse of history.” TEL: (212) 288-3933 Subsequently, a similar concept was expressed by the German philosopher Hegel, who came up FAX: (212) 734-9033 with the maxim that Karl Marx popularized: “History repeats itself.” [email protected] So, to be innovative, conference organizers should stage a seminar whose title can be taken from Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier’s 1778 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, or “Nothing is lost, nothing is cre- ated.” And, for this seminar I’d invite: Norman Horowitz, Herb MONICA GORGHETTO Lazarus, Larry Gershman, Michael J. Solomon and Irv Holender. Horowitz has been president of Columbia Pictures TV, Polygram MARKETING COORDINATOR and MGM/UA. Lazarus has headed Cannel Int’l Distribution, CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA Silverbach-Lazarus, Columbia Int’l TV and 20th Century Fox TV. Currently, he’s president of Carsey-Werner Int’l. Gershman was a broadcaster before heading Viacom Distribution and becoming pres- BUSINESS OFFICE ident of MGM/UA. Solomon was at UA and MCA before starting LEN FINKEL Telepictures, and becoming president of Lorimar, and subsequently, of Warner Bros. Holender was senior vp at Desilu, CEO of Lorimar LEGAL OFFICE and chairman of Liberty International. BOB ACKERMANN, STEVE SCHIFFMAN Those five retro people could keep a conference room amused, informed and especially educated about the….future! Do you want to know how innovative some of the companies they WEB MANAGER “Now get out there and tell them how to solve the TV worked for were? Take Screen Gems for example. In the late ’50s, industry’s problems. You have two minutes.” MIKE FAIVRE just when TV was gaining popularity in a few countries, Screen Gems International opened a local office in all major countries staffed with local sales talent. It even did domestic syndication in Brazil! WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG Can the industry learn from the past? Sure, especially in the unregulated TV business, as it WWW.VIDEOAGE.IT was in the ’50s and ’60s. Let’s look at the facts. Over the years has the industry created a new paradigm? Not really. There are still five ways of making money: Subscription, a-la-carte, WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM advertising, program sales and fees (be it public TV license fees or private fees among operators). Has the TV sector lost anything? Only hard transport like cassettes and DVDs, which morphed into downloads and streaming. VIDEO AGE INTERNATIONAL (ISSN 0278-5013 USPS 601-230) IS PUB- LISHED SEVEN TIMES A YEAR: JANUARY, APRIL, MAY, JUNE/JULY, SEP- Let’s face it: The spectrum is the same, only it now transports digital information instead of TEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. PLUS DAILIES BY TV analogue. The TV set is the same, if only thinner and larger, and the programs are the same, TRADE MEDIA, INC. SINGLE COPY U.S.$9.75. 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DVD Vs VOD Welcome NATPE Preview

