Ideas del Sur (Ideas from the South) was a production company founded by

Marcelo Tinelli Marcelo Hugo Tinelli (born 1 April 1960) is an Argentine television and radio host, media producer and businessman, best known as the host of the TV show '' Showmatch'' broadcast on Argentina's El Trece. One of the most famous supporters of sp ...

, host of the highest-rated show in

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: Videomatch and dissolved in December 2017. From 1990 to 1997, the show was produced by the TV station,

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, but in 1998 Marcelo founded his own independent company so he could produce the show himself. He also started to produce different genres of production including fiction and game shows. In 2005, Tinelli caused huge controversy when he decided to move his show, Videomatch (which was retitled Showmatch for legal reasons) and ''Los Roldan'', the two highest-rated shows in the country at the time, from Telefe, the leading TV station, to the number three network Canal 9. While the move did not affect ''Showmatch'', which continued to be the most watched show in the country, it affected ''Los Roldan'' which ended up losing over 50% of its audience.. On 29 December 2017 for legal reasons the company was dissolved. Nevertheless, their main shows, Showmatch and Los Especialistas del Show, and other less known shows, remain on air produced under Marcelo Tinelli's new production company, LaFlia Contenidos (TheFmly Contents)http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1624820-ideas-del-sur-sorpresiva-sociedad-de-cristobal-lopez-tinelli-y-grupo-clarin {{Argentina-tv-stub

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Television production companies of Argentina 1998 establishments in Argentina 2017 establishments in Argentina