Argos Comunicación is a television and film production company owned by Epigmenio Ibarra based in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
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Profile
The company started as the telenovela-production unit for
TV Azteca
TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two natio ...
with '' Nada personal'' and has since then produced many telenovelas for this network. It also co-produced ''
Sexo, pudor y lágrimas
''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas'' (''Sex, Shame, and Tears'') is a Mexican film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico (after '' Like Water for Chocolate'') and the directorial debut of Antonio Serrano. The film won five Ariel A ...
'' in 1999 directed by Antonio Serrano who has directed five telenovelas and another film ('' Lucía, Lucía'') with Argos. In 2001, Argos signed a contract with
Telemundo
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to produce telenovels for this network and has since then produced nine, including ''Gitanas''. Argos also owns an acting school, CasAzul, a music unit, Argos Música, and a theater production unit, Argos Teatro. Most of the content produced by Argos is filmed in the majestic Estudios Churubusco that were used to produce all the films during the Mexican gold film era.
As of December 31, 2006 Argos will no longer be co-producing any new projects with Telemundo. Argos has made a deal with TV Azteca to start production of new content. They have ''Casablanca'' in pre-production which is slated to start sometime in February 2007. Argos will finish up the production of ''Marina'' and a few episodes of ''
Decisiones
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'' with Telemundo. Also for 2007 Argos is producing a mini-series for HBO Latin America starring Ana de la Reguera.
Units
* Argos Comunicación, Argos Cine – Film
* Argos Música
* Argos Teatro
* CasAzul – Acting school
Zoom TV
* Zoom.tv (www.zoom.tv)
It started out as a website with original content, a reality show with fixed cameras in a real house called Inquilino. Visitors to this website were able to go into a chat room and talk live to the renters living in the house. It also had an internet radio station where Osvaldo Benavides hosted a weekend show.
Zoom TV was the precursor of what Argos' dubbed as "la tercera mirada" (the third look), a new television station, that would compete directly with the giant Televisa and TV Azteca (whom they had just broke ties with). It was in January 2002 when this new TV station would emerge, but legal issues prevented Argos from tubing and this venture as well as the website disappeared.
The programming was to be color-coded based on the content it was showing. For example, red was to be for adults only, while yellow was for the whole family. CEO of Argos, Epigmenio Ibarra does not lose hope that some day, he will have an output in his homeland Mexico, but for now he will only work as a content generator.
Fuera del cielo
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The movie was produced by Argos Comunicación, Fidecine, Videocine and Cinemex Pr ...
Vivir mata
Vivir may refer to:
* "Vivir" (song), a 2004 song by Belinda, from the album ''Belinda''
* ''Vivir'' (album), a 1997 album by Enrique Iglesias
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Sexo, pudor y lágrimas
''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas'' (''Sex, Shame, and Tears'') is a Mexican film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico (after '' Like Water for Chocolate'') and the directorial debut of Antonio Serrano. The film won five Ariel A ...
'' (1999)
Telenovelas
* ''
Ingobernable
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'' (2017)
* Enemigo Íntimo (2017)
* ''
El Chema
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Vuelve Temprano
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* ''
Señora Acero
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'' (2014)
* ''
La Impostora
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'' (2014)
* ''
Camelia la Texana
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'' (2014)
* ''
Fortuna
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'' (2013)
* ''
El Señor de los Cielos
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'' (2013)
* ''
La Patrona
''La Patrona'' () is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Argos Comunicación. It is a remake of the 1984 Venezuelan telenovela '' La dueña''.
It premiered on Telemundo on January 8, 2013, replacing Corazón brave , and ende ...
'' (2013)
* ''
Rosa Diamante
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Infames
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Vivir por ti
Vivir may refer to:
* "Vivir" (song), a 2004 song by Belinda, from the album ''Belinda''
* ''Vivir'' (album), a 1997 album by Enrique Iglesias
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'' (2008)
* ''
Mientras Haya Vida
''Mientras Haya Vida'' is a Mexican telenovela
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'' (2007)
* ''
Marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or ...
'' (2006)
* ''
Corazón partido
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'' (2005)
* ''
Los Plateados
''Los Plateados'' (''The Silverplated'') is a 2005 Mexican telenovela co-produced by the Mexican company Argos Comunicación and Telemundo. It stars Mauricio Islas, Tamara Monserrat, Dominika Paleta and Humberto Zurita; and is a historical drama ...
'' (2005)
* ''Gitanas'' (2004)
* ''
Ladrón de corazones
''Ladrón de Corazones'', It is an American telenovela produced by Telemundo and Argos Comunicación in 2003. It was a remake of the hit 1995 Argentinian series Poliladron created and starring Adrian Suar.
Cast
* Lorena Rojas as Verónica Ve ...
'' (2003)
* ''
El alma herida
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Cara o cruz
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Cast
* José Ángel Llamas - ''Ismael Serrano''
* Ana de la Reguera - ''Mariana Medina / Aída''
* José María Yaspik - ''Armando ...
Capadocia
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La Virgen de Guadalupe
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* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
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