As the major streamers tighten their belts amid a threatening recessionary climate and a new focus on profitability, major TV makers got down to talking about more cost-effective programming at the Banff Media World Festival on its opening day.
“How do we play it safe, while still keeping unique points of view on the production side? I guess budgets matter again, in using dollars,” Juan Ponce, senior vp and general manager at Telemundo Streaming Studios, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, told a panel on industry trends.
TV business execs noted demand for content worldwide was still growing as the industry comes through pandemic-related disruption and changes and a racial reckoning and is now beset by the WGA strike and threat of an actors strike in Hollywood.
“For me, I’ve got clients who were on a strong growth trajectory and their forecast has halved this year. Some scripted producers have been hit very hard,...
“How do we play it safe, while still keeping unique points of view on the production side? I guess budgets matter again, in using dollars,” Juan Ponce, senior vp and general manager at Telemundo Streaming Studios, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, told a panel on industry trends.
TV business execs noted demand for content worldwide was still growing as the industry comes through pandemic-related disruption and changes and a racial reckoning and is now beset by the WGA strike and threat of an actors strike in Hollywood.
“For me, I’ve got clients who were on a strong growth trajectory and their forecast has halved this year. Some scripted producers have been hit very hard,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the rapidly evolving and competitive streaming marketplace, executives from companies including Paramount Streaming and AMC Networks talked about how platforms can evolve to meet challenges like audience fragmentation and dwindling attention spans, as well as break through the noise via hybrid business models.
The conversation, “Streaming Strategies in a Competitive Marketplace,” — moderated by WrapPro and business news assistant managing editor Jethro Nededog and presented by City National Bank — featured Ashwin Navin, CEO of Samba TV; Brett Dismuke, general manager of Allblk & We TV at AMC Networks; Dan Limerick, chief operations officer at WME; Jeff Shultz, chief strategy officer and chief business development officer at Paramount Streaming and Juan Ponce, senior vice president and general manager at Telemundo Streaming Studios of NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Enterprises.
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The conversation, “Streaming Strategies in a Competitive Marketplace,” — moderated by WrapPro and business news assistant managing editor Jethro Nededog and presented by City National Bank — featured Ashwin Navin, CEO of Samba TV; Brett Dismuke, general manager of Allblk & We TV at AMC Networks; Dan Limerick, chief operations officer at WME; Jeff Shultz, chief strategy officer and chief business development officer at Paramount Streaming and Juan Ponce, senior vice president and general manager at Telemundo Streaming Studios of NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Enterprises.
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- 10/13/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Underground, the Buenos Aires-based division of Telemundo Streaming Studios (Tss), is adapting for HBO Max Latin America the thriller “Cathedrals” (“Catedrales”) by award-winning noir author Claudia Piñeiro.
This marks the first time Tss is producing a series for the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.
“We are delighted to announce the development of ‘Catedrales’ for HBO Max in Latin America, exactly the type of fresh and culturally relevant content that today’s audiences expect,” said Juan Ponce, senior VP and general manager of Telemundo Streaming Studios.
Piñeiro, widely regarded as Argentina’s “queen of noir novels.” will serve as a literary consultant. Winner of the Dashiell Hammet award in 2021, “Catedrales” is described as “a noir novel that shows the hypocrisy of religion and the atrocities that happen because of it.”
According to the book’s synopsis, it revolves around the mystery behind the brutal murder of 17-year-old Ana Sardá, a devout Catholic...
This marks the first time Tss is producing a series for the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.
“We are delighted to announce the development of ‘Catedrales’ for HBO Max in Latin America, exactly the type of fresh and culturally relevant content that today’s audiences expect,” said Juan Ponce, senior VP and general manager of Telemundo Streaming Studios.
Piñeiro, widely regarded as Argentina’s “queen of noir novels.” will serve as a literary consultant. Winner of the Dashiell Hammet award in 2021, “Catedrales” is described as “a noir novel that shows the hypocrisy of religion and the atrocities that happen because of it.”
According to the book’s synopsis, it revolves around the mystery behind the brutal murder of 17-year-old Ana Sardá, a devout Catholic...
- 8/25/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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