The Executive VP of Production and Development of Telemundo Global Studios participates for the first time in MipCancun, where she highlights the quantity and quality in the assistance of companies to the Cancun market.
Telemundo Global Studios, the production arm of NBCTelemundo, is another of the great Hispanic players participating in the ninth edition of MipCancun 2022, an event that is taking place, from November 13 to 16, at the Moon Palace Hotel.
“This is my first MipCancun. Last year I started in this new area of production, and to have the opportunity to meet my colleagues in the market, to be able to have real face-to-face meetings where you can chat and talk about projects, is wonderful. It has no comparison. There are many companies, many people, a lot of encouragement; many good projects and interesting things that are going to come out of here,” Karen Barroeta, Executive VP of Production and Development at Telemundo Global Studios, told ttvnews.
Regarding the performance of Telemundo Global Studios, the executive highlighted that it has been a very generous year, with original productions in Mexico, the US and Colombia.
“We are talking about more than 500 hours of production. It is a lot at this time when we talk about the fact that many short series are being produced, but the long format is really very intense,” said Barroeta.
In this sense, the studios are finalizing details of a new season of The Lord of the Skies, “we are super happy that it will soon be on the air,” the executive stressed.
Likewise, another project is El conde, a period story in Mexico, “we are in the production stage”; and she produced Pasión de gavilanes in Colombia. “Pasión de gavilanes is a product that has gone around the world and is much loved by audiences.” she highlighted her.
Telemundo Global Studios is currently producing the thriller Game of Lies at its Miami studios, and began production this week on Doctor del Pueblo in Mexico. “It is a unit of great faith, of dramatic stories, but with an ending with many learnings,” she assured.
Finally, the executive highlighted the agreement signed with Turkey’s Inter Medya for the co-development and co-production of content.
“Turkish production does not envy any other. They know how to develop deep stories and characters, that is why their productions have worked very well in the world and in Latin America they have been a hit, ”she concluded.
