Mexico's Canana pacts with Netflix

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican indie Canana has inked its first cope with Netflix to operate instances of its effective original series "Soy tu fan" (I am 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 for the smallscreen, scoring a typical 5 point rating with 7.5 points be part of the 2nd season that began in October. Episodes in the first season is going to be readily available for both Netflix Latin America and Netflix within the U.S. and Canada, the very first time U.S. audiences will have the program. Canana has generated a status being an innovator in distribution, becoming the first one to offer VOD on the major cabler in Mexico, and delivering this years "Revolucion" omnibus project in theaters, on DVD and free-to-air concurrently. Canana, founded by producer Pablo Crus with thesps Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal, has its own religious-designed "Nino santo" TV project within the pipeline, in addition to two other projects under systems. By running on Once TV, "Soy tu fan" directly competes from the TV duopoly of Televisa and television Azteca, which treatments for 90% of Mexico's share of the market. Inside a statement, Cruz praised the Netflix deal, saying it had been meeting the desires "from the consumer, not the programmer." It comes down per week after Netflix clients in Mexico and Latin America received accessibility service via Apple TV and iPad/apple iphone. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com