Argos Media Group is a television and film production company owned by Epigmenio Ibarra based in Mexico City.
Profile The company started as the telenovela-production unit for TV Azteca with Nada personal and has since then produced many telenovelas for this network. It also co-produced Sexo, pudor y lágrimas 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 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 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.
Film Cronica de Una Muerte Anunciada (2010) Fuera del cielo (2007) Lucía, Lucía (2003) Ladies' Night (2003) La habitación azul (2002) Vivir mata (2001) Nocturno chilango Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999)
Television Title Year Executive producers Network Notes 1990s01 Nada personal 1996 Maika Bernard TV Azteca 02 Mirada de mujer 1997 Marcela Mejía 03 Demasiado corazón Sachiko Uzeta 04 Tentaciones 1998 Ana Celia Urquidi 05 El amor de mi vida Mónica Skorlich 06 La vida en el espejo 1999 Marcela Mejía 2000s07 Todo por amor 2000 Mónica Skorlich TV Azteca 08 Cara o cruz 2001 Carlos Resendi Telemundo 09 Daniela 2002 Patricia Benítez Laucín 10 La virgen de Guadalupe Carlos Resendi 11 Feliz Navidad Mamá Mónica Skorlich 12 Ladrón de corazones 2003 Sachiko Uzeta 13 El alma herida Marcela Mejía 14 Gitanas 2004 Rafael UriósteguiIván Aranda 15 Zapata: Amor en rebeldía Sachiko Uzeta 16 Los plateados 2005 Marcela Mejía 17 Corazón partido Daniel Camhi 18 Marina 2006 Rafael UriósteguiMary Kathryn Kennedy 19 Mientras haya vida 2007 Marcela Mejía TV Azteca 20 Vivir sin ti 2008 Daniel Camhi 21 Capadocia Andrés Tagliavini HBO Latinoamérica 22 Deseo prohibido Iván Aranda TV Azteca 2010s23 Las Aparicio 2010 Daniel Camhi Cadenatres 24 El sexo débil 2011 Daniel Camhi 25 Bienvenida realidad Gabriela Valentán 26 El octavo mandamiento Carlos Resendi 27 Infames 2012 Daniel Camhi 28 Rosa diamante Marcela Mejía Telemundo 29 Último año Carlos Resendi MTV Latinoamérica 30 La Patrona 2013 Gabriela Valentán Telemundo 31 El Señor de los Cielos Marcela MejíaMónica Francesca Vizzi Seasons 1–7 only32 Fortuna Carlos Resendi Cadenatres 33 Niñas mal Diego Bonaparte MTV Latinoamérica Season 2 only34 Las trampas del deseo Rocío Barajas Cadenatres 35 La impostora 2014 Daniel Camhi Telemundo 36 Dos Lunas Marcela Mejía Cadenatres 37 Camelia la Texana Diego Ramón Bravo Telemundo 38 Señora Acero Ana Graciela UgaldeMónica Francesca VizziAraceli Sánchez MariscalMarcel Ferrer 39 Los miserables Araceli Sánchez Mariscal 40 Vuelve temprano 2015 Carlos Resendi Imagen Televisión 41 La Doña 2016 Gabriela Valentán Telemundo 42 El Chema Patricia Benítez LaucínMauricio Ochmann 43 Ingobernable 2017 Ana Graciela UgaldeRocío Barajas Netflix 44 Enemigo íntimo 2018 Mónica Francesca Vizzi Telemundo 45 Falsa identidad Iván Aranda 46 Yankee 2019 Patricia Benítez Laucin Netflix 47 Preso No. 1 Marcel Ferrer Telemundo 48 El Club Ana Graciela Ugalde Netflix 2020s49 Oscuro deseo 2020 Patricia Benítez Laucin Netflix 50 Buscando a Frida 2021 Mónica Francesca Vizzi Telemundo 51 Donde hubo fuego 2022 Epigmenio IbarraMarcela MejíaJosé Ignacio ValenzuelaMónica Vizzi Netflix
References
External links Interview with Epigmenio Ibarra Interview with Epigmenio Ibarra on todito.com Argos Comunicación Webpage