(Continued from Cover) (Continued from Cover) (Continued from Cover) developed into its own rights in 2006, the caveat that NATPE reserves the when consumers could burn a DVD, right to cut and run after only this year but they couldn’t play it in a DVD play- if things don’t pan out in Miami. But, so b er, only on a computer. far, the numbers look good for the 48th The issue is not just whether movies iteration of the event, which before should be released day-and-date both on opening day recorded 500 registered DVD and VoD, but if DVD downloads buyers from 40 countries and 250 to own (purchase, download and burn exhibiting companies, with over 75 per- videos on recordable DVDs) are part of cent of exhibition space reportedly spo- video or television rights. The latter is ken for. Additionally, two of the big stu- also being discussed internally at indi- dios — Sony and Disney — have vidual studios. returned after a year of absence from the market, joining CBS Studios g The VoD and DVD issues will cer- tainly acerbate the relationship not only International, NBC-Uni and Fox. between theaters and content owners, Ironically, while Miami is now viewed NATPE prez Rick Feldman but also among producers, cable compa- as NATPE’s savior, the first time nies, broadcasters and retailers. NATPE came to this city 17 years ago, other parts of the world, whereas Vegas the venue turned out to be a disaster for Cable MSOs are viewing VoD as a always involved a change of planes and participants, especially with the hotel way to compensate for the high churn. very long flights.” switchboards jammed with incoming DVD rights holders are betting on DVD However not everyone is in favor of the Miami Beach Mayor and outgoing calls in an era not yet fully downloads to revitalize the DVD busi- Matti Herrera Bower move. Some attendees still expressed fear cellular-lized. A full account of NATPE ness. Retail stores like Wal-Mart, Sears, that companies with offices in Miami 1994 can be found in VideoAge’s Kmart and Best Buy are now keen on and culture, and home to a vibrant mix January 2011 Issue. will be tempted to leave the convention VoD downloads day-and-date with of international residents and businesses. Organizers also pointed out a handful site and take buyers with them, and DVD releases (to be viewed on PCs and NATPE has also flourished by seizing of other changes that they think will acquisition executives with second homes not burned on DVDs). Retailers such as the Latin American market, pulling in improve the market. These included an in Miami will certainly go home at night. Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, the best and brightest content producers online social networking service called Also prevalent was the concern that the are all looking for DVD downloads in this hemisphere to produce exciting NATPE Connect, as well as what Fontainebleau’s elevator area will cause rights. synergies undreamt of two decades ago. Feldman referred to as a reduced num- major traffic jams, despite guarantees With DVDs in a retail model, the stu- I like to think that NATPE and Miami ber of seminars to free up participants’ from Feldman that the layout of the hotel dios pay for the disc, package and ship- Beach have evolved along similar paths time. However, at last count, sessions will facilitate easy flow from the floor to ping, while retaining only 30 percent of by embracing change as a source of ener- number 57 to last year’s 56. the suites. the retail cost. The VoD model allows gy, creativity, and strength. For the past With so much at stake for organizers Though overall the Latins were buoy- the studio to keep 60 percent of the 40 years, this organization has been and attendees alike, VideoAge Daily sur- ant, some approached the relocation with movie’s retail cost. committed to providing service to the veyed a handful of attendees for some caution. Marcel Vinay, CEO of Mexico- ever-changing global television industry. insight into the pros and cons of the based TV Azteca/Comarex was diplomat- My only complaint is that NATPE has much talked about market relocation. ic, “We’ll have to see,” he said. “It’s a new been away too long. I fervently hope that A common refrain amongst the exec- venue. Vegas worked quite well and I DTT in Latin America you will find your stay here pleasant and utives interviewed was that the Miami hope Miami will work well too.” fulfilling and that Miami Beach will location had the potential to draw the Irv Holender, director and principal of (Continued from Cover) become the launch pad for new NATPE international crowd, particularly the Toronto-based The Fremantle Corp. was synergies with the eastern half of the Europeans. Jon Kramer, CEO of Los more direct. “Las Vegas is a better loca- gramming acquisition investments for globe. Angeles-based Rive Gauche summed it tion,” he said, elaborating that his con- the region are bound to hit $1 billion a Enjoy your stay and come back again! up simply: “We’re hopeful that other cern was that the Asians and Australians year in today’s value, most of which is territories will attend this year because going to be added to the current $1.5 won’t show up because of the increased of the warm climate.” difficulty of the journey. billion a year in programming acquisi- Argentina, give the excess digital chan- Susan Bender of New York-based Also on the pro side is tion. nels to unions and other not-for-profit Bender Media Services was similarly FremantleMedia’s Sheila Hall Aguirre, This does not count expenditures for organizations. confident about the ability of Miami’s who remarked that at first, some of the current local production, which, for the Her e’s an abridged DTT calendar: balmy breezes to bring in the buyers. buyers she spoke to were confused as to whole region, amount to an estimated “The weather is, at this time of year, a Mexico: Standard ATSC. Analog shut- where meetings would be taking place, $7 billion per year. DTT’s local produc- down (digital switch-over) 2015 great reason for clients from around the tion could easily add an additional $4 though later on it was clear that all meet- Uruguay: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown world to come to Miami Beach,” she billion per year. Regional TV ad rev- ings would be conducted on the market 2015 said. Additionally, Bender noted that enues are estimated at $11.2 billion for Miami is far more convenient to Latin grounds. To alleviate the elevator’s poten- Brazil: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown 2016 2010 (for all TV outlets), which means America, NATPE’s primary region, than tial problems FremantleMedia is expand- Chile: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown 2017 that, in order to support DTT program- Las Vegas. “From my personal perspec- ing its presence with a cabana by the pool ming expenditures, TV advertising will Colombia: Standard DVB-T. Shutdown tive, Miami is a second home for many in addition to its suite, something that all have to increase to $17.7 billion: basi- 2017 of my Latin American clients and makes studios have done. cally double within 10 years. Argentina: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown for easy travel.” However, another positive aspect is Is it doable? If the region economies 2019 On the convenience factor, Stephanie that the market has in effect begun today, continue to expand at the current rates, Peru: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown 2020 Pacheco, managing director of Latin a day before its official Monday opening yes. Other scenarios could be the pan- Venezuela: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown America for CBS Studios International, and possibly, for the first time, it will not SÃO PAULO, SP - BRAZIL regional consolidation among DTT 2020 concurred. “It’s much easier to reach for end after the second day, but will contin- channels, the switch from FTA-TV to Bolivia: Standard ISDB-T. Shutdown everyone,” she said. “There are direct ue well into its closing third day, albeit all forms of PPV and VoD or, like in 2024 flights from Latin America, Europe, and informally.

