El Continental, La Otra Mirada, Sabuesos and the second season of Estoy Vivo are RTVE’s major new dramas for this year’s MIPCOM, which will be held in Cannes from 15 to 18 October. Another new development is the Playz channel, a digital content platform geared toward the young people of Generation Z.
In addition, RTVE will also bring other new dramas which have premiered over the course of this year, such as Fugitiva and Traición, as well as programmes from its extensive drama catalog, including its internationally acclaimed daily series Acacias 38, Seis Hermanasand Servir y Proteger. Also featured will be the docudrama Centro Médicoand other large-scale productions such as Isabel, Carlos Rey Emperor, Víctor Rosand El Caso, Crónica de Sucesos.
As for international channels, RTVE will take advantage of this year’s MIPCOM to continue showcasing its wide range of high-quality international channels, aimed at meeting the information and entertainment needs of the whole family, and which currently comprises the following channels: TVE International, 24 Hours, Star HD, Clan, and Playz, a new open-access digital content platform specifically targeted at the young people of Generation Z, which offers short-form web series. Since its launch in October 2017, it has clocked 22 million views. The latest productions added to this channel include: Cupido, a fantasy thriller featuring five young people who live alongside mythological beings in a setting inspired by Roman mythology; Limbo, a thriller in which two young people fall in love across the internet, until their communication suffers unusual interference; and Bajo la Red, a series about a group of young people caught up in a network of favours on the Internet.
RTVE’s sales team will be headed by Rodolfo Domínguez, Sales director at RTVE, and María Jesús Pérez, Head of the International Sales Department.