International Insider: Spanish Spotlight; Oscars Go International; Argentina Deep Dive
deadline.comGood afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you all the news and analysis from another busy week, during which we have been to Spain through Argentina via Berlin.
Oh, and there was the small matter of the Oscar noms. Read on, and sign up here. Secuoya’s scale and pace: Diana Lodderhose kicking things off here and I had the pleasure of going to Madrid before the holidays to take a look at the impressive Secuoya Content Group’s headquarters, which hosts Netflix’s European Production Hub, located just 17 miles north of Madrid.
After a lengthy chat with its owners and founders Raul Berdonés and Pablo Jimeno as well as James Costos, president of its TV and film fiction arm Secuoya Studios, what became quickly apparent is the scale and pace at which this company is moving. “We’re not your traditional production company,” Berdonés said. “We are really a global studio and that’s what we are focusing on.” The company counts international heavyweights Ted Sarandos and former HBO, Starz and Legendary Television exec Albrecht among its array of international friends.
Last summer, in a bid to spread its tentacles to the U.S., it partnered with Albrecht and Jane and the Virgin producer Jorge Granier’s newly formed Rubicon Global Media with an eye to bridging Spanish and U.S.
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