Omni grabs Globo’s Pearl

Rogers Media-owned network Omni Television in Canada has started broadcasting its latest telenovela, a love story from Brazilian giant Globo.

Precious Pearl features scenes shot in the Himalayas and explores the relationship between a working-class woman and her millionaire lover.

The show debuted on Omni yesterday and has been distributed by Globo Internacional, which has already sold the show to Telemundo in the US, Teledoce in Uruguay, Mongolia’s TV5 and South Korean media group EPG, among others.