RTVE attends NATPE 2017 with its latest Fiction Productions and Its new Channel, Clan

Reinas and El Final del Camino are RTVEs star fiction products for this new edition of NATPE, which will also feature the launch of its Clan Channel for the Americas. From 17 to 19 January, the Corporation will be attending the event in Miami in the Spanish Hall, Audiovisual from Spain, where it will present its latest fiction productions and a renewed range of international channels.

Reinas is the story of the rivalry that existed between two great European monarchs: Mary Stuart of Scotland and Elizabeth I of England. Historically, these two women clashed due to their political and religious convictions, under the watchful eye of the most formidable monarch in Europe, Philip II, heir of the greatest empire ever created.

After a 13-year absence, Mary Stuart, Queen Dowager of France, returns to her native Scotland on August 19 to take up the throne. Scotland is a poor kingdom divided by religious strife and the constant squabbles between its different clans of nobles, the result of an intelligent strategy being pursued by Queen Elizabeth I, the head of the Anglican Church. The Papacy has declared all-out war against Elizabeth, a struggle in which Philip II of Spain will also become embroiled. The series was filmed in English, featuring spectacular outdoor locations in Spain and Scotland.

El Final del Camino relates the experiences of three brothers, three heroes who suffered the unfettered ambitions of various historical figures. The story traces their love affairs, betrayals, passions and blunders, all set when the Cathedral of Santiago started its construction. In 1075, Spain was broken apart by the fratricidal battles of five siblings who received the Kingdoms of Castile, León, Portugal, Aragón and Galicia upon the death of King Ferdinand I. In these troubled times, the relics of St. James the Apostle turned Compostela into a religious and financial center that attracted thousands of pilgrims, giving rise to a tradition, that of the Road to Santiago, one that has persisted to the present day. The Road established a link between the different Christian kingdoms, but, at the same time, constituted a route packed with danger.

Seis hermanas. A terrifically well performed drama that follows the life of the Silva sisters. A wonderful story of courage, struggle and false pretenses in the Madrid of 1913, full of love, humor and, above all, emotions.

Acacias 38 takes us back to 1899 to tell the story of a group of housemaids and the bourgeois families they work for. This is a story of rich and poor, one that depicts two worlds as they come together in a single realm: a building, located in a bourgeois neighborhood of a large Spanish city.

RTVE will also present other new features, such as OT el Reencuentro and the TV movies La Princesa Paca and 22 Angeles, as well as the rest of its catalog, which include series such as Isabel, Carlos Rey Emperador, Olmos y Robles and Victor Ros, and TV movies such as La española inglesa, Habitaciones cerradas and Teresa.

Expanding the range of International Channels. Regarding international channels, the big news is that a new channel has now been incorporated into TVEs already-wide range (TVE Internacional, 24 Horas and STAR HD): Clan.

Intended only for the Americas and featuring a very similar format to the Clan channel broadcast in Spain, this new product meets growing demand from cable operators who want to increase their range for childrens audiences. This is a thematic channel in which the best productions in Spanish are offered in HD. It will be available to all cable operators throughout the Americas.

RTVEs commercial team will be led by Rodolfo Dominguez, Commercial Director; Rafael Bardem, Head of Program Sales; and María Jesús Pérez, Head of International Channels Sales.