The Chilean group is presenting its latest format, El Internado, and its production hub in Peru, designed to facilitate the production of this and other formats in partnership with potential clients.

Produced by Luis Cabrera and Ana Paula Carreira, from Miami

Armed with a catalog of new unscripted content, Megamedia traveled from Chile to Miami for a new edition of Content Americas, where it is seeking new partners and buyers for its titles.

“We are offering El Internado, which is the latest reality show we produced, with a production hub in Peru, which allows us to offer a complete service experience to potential clients,” Ana María Nuñez, Megamedia’s head of international distribution, told ttvnews at the Miami event.

“And we are already preparing the next reality show for the second half of this year,” the executive added.

“The other big event we have to offer is the Viña del Mar Festival, which takes place in February, and will feature artists like Gloria Estefan and Juanes, with international competition from many Latin American countries,” she added.

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Megamedia’s Global Content team will launch several stories set to premiere in the second half of this year. Currently, with working titles, the new productions include Agua de Oro and Padres en aprietos.

*By Luis Cabrera, Ana Carreira, and Fernando Moreno, reporting from Miami, USA

Megamedia Chile plans to give international exposure to all its original content, mainly its telenovela factory, which produces between five and six telenovelas annually, adding up to 42 telenovelas in its library. In addition to this, the company has created 34 reality competition formats over the past 20 years.

This was shared with ttvnews by Patricio Hernández, CEO of Global Content, the original production arm of Megamedia Chile. The subsidiary focuses on producing and achieving internationalization, whether through finished content or adapted formats.

“We plan to showcase, with greater strength, the capabilities Megamedia has developed over the past decade in the international market. Primarily, we want to showcase our telenovela factory to the world. Telenovelas are in our DNA. We have a great production unit led by María Eugenia Rencoret that has kept us at the top of the ratings in recent years, producing six telenovelas annually. We aim to spotlight all the content in our library, along with the original creations that emerge yearly,” said Hernández.

According to the CEO, another aspect of their international projection strategy involves partnering with third parties for co-productions and platform-specific productions and leveraging their expertise in telenovela subgenres, which include romantic melodramas, female-focused dramas, family-friendly dramedies, suspense thrillers, and telenovelas designed for couples in evening time slots.

Entertainment Hub and Reality Shows

Hernández also mentioned the launch of an entertainment production hub focused on developing reality competition formats, where they have also created several original concepts.

“We are about to launch a new reality competition format that builds on the experience we’ve gained over time. This entertainment team has created more than 34 reality formats over the past 20 years, in addition to the 42 telenovelas, all supported by a distribution arm led by Esperanza Garay of MGE,” noted Hernández.

Regarding reality shows, he highlighted that they are set to begin their first production for third parties in the second half of this year. “I can’t reveal the client or the format, but it has involved months of preparation to set up the complete production hub. We’re ready to get started,” he said.

What’s Coming in 2025

At the same time, the Global Content team at Megamedia will launch many stories that will be premiering in the second half of this year.

“We have a romantic comedy that is sure to make waves, adding to the 20 we’ve already produced at Mega, all of which have consistently ranked first in viewership. This one will have its initial premiere window on Mega, but we’re looking to adapt it for international versions or distribute the script. This is our spearhead project. It’s still under a working title; one is called Agua de Oro, and the other is Padres en aprietos. These will be the two prime-time telenovelas debuting soon at Megamedia,” Hernández concluded.

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The drama is making its debut on January 13 under the local title Trampa de amor.

The romantic comedy Love Trap has officially landed on Chilean network Mega, bringing a perfect blend of humor, drama, and romance to viewers.

The drama is making its debut on January 13 under the local title Trampa de amor.

The series follows Kerem, a charismatic yet irresponsible heir to a textile empire, who struggles to meet his father’s high expectations. Meanwhile, Ayşe, a hardworking young woman seeking to escape her stagnant life, makes a bold move by falsely claiming Kerem as her lover to force him into marriage.

Cornered by this unexpected turn, Kerem seizes the opportunity to challenge his father’s authority, turning their charade into a high-stakes gamble. As their plan unfolds, Kerem and Ayşe will find themselves navigating a web of lies, conflict, and undeniable chemistry that could change their lives forever.

Love Trap is now captivating audiences on Mega Chile, offering a heartwarming and entertaining experience filled with unexpected twists and unforgettable moments.

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The CEO of the Chilean group spoke with ttvnews in Miami about the internationalization strategy of its content and the agreements they seek to close with key territories in the international market.

By ttvnews, from Miami, USA

In 2023, Megamedia began a process of internationalization of its content, with the aim of bringing its successful stories and productions to new international markets with their own local versions.

A successful path that began with the adaptation of their series, Papá a la deriva, together with Latina TV in Peru, where it premiered last October as Papá en apuros.

And now, 2024 is presented as the year of solidification of this strategy, in which the group seeks to raise it to a new level.

“Our focus in 2024 has to do with the consolidation of Megamedia’s internationalization model,” Javier Villanueva, CEO of the Chilean group, began in dialogue with ttvnews.

“We have created a hybrid model, different from the sale of finished content and formats. We create an intermediate product that has to do with the management and executive production of Mega, which is made available to customers and partners – platforms, channels, whoever – to produce a script and a story that was born in Chile. We make our stories available, the team that created them, and based on that we are going to produce these stories in the place in the world that the client needs them,” explained the CEO.

With that premise in mind, the group was present at Content Americas to look for new partners to bring their content to more screens.

