Now even the soap operas are going online, in Web-only format.
Telemundo’s made-for-the-Web production ‘Barbara Luna’
— reported by HispanicAd.com
Telemundo announced the production of “Barbara Luna,” a groundbreaking digital entertainment web series developed at the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) as part of its Digital Content Lab. As a pilot project for the network’s newly created Online Mystery Theatre (“Teatro del Misterio”)to be launched on Telemundo.com this Spring, “Barbara Luna” is a unique and original, made-for-the-web production that utilizes streaming video, wireless and interactive content to follow a murder mystery. Select segments of “Barbara Luna,” will be presented as part of a Digital Content Lab showcase event at the AFI Campus in Los Angeles on February 7, 2006. Telemundo’s Vice President of Artistic Development, Mimi Belt, will talk about this new venture for The network at NATPE’s “Interactive Television Goes Mainstream” panel this Thursday, January 26, 2006.