MEXICO CITY — Fernando Sarinana, filmmaker of such Mexican boxoffice hits as “Charm School” and “Gimme the Power,” has been named director of public broadcaster Canal 11.
Sarinana replaces Julio Di-Bella, who took the reins of Canal 11 during former President Vicente Fox’s administration.
Canal 11 is Latin America’s oldest government-owned television broadcaster. In 2004, under an agreement with DirecTV, the pubcaster entered the U.S. market with a 24-hour channel.
Sarinana produced and directed Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico’s “Charm School,” which ranked No. 2 last year in domestic boxoffice receipts.
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