Viacom, Vocento bow funnel in the united states

Viacom Intl. Media Systems and Spain's Vocento are beginning a free of charge-to-air fiction funnel in the united states. The still-not named service will bow first quarter, altering Vocento's family-oriented country wide funnel La 10, which closed Jan. 1. Deal plays in the 2009 programming alliance that delivers Vocento Television stations utilization of Viacom's huge library. A year ago, Viacom's MTV started to air in Spain's free-to-air market on one of Vocento's four country wide TV services, therefore it controls via Vocento TV holding Internet TV. The launch in the new funnel "underscores Viacom's strong persistence for the The the spanish language language market," mentioned Antonio Campo Da'llOrto, Viacom Intl. Media Networks' controlling director of south Europe. Vocento's production holding Veralia will finish up a minority content provider for your new funnel. As advertising revenues plummet in the united states, global entertainment companies are appropriating options to provide channels or content towards the the spanish language language TV operators. Discovery Max launched Jan. 12 after Discovery Systems Intl. inked using the the spanish language language posting group Unidad Editorial to switch its Veo TV. Disney Funnel has operated a Internet TV free-to-air TV service since 2008. Vocento has a 55% stake in Internet and, via Veralia, holds stakes in TV production houses Europroducciones, BocaBoca and Hill Valley, plus indie film distributor Tripictures. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com