Topper out at Maya

A shakeup is showed up at L.A.-based Maya Entertainment, the multiplatform content distribution company specific within the The the spanish language language-language market Stateside.Chairman-Boss Moctesuma Esparza remains ousted while co-chairman Rob Valdez remains hired prexy and may dominate day-to-day methods. Valdez, along with senior V . p . of methods Sergio Aguero, will focus on rethinking the cash-strapped company for your digital arena. Esparza remains area of the board. Valdez is founding father of British-language Latino network SiTV, now known to as nuvoTV. Launched in February 2008 and suggested since the only all-Latino up and lower integrated company, Maya has fallen victim for the vagaries from the weak domestic theatrical and homevideo market. "We'll be refocusing our efforts round the digital marketplace and downsizing the home entertainment division," mentioned Valdez. "We'll still produce films and release some theatrically around the situation-by-situation basis."Professional also expects to boost Maya's growing worldwide sales efforts. A slate of underperforming game game titles has not aided Maya's primary point here. Among its latest theatrical releases, helmer Gabriela Tagliavini "Without Males," starring Avoi Longoria and Christian Slater, fizzled within the box office after its June 29 release.Company's exhibition arm, Maya Cinemas, initially introduced the building of 100 screens only has handled to erect 30 within the Salinas and Bakersfield megaplexes. Esparza will most likely still oversee Maya Cinemas.It absolutely was wanted that Maya's vertical integration is required it stay away from the fate of past Latino distribs -- including Televisa Cine, Latin World, Arenas Entertainment -- that faltered inside their attempts to go into the elusive U.S. Latino market.All eyes are really on Lionsgate-Televisa partnership Pantelion, having a Will Ferrell The the spanish language language-language comedy, "La Casa p mi padre," set to bow in March. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com