4 Headline_ Small_1 Column (Continued on Page #) Manolo Cardona and Mexican Ana Claudia Talancón. Among the most outstanding developments for FOX Life, Fiure highlightedEl Mejor de los Peores, to be released in March. In that series, Venezuelan chef Lorena Garcia will train eight kitchen debutants to cater for a huge event with demanding diners. As for other FOX channels, NAT GEO will be releasing two neworiginal series, Arrepentidos in February, and Cosmos in March. The former is a series based on real stories of Latin American men and women who were victims of bad choices and now regret the consequences. Cosmos, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, aims to arouse viewers’ curiosity about the wonders of the universe. By Omar Méndez, CEO of The Daily Television Hollywood Loses Cache and Cash Only two live-action movies were filmed in Los Angeles last year, and half as many feature films were produced in the City of Angels last year as compared to 1996, according to a recent article inThe Economist. Interestingly, television drama is 39 percent below its 2008 peak, the magazine reported. The reason? Incentives (in the form of tax credits and interest-free loans) from other states and countries that make shooting outside the supposed entertainment capital of the world much cheaper. States that offer incentives include New York, New Mexico, Louisiana and Georgia. But according to The Economist, tax breaks and incentives are becoming less popular. “Most independent research finds that tax credits for filmmakers serve mainly to help…filmmakers. A study in Louisiana found that for every dollar the state received in revenue from film production, it spent $7.29 in credits. Jobs created by productions often do not last. States bid against each other (and foreign governments) to offer bigger bribes. In many states producers can sell their credits on; independent markets, brokers and lawyers have sprung up to service them.” February 2014 World VideoAge Will Tell Buyers About Your New Shows Before, During and After MIP .... To Reach You, Buyers Read VideoAge To Reach Buyers, VideoAge Is Everywhere With Its Monthly and Daily VideoAge Will Tell Buyers About Your New Shows Before, During and After MIP .... end of message One of the challenges that Argentina-based Fox International Channels Latin America will face in 2014 is consolidating its two new channels introduced last year: MundoFox, in its pan-regional version, and FOX Life, born from the fusion of Utilísima and FOX Life. “It’s the first time that Fox launched two new channels simultaneously in Latin America. It is a very demanding task. So far, we have had a good response from the audience,” said Gonzalo Fiure, who is responsible for programming and production of FOX International Channels in the region. And he has several original productions currently in development on a tight deadline. Fiure’s list of productions includes Dos Lunas, a series starring Argentinean Leonardo Sbaraglia and Uruguayan Barbara Mori. The third season of El Capo— based on drug dealer Pedro Pablo León Jaramillo’s life — is about to be completed. It was filmed in the U.S., Mexico, Colombia and Europe, and is produced by Fox Telecolombia. Metástasis, the Latin American version of Breaking Bad, adapted by Sony Pictures, is being filmed in Colombia and will air on MundoFOX during the second half of the year. FOX Telecolombia, the group’s drama series producer, is filming a series in Bogotá. It is a co-production between FIC Latin America and Colombia’s public TV station that consists of 13 one-hour episodes, featuring Colombian Fox LATAM Ch.’s Original Shows
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