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Hollywood if the U.S. would appoint as U.S. TV networks. As cable and other Ambassador to Caracas director Oliver paid television services have become Diplomacy For Stone or actor Sean Penn, who have more prevalent in Mexico, younger both visited Venezuela and praised generations of Mexicans have grown Venezuela President Chavez (pictured left). up watching U.S. television imports, and they’re ready to watch enezuelan president Hugo Chavez Mexican TV: similar programs on Mexican TV is reportedly open to the possibility screens. of the U.S. nominating a new As a result, Mexican production S V ambassador to Venezuela from the A Step Away

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A Chavez rejected U.S. nominee Larry Times, Mexicans are starting to Viewers, for example, can find B Palmer, and Washington revoked the visa stray from their traditional telen- XY, which centers on a group of O A of the Venezuelan ambassador as a result. men who work at a men’s magazine L ovela TV diet and becoming interested G Chavez joked that he would be happy in series akin to those found on U.S. and Bienes Raíces, which follows two female real estate agents as they deal with adult life. Canal Once, the nation’s public TV network, is reportedly the cata- lyst for such dramas, even though the new trend is still budding and ratings do not yet compare to those E ProgramsProgggrams garnered by telenovelas. Venevision’s Welcoming PEO GALLERY Children – 39 x 3’ Party enevision International and NATPE will co-host a wel- Vcome cocktail party, today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., before the market officially opens. The bash takes place at the poolside/terrace of the Eden Roc hotel, which is locat- ed next to the Fontainebleau Hotel, NATPE’s main venue. Documentaries Entertainment will be provided The most famous and admired paintings in history by Venezuelan salsa musician Oscar are revisited and animated in plasticine by the Japanese Fiction D’Leon, known as El Sonero del artist Fusako Yusaki. Children Mundo, and other television per- sonalities. Entertainment Classical Music A DREAM SIGNED Documentary – 25’   



 



