LB Entertainment, Behind Netflix Smash Hit ‘Sintonia,’ Pact With Brazilian Internet Giant UOL for Factual, True Crime Production (EXCLUSIVE)
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LB Entertainment, behind “Sintonía,” Netflix’s biggest Brazilian hit, has signed a first-look deal with Universo Online (UOL), the biggest news website in Brazil which had 99 million unique users in March 2024. In a groundbreaking swing for Brazil, but in line with the deal struck in 2022 by Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and The Washington Post, the Brazilian strategic partnership will expand UOL’s brand of storytelling to all forms of filmed entertainment. Owned by Folha de São Paulo, Brazil’s No.