Falcon – Sr. VP & Operating Manager @ TeleFutura Network.

Univision Communications Inc. announced that Alina Falcon, has been named Senior Vice President and Operating Manager of the TeleFutura Network. Falcon, who formerly served as Senior Vice President and Director of News Division, Univision Television Network, will be responsible for overseeing all TeleFutura Network operations, including programming, promotions, talent relations, technical operations and news. She will remain based in Miami and will report to Ray Rodriguez, President and Chief Operating Officer, Univision Networks.

“We are delighted that Alina is taking the reins at TeleFutura and will lead our newest network as it continues to provide expanded and exciting programming choices to the nation’s 35 million Hispanics,” said Rodriguez. “Alina has been a key member of Univision since she joined the Network in 1992 and a driving force behind the tremendous success of Univision’s network news, which under her direction, became the first Spanish-language television network to win National Emmy Awards. As a recognized and respected leader in Spanish-language information and entertainment, Alina is clearly the right individual to take TeleFutura to the next level as it continues to evolve to meet the specific needs of this vital community.”

“It has been a privilege to work with Univision’s extraordinary executive and news teams as we continually raise the bar on delivering the highest-quality and most culturally relevant news and information to the nation’s underserved Hispanic community,” said Falcon. ” Moving to TeleFutura is a remarkable opportunity to provide the nation’s Hispanic community with a new array of the finest choices in Spanish-language programming at a time when the network and the Company are poised for tremendous growth. I look forward to expanding my role at Univision and helping build on the Company’s prior success.”

Most recently, Falcon was Senior Vice President and Director of News Division for Univision Television Network, a position she has held since 2000. In that capacity, she oversaw the programs “Noticiero Univision,” “Noticiero Univision Ultima Hora,” “Noticiero Univision Fin de Semana,” “Primer Impacto,” “Aqui y Ahora,” “Noticias Univision Presenta,” “Ver Para Creer,” “Pica y Se Extiende” and “El Gordo y la Flaca.” Falcon began her tenure with Univision at WLTV-Miami, where she held the positions of Executive Producer, Assistant News Director and News Director, and won a regional Emmy Award. She was promoted to Assistant News Director for the Univision Television Network in 1992 and to Vice President and News Director in 1993.