Turner Lat Am, Mediapro link for copros

NATPE: Turner Latin America has signed a coproduction agreement with Spain’s Mediapro that will see the two invest a total of US$10m in content.

The five-year agreement, announced on the final day of Natpe in Miami yesterday, will focus on content for the Latin American market.

It will also include “occasional” collaborations with Chilean free-to-air channel Chilevisión, which is owned by Turner Latin America

In related news, Mediapro has begun production in Madrid on the DirecTV Latin America series El Fútbol no es así, based on the novel of the same name by Javier Tebas and Pedro Torrens.

The eight-episode series, which will also be shot in Argentina and explores the dark underworld of soccer, follows the fortunes of Spanish team Deportivo Leonés and its wealthy owner.