Head of Documentaries Acquisitions @ Movistar+ Telefonica
Company profile: Movistar+ is a Spanish television brand that owns to the telco Telefonica.
Job Description: I buy and pre-buy factual and non-fiction programmes for our channels in Spain.
Strand Profile: we have premium pay tv channels and a basic pay tv channel. For our Basic Pay TV channel called #0 we look for factual: Day time series from 30’ to 60’ and prime time documentaries, 60’ preferred. Genres go from current affairs to science, history and human interest. We mainly look for mainstream subjects and we do not need exclusive rights. For our Premium Pay TV channels (Movistar Estrenos, Movistar Xtra and Movistar Series) we buy PayTV and SVOD rights. We need new titles and fully exclusive rights in Spain. In terms of documentaries we look for titles awarded in the main festivals. Length could go from 60’ to 90’ or mini-series.
Themes: Movistar+ basic PayTV channel #0 looks for mainstream titles. We pay attention to titles tied to anniversaries and special events. Recent acquisitions are The Last 100 days of Diana, the Nineties, Empire Builders, the Story of Egypt and Blue Planet II.
For the premium channels any subject well told and produced could work. We specially focus on current affairs, cinema and television, music, fashion and sports. Recent acquisitions are The Putin Interviews, Exodus: our Journey to Europe, Inside Dior and American Epic.
Main activities: for documentaries we mainly buy and pre-buy
Latest produced or coproduced titles:
- “Muerte en León”. A Spanish crimen factual series.
- “The Fourth State” A current affairs international project still in development
- “Julio Caesar” with Mary Beard, still in production.
What I’m mainly looking for at MIA DOC: to discuss about the new trends and find out what projects are in development and will come out from the Italian market.
