Miguel Somoza, CEO of Sabbatical Entertainment, said that the big bet for this market are Viñetas del Mundial de Fútbol Rusia 2018, The Music Diaries (13×60’) and LOL ComediHA! (13×30’), whose distribution rights they recently obtained.
“We are a global company and create content for the whole world and know that the Soccer World Cup is something that in each country, whether it is competing or not, it is global and we choose soccer and the success it has had. We want to be present and active in this event,” he mentions. He said that they have closed three agreements for Las Viñetas del Mundial: one for US Hispanic and the other two in Latin America. They are offering more than 100 two-minute capsules.
Las Viñetas del Mundial de Fútbol Rusia 2018, made through a careful selection process, present topics for the interest of all audiences: Inolvidable, emblematic moments of past World Cups; Media Naranja, capsules on player´s lovers, girlfriends, and wives; Postales, travel guides and lifestyle; Efímero, days that changed the history of World Cups and Íconos, the greatest soccer players, legends or current ones and their corresponding teams.
“One of the few genres we didn´t cover in 2017 was music and The Music Diaries has been the perfect opportunity,” he comments. The Music Diaries is a docuseries on the lives of music legends and their paths towards stardom. It presents a view from inside to crucial episodes in the lives of the most influential musical stars, through interviews with people close to them and chroniclers specialized in the topic, as well as rare archive pictures and exclusive photos. It presents the stories of varied artists that range from Grateful Dead to Michael Jackson.
LOL ComediHA! is a humor series, shot in high resolution, in all the corners of the planet, with an original soundtrack. It is in its tenth season. Somoza knows this product very well and highlights its tested success, given the singularity of the situations that range from everyday life to historical events and is comprehensible to all audiences.