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Spain’s fast-growing Secuoya Studios has re-teamed with Cuban-North American actor-producer William Levy (“Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”) for the action romantic comedy film “Bajo un volcán,” directed by Hugo Martín Cuervo.

The film will premiere exclusively on TelevisaUnivision streaming service ViX as part of a three-way deal unveiled at May’s Upfronts, which also sees the development of TV series “Arcadia,” a thriller starring Levy.

Shooting entirely on the Canary Island of Tenerife, “Bajo un volcán” marks a further step into the Levy-Secuoya alliance, which kicked off in 2022 with the production of ViX’s TV drama “Montecristo.”

This time, the two companies have engaged in a collaboration with Álamo Producciones Audiovisuales, the outfit led by prolific Spanish producer Eduardo Campoy, executive producer alongside Secuoya’s David Martínez and Wle’s William Levy and Jeff Goldberg.

Levy, who earned global success with Netflix’s remake of the Rcn telenovela “Cafe con aroma de mujer,...

Univision is rebranding its Univision Deportes network as Tudn, but it will still deliver a heavy dose of soccer and other sports.

Pronounced “tu-de-ene” (or “my sports network” in English), the sports network plays heavily into the overall programming offerings of the privately held Hispanic media company. Univision unveiled the Tudn shift as well as its 2019-20 programming lineup during a press event in New York.

In recent years, the company had veered outside its traditional lane under former CEO Randy Falco, courting English-speaking media consumers though websites like Gawker and the Fusion cable and digital brand. Since current CEO Vince Sadusky took over last spring, he has refocused the company’s efforts on Hispanic audiences.

That core constituency numbers about 62 million in the U.S., Sadusky said. Among that cohort, the Univision brand as “more powerful and relevant than ever,” he added.

Almost 90% of Univision viewing is live, which...