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Article: STS does as the U.S. does but with different products. (Spanish Television Services Inc.produces Latin American soap operas) (A World of Hispanic TV) (Company Profile)
- Article from:
- Video Age International
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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Spanish Television Services, Inc. (STS) and Silvio Berlusconi's new co-production of Beyond The Horizon, a Spanish language soap opera produced in Argentina, clears a path for other Latin American productions to follow - a path learned from the success of American TV shows in Latin America.
"Most programs produced in Latin America don't travel well (to the other Latin American territories), because of the many varieties of Spanish," said Hector Llorens, President of STS, a production and distribution company with headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Miami, Florida "Every country has its own slang. This is most evident in comedy - a joke in Argentina isn't ...