  ROGER FEDERER NATPE High definition Parties Listed below are eight parties, but the total count tops 11 since a few are small and the hosts consider them “private affairs.” The Soho House is expected to host at least two such parties. All events are by invitation only. • Venevision/NATPE Welcoming Party: Sunday, 6-8 p.m., Eden Roc Roger Federer Foundation, Ethiopia: film clips and exclusive • Debmar-Mercury: Sunday interviews with Roger Federer. • NATPE Opening/Globo TV: Monday, 6-8 p.m., Fontainebleau • Telemundo: Monday • NBC-Universal: Tuesday • MTV Networks: Tuesday Our completecomplete catalogue on rsi.ch/sales • Brandon Tartikoff Reception: Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., Fontainebleau • Disney Media Networks: Swiss TelevisionTelevisionelev - Sales Office Wednesday 6903 Lugano, Switzerland Meet you at • Closing Reception: Wednesday, www.cappsa.org 

 





 

 





  
 




 



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Italy’s Dahlia To Berlusconi’s Mediaset) and it had package in August 2010. The ori- aimed for one million subs by the start gins of the crisis can be traced to the Be Liquidated of 2011. reduction of subscriber figures and Reportedly, the influential Wallen- the drop in smart-card sales during G L O B A L N E W S talian pay-TV operator Dahlia has berg family decided not to invest fur- the 2010-2011 football season, fol- Icalled in the liquidator after its key ther in the venture. Dahlia is 78.2 per- lowing the exit from Dahlia’s bou- shareholder, the Swedish cent controlled by Airplus TV, whose quet of Palermo, Bologna and Wallenberg family, pulled the main owner is the Wallenberg’s holding Fiorentina teams. The three Serie A plug after months of unpaid company, Investor AB. Telecom Italia football clubs have since switched to invoices and mounting losses. Media has 10.1 percent in Dahlia and rival pay-TV operator Mediaset The fledgling TV company the balance is held by Made, an Italian Premium. Dahlia TV owns the TV had some 800,000 subscribers, service company. rights to eight Serie A (top tier) who pay for a mix of soccer and The Swede’s TV platform was taken football clubs and the entire Serie B adult entertainment. Dahlia is over from Telecom Italia Media’s pay- (second tier). In the 2009-10 fiscal Italy’s third largest pay-TV TV unit, La7 in spring 2009, and now year, Dahlia generated losses of 21 operator (after Rupert is faced with liquidity problems, million euro ($28 million). Murdoch’s Sky Italia and Silvio despite an 80 million euro refinancing Latin America Faces The Future SEE US AT NATPE at BOOTH 411 ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR t is expected that in 2011 Latin America’s economies will contin- Iue to grow. Although the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for Latin American countries won’t be as high as it was in 2010, in 2011 it is expected to be steady across Perú, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. On the political side, Argentina will be facing presidential elections this October. In Perú the presiden- tial election will be earlier, in April, and the incumbent president is not eligible to run for reelection. Brazil has a newly inaugurated president, while Venezuela, though still under an unpredictable president, will show some improvements. In terms of GDP, Perú is expected to grow six percent, down from 8.3 percent last year. Growth in Chile is expected to be up from five percent in 2010 to six percent this year. Brazil’s GDP is predicted to be only 4.1 percent as compared to 7.5 per- cent last year, and Argentina follows closely with four percent next to 7.5 percent growth in 2010. This year, Mexico will experience 3.9 percent GDP growth compared to five per- cent growth in 2010. Colombia’s growth will remain relatively stable, with 4.7 percent in 2010 and 4.6 percent in 2011. Venezuela will experience a GDP growth of .5 per- cent, bringing it to the plus side in Policia Judicial Federal 2011, a positive step given that it recorded minus 1.3 percent growth in 2010.

