BBC Worldwide Americas today announced its largest ever sale of content to Paraguay, at BBC Showcase Latin America.

 

Telefuturo, one of Paraguay's leading broadcasters, and new channel Hispanoamerica TV del Paraguay have acquired a combined total of 100 hours of programming from BBC Worldwide's natural history, children's, history and factual entertainment genres.

 

Telefuturo bought natural history titles Killing for a Living (a BBC Wildvision production in association with the Discovery Channel), which is narrated by Oscar® winning actor Anthony Hopkins, and landmark epic Planet Earth (a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production, in association with the CBC).

 

Animated children's series Animalia, (a Burberry/Lux Monkey/Double Base production for BBC in association with Porchlight Entertainment), which is based on award-winning books by Graeme Base, was also included in the deal.

 

Hispanoamerica TV Del Paraguay acquired titles such as the multi award-winning natural history title Blue Planet (a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production), factual entertainment title The Private Life of a Masterpiece (a Fulmar Television & Film production for BBC) and dramatized documentary series Ancient Rome – The Rise and Fall of an Empire (a BBC/Discovery Channel/ZDF co-production).

 

The broadcaster also bought Days that Shook the World, a series of programs focussing on key events, which changed the course of global history.

 

Susanna Pollack, SVP TV Sales, Co-productions and Children's commented: "I'm delighted to be announcing these agreements with Telefuturo and Hispanoamerica TV del Paraguay. They underline our commitment to develop our business in Latin America and to introduce new audiences to our wealth of content.

 

"With the strength, size and diversity of our catalog we're in a great position to secure deals of this kind."

 

BBC Showcase Latin America 2008 runs until Wednesday 10 September 2008 in Rio de Janeiro. It is the only event of its kind, hosted by a single distributor, in Latin America. BBC Worldwide is Europe's biggest exporter of television programs.

 

 

Sarah Andrews/Christine Black