Cosme Lopez leaves Cisneros Media’s Pay TV Unit

Cosme was quite successful in leveraging the company’s production assets and proficiencies in forging strategic alliances.  Just this past year, he established business partnerships with Turner Latin America to program its Pay TV channel Glitz*, and The Kitchen to operate a Spanish-language dubbing studio at Venevision’s headquarters in Venezuela,” stated Jonathan Blum, President of Cisneros Media.  “I would only like to thank Cosme for his dedication and contributions to our company and wish him the very best in his future endeavors.”

Cosme held the position of Senior Vice President & General Manager of Pay TV Channels & Services, responsibilities that will now be assumed by members of the Cisneros Media Distribution team, under the supervision of Marcello Coltro, EVP of Content Distribution of Cisneros Media.

Cosme Lopez began his career in 1993, working for the distribution company Venevision International, currently Cisneros Media Distribution, before taking a position at HBO Latin America in 1997.  Returning to Cisneros in 2000 as General Manager of Venevision Continental, a cable channel that expanded to become a business unit, he developed and established the company’s Pay TV channels and services – Venevision Plus, VmasTV and VePlusTV – in Latin America and the Caribbean.

During Cosme’s tenure as General Manager, Venevision Continental launched Venevision Plus in Venezuela in December 2007, and in only four months, it was the Top rated Pay TV channel in the territory, going on to capture a 30% market share of all advertising sales in just its second year of operation.  Thanks on the success of Venevision Plus, Cosme went on to form strategic alliances in the region, and launched Pay TV channels in Colombia (VmasTV), and in the Dominican Republic as well as pan-regionally (VePlusTV).