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M A R K E T N E W S Venevision Is achieving a youthful appearance the days of the Tribulation begin, he through dieting and plastic surgery. must decide whether to combat evil A Knockout OMG! Oh My God! (NPS: No or be destroyed by it in Tribulation: Puede Ser) is a teen sitcom that centers The Battle Before the End enevision International arrives at on the two most popular characters (Tribulación: La batalla antes del NATPE with a host of titles. When from series Somos tu y yo. fin). VEva Luna’s father is tragically killed In A Woman’s Sacrifice (Sacrificio de Premium Programming from in a hit-and-run accident, she is deter- mujer), successful businesswoman “Superstation Mega TV” mined to find out who is guilty. But sin- Clemenica’s world is turned upside (Programación Premium de Mega ister forces make her believe her lover is down when she discovers that the TV) features programming from responsible. She eventually winds up dat- woman she hates is her long-lost U.S.-based Hispanic broadcaster ing the real killer, who will stop at noth- daughter. She also realizes that she still Mega TV. Programs include Bayly, ing to have Eva for himself. (pictured) has feelings for an old flame who once Esta noche tu night, Maria Elvira

AMERICA Six women, although they are very dif- and Paparazzi Magazine. deceived her. ferent, all long to become The Perfect Police captain Falco has a hidden After Salvador’s boxing license is Woman (La mujer perfecta). The telen- gift: he can see the demons that moti- suspended, he begins working as an LATIN ovela exposes the current obsession with vate people to commit murder. When escort, transforming himself into a savior for lonely women, but he can’t woo the one he loves in telen- ovela Salvador: A Knockout Lover (Salvador de mujeres). Suite 21515, Floor 15 www.venevisioninternational.com AVF’s Got Stories

merica Video Films brings to the market a wide variety of Afilms. Love & Distrust is a compilation of five stories about passion, hope and love. It teaches viewers how distrust can put an end to love. Amy Adams, Sam Worthington, Robert Pattinson and James Franco star.

Viewers relive the thrilling rescue of 33 Chilean miners who were trapped 700 meters underground in the Atacama desert in Atacama’s 33. Stories USA consists of six stories about desperate people living in America. It stars Paris Hilton, Steve Carell, James Gandolfini, Josh Hartnett, Paul Walker, Scott Caan and Ioan Gruffudd. Stories include: Street of Pain, L.A. Knights, The Little Things, Life Makes Sense When You Are Famous, Club Soda and Member. Private eye and ex-policeman Frank Taylor is Haunted by the ghosts of murder victims who beg him to help solve their murders. Suite 23012 www.americavideofilms.net

