Mexico's Canana pacts with Netflix

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican indie Canana has inked its first deal with Netflix to use cases of its effective original series "Soy tu fan" (I'm Your Fan), presently on its second season on pubcaster Once TV Mexico. The romantic comedy, starring Ana Claudia Talancon ("The Crime of Father Amaro"), is Canana's initial work with the smallscreen, scoring an average 5 point rating with 7.5 points participate the second season that started in October. Episodes within the first season will probably be designed for both Netflix Latin America and Netflix inside the U.S. and Canada, the first time U.S. audiences may have this program. Canana has produced a standing becoming an innovator in distribution, becoming the first to provide VOD around the major cabler in Mexico, and delivering this year's "Revolucion" omnibus project in theaters, on DVD and free-to-air at the same time. Canana, founded by producer Pablo Crus with thesps Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal, features its own religious-designed "Nino santo" TV project inside the pipeline, additionally to 2 other projects under systems. By running on Once TV, "Soy tu fan" directly competes in the TV duopoly of Televisa and tv Azteca, which remedies for 90% of Mexico's business. In the statement, Cruz recognized the Netflix deal, saying it absolutely was meeting the desires "in the consumer, not the programmer." It comes down lower each week after Netflix clients in Mexico and Latin America received ease of access service via Apple TV and iPad/apple apple iphone. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com