“Here at Content America we came to consolidate and close hub production agreements in different countries, in Mexico, the US, Colombia, Spain, seeking to have alternatives so that when an opportunity appears to us, we have the entire production chain resolved,” the executive said.

“In that sense, Jonathan’s presence in Miami has to do with how we do internationalization, but also having people from Mega outside of Chile,” he added, referring to Jonathan Cuchacovich, Head of Fiction Project Development and Screenwriter at Megamedia, who from Miami seeks to act as a bridge between different markets.

“It works a bit as part of Mega’s internationalization, to get its head out of Chile and have a strategic bridge between the different markets and production hubs with Chile,” Cuchacovich explained.

“We continue working on the content of what we do in Chile, while we look outside and see how that content can work and travel to other countries,” he concluded.

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Distributed by Eccho Rights, the series continues its success on the Chilean channel, becoming the most watched Turkish drama in prime time in 2023.

With last night’s broadcast, the successful Turkish television series Seyran y Ferit consolidated its sustained increase in viewership that it has experienced in recent days in Chile, becoming the most watched Turkish television series in prime time in 2023.

According to official data provided by Kantar Ibope, during its broadcast, the drama led the rating with an average of 11.1 points, with a peak of 13.4 points.

At this same time, the competition (marked by reality shows) reached: CHV, 9.8 points; Channel 13, 10.5 points; TVN, 2.2 points.

On Monday, November 7, Seyrán y Ferit also won its schedule with 10.8 average rating points.

Over the past two days (Monday, November 7 and Tuesday, November 8) Seyran y Ferit also average the highest ratings in their schedule, with 11 rating points.

Distributed internationally by Eccho Rights under the title Golden Boy, the drama was sold to more than 100 countries. Produced by OGM Pictures, Golden Boy is a classic family drama that tells the story of two sisters, Seyran and Suna, whose paths cross with the golden boy Ferit. The lives of the two sisters change forever when Ferit decides to marry Seyran instead of Suna. Seyran will be the new girlfriend of a family full of betrayals, lies and secrets. The series stars Afra Saraoğlu, Mert Ramazan Demir and Çetin Tekindor.

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The series is a journey through the recent history of Chile, where six presidents of the republic share, from their intimate perspective, what happened on September 11, 1973.

Megamedia-Chile announced that this Thursday, August 10, it will premiere Elegidos, 50 años en primera persona, on Mega. An original Megamedia production commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup in Chile.

It is a journey through the recent history of Chile, where six presidents of the republic relive, from their intimate perspective, what happened on September 11, 1973 and the subsequent years on the way back to democracy.

A series made up of six episodes, where presidents Patricio Aylwin, Eduardo Frei, Ricardo Lagos, Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Piñera and Gabriel Boric, deliver deep historical content, with unprecedented revelations.

For Javier Villanueva, executive director of Megamedia, “Elegidos is a very important and significant project for us, since it responds to the intrinsic commitment and social responsibility that Megamedia has regarding the relevant issues of our country.”

Elegidos is scheduled for Thursdays in the second prime slot, after Generación 98.

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Both A Little Sunshine and Wounded Heart contain classical Turkish themes of love and revenge

Turkish distribution and broadcasting company ATV has secured a deal with Chile’s Mega  for the Turkish dramas A Little Sunshine and Wounded Heart.

“It’s important for us to always have the best of Turkish content. A Little Sunshine and Wounded Heart are part of that; strong love stories that can connect with the audience”, said Mega’s Head of Acquisitions, Manuela Velasco.

“I’m thrilled to extend our business relationship with Mega TV by featuring two phenomenal TV series. Realistic plot and marvellous chemistry between the two main characters in A Little Sunshine and also Wounded Heart’s dramatic and love-focused story appeal to all audiences around the world. We believe that both titles will conquer the hearts of audiences in Chile.” said ATV’s Emre Görentaş, Head of Sales, Americas & MENA.

Both A Little Sunshine and Wounded Heart contain classical Turkish themes of love and revenge standing out in ATV’s catalogue.

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The Turkish remake of the British series The Split, produced by MF Yapim and distributed by Madd Entertainment, premiered on the Chilean channel on Sunday, January 8, leading its time slot with an 11.4 rating.

Mega from Chile continues betting on Turkish dramas and winning once again.

The Chilean channel premiered its new bet on Sunday, January 8: Secretos del matrimonio, which came to replace its other Turkish series, El escape de Cemre.

Secretos del matrimonio is the Turkish remake of the British series The Split, produced by MF Yapim and distributed by Madd Entertainment as All About Marriage.

The production was broadcast between 11:19 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. and according to the official Kantar-Ibope measurement, it scored an average of 11.4 points, with a peak of 14.4 points, surpassing its closest competitor, CHV’s Pantanal series.

Secretos del Matrimonio will air Monday through Thursday, after Hijos del Desierto.

Synopsis:

Çolpan Cevher is a renowned lawyer and has built the family business into Istanbul’s top divorce practice when her oldest daughter Azra suddenly leaves the firm to join a rival. Stubborn sister Sanem who is also a lawyer remains with her mother, while the little sister Güneş lives her life away from the law. To complicate the matters more, their father shows up — 25 years after running away with the nanny — to reclaim his share of the family business.

Stable life of Azra is shaken when she learns the infidelity of her husband’. who is also a divorce attorney and the couple have three beautiful children together. Despite all her professional experience, Azra is ill-prepared for her own divorce when she reconnects with an old flame at her new firm.

There is only so much room at the top, and eventually Azra’s new firm sets out to crush her old one. In the midst of a nasty divorce, a reviving love affair, and a bitter business rivalry with her own mother, Azra is pushed to the very limit.

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