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elevisa Internacional brings to NATPE two brand new telenovelas T— in addition to its returning cata- log — beginning with Rafaela, which centers on the tribulations of a young doctor who falls in love with and bears the child of a married man. Ledafilms Has Six Wives Victoria, a successful fashion designer, doesn’t suspect that the young woman edafilms presents an array of new In Main Street, Georgiana rents an she despises and tries to keep away from films at NATPE, starting with Whip empty warehouse to a Texas businessman her stepson is her long-lost daughter in LIt (pictured). A teenage girl dreams (Colin Firth). But when his business Triumph of Love. of escaping her small town, and she just threatens to harm the townspeople, Teresa uses her beauty to get ahead in might be able to when she becomes Babe including the local police officer life, but she’ll eventually have to pay the Ruthless, dominating the world of roller (Orlando Bloom), the town must decide consequences for hurting the people derby. whether money is more important than who love her. In Golden Christmas a widow moves safety. Dream with Me centers on two back to her hometown and is reunited Based on Ken Follett’s bestselling teenagers, Clara and Luca, who aspire to with a childhood friend who happens to book, Pillars of the Earth is an epic love make it in the music business. Clara live in the house she wants to purchase story taking place amidst the political stars on a reality show under the guise of helps viewers relive the past, as it features for herself and her son. turmoil of 12th century England. “Roxy-Pop,” and although Luca can’t musicians, entertainment and sports stars Mentalist The Great Buck Howard’s Comedy The Six Wives of Henry stand her in real life, Roxy-Pop is impos- from the last five decades. career is on the slide, but a young man Lefay stars Tim Allen as a man believed sible to resist. Suite 21605 drops out of law school to work for him to be dead after a skydiving accident. Light entertainment format Decades www.televisainternacional.tv and learns things he never could have Elisha Cuthbert, Paz Vega, Andie learned in the classroom. John MacDowell and Kelly Garner costar. Malkovich, Tom Hanks and Colin Over the last 40 years in an Alaskan Telefe Is Hanks star. town, there have been a large number of Animated special Little Spirit centers disappearances and suspicions of a gov- The One on a boy who moves to New Yor k and ernment cover-up in fact-based thriller learns to overcome his fear of the The 4th Kind. elefe International’s slate is led by strange, big city. Danny DeVito is the Suite 21710 telenovela The One (pictured), narrator of this story. www.ledafilms.com Twhich centers on Andrés, an arro- gant lawyer who, despite the fact that he’s married and has an autistic daugh- Telefilms Is mer in The King’s Speech (pictured). ter, falls in love with another woman on Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush star in a trip to Spain. Crowned this historical drama. An unhappily married woman experi- In Rabbit Hole, after a married cou- ences a miracle and has the opportunity rgentina’s Telefilms is in Miami ple’s son dies tragically, the couple must to go back in time one year and change with a rich slate of movies chock- try to find happiness again. Nicole her life. She must decide if this oppor- Afull of celebrities. Tom Hanks stars Kidman and Aaron Eckhart star in this tunity is a blessing or a nightmare. But drama based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning in and directs dramatic comedy Larry she soon learns that fate can’t be avoided play. Crowne. He is a man who returns to in telenovela A Year To Remember. Also available is the remake of John school after losing his job and ends up A highly successful lawyer decides to Milius’s 1984 war adventure, Red refocusing his attention on his teacher pursue his teenage crushes on famous Dawn. When their country is invaded, a women from the 1980s after he discov- (Julia Roberts). group of teenagers must take on the A speech therapist helps King George ers that his wife is cheating on him in enemy on the front lines. 80’s Crush. VI of Britain overcome a nervous stam- A U.S. soldier awakes in the body of a Telenovela Cain & Abel offers a new has been adapted in Bolivia, Colombia, commuter and must relive a train bomb- interpretation of the biblical story that Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal and Spain, ing until he figures out who is responsi- revolves around the conflict between and optioned in Chile and Italy, as well as ble for it in sci-fi thriller Source Code. two brothers. The brothers’ arguments English-speaking territories. Set in today’s Barcelona, Biutiful cen- suggest that there are different shades of TV special Echoes From the Past is a ters on Uxbal, who feels the threat of good and evil, and shows that nothing is program that recounts true stories based death and tries to save himself and his on real events and commemorates children. what it seems to be. Suites 23002-23004 Contestants compete to win big prizes Argentina’s Bicentennial. www.telefilms.com.ar such as cars and cash in family game Suite 23015 show format Just in Time. The format www.telefeinternational.com

