TTVNews celebrates its first 20 years, inviting friends and industry colleagues to share their personal experiences over the past two decades. Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director of Record TV Network, answers “where were you 20 years ago?”

This 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of TTVNews, a big reason to celebrate for the group which is consolidating itself as one of the go-to media platforms in the audiovisual industry in Latin America.

And to mark the occasion, we’ve invited friends and colleagues to share their experiences, challenges and lessons learned over the last 20 years in this industry.

This time, Delmar Andrade, International Sales Director of Record TV Network, answers “where were you 20 years ago?”

Where were you 20 years ago?

20 years ago, the telenovela department didn’t exist yet, I was working as Vice Director of the television channel, which was practically starting. We started Record Group 22 years ago, we were in Brazil facing the great difficulties that we all faced 20 years ago, the government was a little more complicated.

When we acquired the Record Group, we had the opportunity to make a revival and this meant for the audience an opportunity for new programming, something new that came from the best producers in the world, Record TV began to bring the best products from the U.S. and Europe.

So 20 years ago when your group was starting, we were also starting the Record TV Network project. We send our greetings to all the friends of your group, may we together make more than 50 years.

What was your first industry event?

The first event in which we participated was in Cannes, we have always participated, but uninterruptedly for seven years.