Global SVoD services such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and HBO Max are hoping to block parts of a recently approved streaming-regulation bill in the Brazilian Senate, fearing it would double their taxation in the country.

Generous tax rebates, a strategic location and professional crews have turned Colombia into the most competitive filming destination in Latin America. And now its industry is hoping for an even bigger boom.

Basque public broadcaster EITB has commissioned a new version of format Dinner with the Enemy, created by production company Animo TV and described as a “sociological experiment.”

Argentine free-to-air TV channel Telefe, owned by Paramount, has confirmed that the pioneering music reality show Popstars will return to its screens in 2026, reviving the original partnership between Telefe and Gustavo Yankelevich's production company RGB.

MIPCOM: Microdramas, short fiction formats are growing at a rapid pace and will generate global revenues of US$11bn by the end of  2025, according to new data presented in Cannes by María Rua Aguete, head of media and entertainment at the consultancy Omdia.

Silvia Echeverri, director of the Colombian Film Commission, reveals how the success of the CINA tax incentive has changed the perception of the audiovisual industry in the eyes of the country’s financial sector.

YouPlanet, a Spanish agency representing Spanish-speaking talent, has launched a production arm called YouPlanet Studios.

Netflix has signed a collaboration agreement with the government of Mexico City to design and implement training programmes and joint projects within the city's audiovisual sector.

The director of production and post-production for international originals at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video says Latin America is missing out on millions of production dollars due to insufficient incentives and infrastructure.

Paramount-owned Telefe in Argentina is reaping the rewards of a 360-degree digital content and distribution strategy, spearheaded by its Streams Telefe digital unit, which now attracts one in three of the population and is poised for further growth.