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aracol Television’s NATPE slate contains various new telenovelas. CCouple’s Therapy (Terapias de Pareja) centers on a couple, both psy- chologists, that must help other couples with marital problems while simultane- ously dealing with their own personal Disney Can’t Wait To Be King struggles. Alicia fakes suicide to escape her hus- isney Media Networks Latin dreams, and when Scar’s scheming caus- band and moves to Bogotá disguised as America offers a plethora of classic es Mufasa’s death, Simba runs away, only a man in Love and Fear (Amar y Danimated masterpieces at this mar- to return later and take his place as king. Temer). In Bogotá, she befriends and ket. Bambi tells the story of a young deer In Snow White and the Seven falls in love with Alberto. But trouble arises when her husband finds out she’s Teresa, Mercedes, Claudia, Julie and who is prince of the forest, and his Dwarfs, Snow White is forced to flee to still alive. Vicky San Miguel learn that money and adventures with his two friends, the forest because her stepmother is jeal- After his wife leaves him, Kike falls in power can’t guarantee happiness when Thumper the rabbit and Flower the ous of her fair beauty. Snow White takes love with The English Teacher (La they are judged by society in Family skunk as they come of age in the woods. up residence in the cottage of the seven Teacher de Ingles). But he doesn’t know Secrets (Secretos de Familia). Belle is a beautiful bookworm who dwarfs: Doc, Bashful, Happy, Sleepy, that she is involved in a plot to take over After sisters Mariana & Scarlett fall in Sneezy, Grumpy and Dopey. But even rescues her father only to be taken pris- his company. love with the same man, they must learn they can’t save her from the evil step- oner by a frightening beast. But instead In miniseries Women on the Edge to work together to overcome the chal- mother. of being intimidated, Belle befriends the (Mujeres al Limite), female characters lenges they face. Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski and enchanted inhabitants of the castle and must overcome moral dilemmas that are Suite 23114, 23116 the Philadelphia Orchestra worked learns that the beast’s character is not as inspired by real events. www.caracolinternacional.com ugly as his appearance in Beauty and the together to create Fantasia, a film that Beast (pictured). intertwines music with the images on Simba dreams of taking his father’s the screen. Bender Media is place as king of Pride Rock in The Lion Suite 22514 King. But his evil uncle Scar has similar www.disneymediadistribution.tv Living on the Block

n offer from Bender Media Record TV annihilation by marrying the Persian Services at NATPE this year is The King. OEnd of Poverty?, narrated by Has Intrigues Hard working Bela has trouble getting Martin Sheen and filmed in the slums of ahead in life due to her messy personal Africa and Latin America. The docu- appearance. When she gets a job as sec- razil’s Record TV Network is at mentary investigates what causes pover- retary for the president director of a pub- NATPE with an abundance of new ty and why it is still around. licity agency, Bela will eventually have series. Miniseries Samson and Life on the Block is an animated B the chance to show people what she’s Delilah consists of 18 episodes that cen- series that centers on Stan, whose chaot- capable of in Ugly Bela. ter on Samson, the Hebrew hero who ic world is full of crazy tenants, a The Mafia and drug dealing rule the defeated armies and savage beasts on his teenage daughter and six-year-old son. land in Another Power, in which Tony own, but who could not overcome the On top of that, his best friend is a crook! Castellamare tries to dodge the Mob and power of philistine Delilah. later seeks revenge when his wife and Mild-mannered secretary Miss A small town is transformed after an children are murdered. Nobody ascends the corporate ladder economic project changes the lives of its After her father is murdered, Catarina when she discovers that she has a special citizens and a series of murders rock the decides to become a police officer, and gift. This comedic TV movie is a tale of town in River of Intrigues. crosses paths with a drug trafficker and a success, love — and murder. Set in Persia in 479 AD, Esther, the A follow-up to “Breaking the policeman in The Law and the Crime. Series Inside Hollywood uses a fast- Queen uses up-to-date technology and Magician’s Code,” series Mentalisn’t She learns that the line between the law paced format to examine the lives and special effects to tell the story of a young uncovers the secrets behind some of the and crime is sometimes blurred. movies of big-name stars such as Robin Jewish girl who saves her people from Pedro and Carolina are child- Williams, Julie Andrews, John Voight, most shocking illusions and tricks. hood friends who have been sepa- Oliver Stone and Ben Kingsley. Tw o teams of cyclists travel 16,765 rated for years until Pedro, a fire- Hosted by celebrity chef James miles from Alaska to the southern tip of

fighter, saves Carolina from a fire, Reeson, Australian series Alive & Argentina, searching for methods to bat- reigniting the Flames of Life and Cooking showcases recipes that include tle climate change in documentary series their old emotions. ingredients from the environment, Going South. Suite 23309 including seawater. Viewers are taken Booth 411 www.recordtvnetwork.com into Reeson’s kitchen and throughout http://sites.google.com/site/bendermediaser- Australia’s stunning landscapes. vices

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