Iberseries & Platino Industria’s Co-Directors Samuel Castro and Juan Alía Drill Down on the Annual Confab in Madrid
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Now marking its fourth edition over Oct. 1 – 4 in Madrid, Spain’s annual Iberseries & Platino Industria confab has leapt to must-attend status for Ibero-American audiovisual industry professionals.
Iberseries co-director Samuel Castro, who covers the TV industry while co-director Juan Alía handles film, said: “We hope that in this fourth edition, we will at least maintain the 2,500 accredited participants from last year,” he said, adding: “Our goal is not just to grow in the number of accredited participants but also in the professional profiles attending Iberseries & Platino Industria.
We aim for executives with decision-making power to identify this event as the place to do business, present projects and discuss joint strategies around Spanish-language audiovisual content.” Based on early data collected – with a lot of accreditations still to come – according to the profiles of delegates who has signed up, Iberseries had 647 accredited professionals from Spain, 121 from Mexico, 96 from Colombia, 83 from the USA and 42 from Chile, said Castro, adding that of the European countries, Portugal, France, and Italy have the strongest presence with Spain ostensibly dominating.
Major players operating in Spain and Latin America are participating in the conference program of the event, led by Disney+ (Spain and LatAm), HBO Max, Prime Video, Movistar Plus+, NBC Universal, RTVE, Atresplayer and Caracol.
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