Media

Like any art form, movies are a mirror of our society. And as the U.S. continues to evolve into a minority-majority nation, studios are challenged to produce stories that reflect the changing faces of American moviegoers. By Hilary Dubin / Univision Insights

Traditional TV network executives may need to adjust the belief that OTT — digital services selling TV networks to consumers — is just an “option” for TV consumers, or a “supplement” for their business.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced that social media sensations Alejandro Gonzalez and Maikel Rodriguez, better known as Los Pichy Boys, will be joining Univision Miami to host a new morning drive radio show on WRTO Mix 98.3 FM, starting Monday, February 27th.

An October 2016 Influenster survey, which polled US influencers who are heavy users of at least two social networks, found that 93% of respondents ages 14 to 18 watch product reviews on YouTube, compared to 86% of overall influencers.

Mexican singer and fashionista Daniela Magún joins Discovery Familia with MI ESTILO, TU ESTILO.

Comcast announced it has made some significant changes to the Xfinity Latino Entertainment Channel (XLEC) to meet the evolving needs and interests of bicultural Latino customers. 

Picture the scene: you’re trying to share a video with a couple of friends to illustrate a point you’ve been arguing about for the last half hour. As the video loads, an ad pops up at twice the volume of what you’ve been playing before. You groan and turn the volume down, but you’ve missed the chance to skip the ad and get bounced to your browser as the brand site loads. You switch back to YouTube but the conversation has moved on and your friends have lost interest. Advertising has ruined the moment.

Despite Americans’ broad embrace of smartphones, mobile coupon usage has not become as widely and commonly used as might be expected.

What if radio produced a video this professional and every station in America pushed it out via social media? Or a new one every month with different on-air talent and successful advertisers and happy listeners. Pretty powerful. Here’s what Spotify is doing to promote The Power of Audio.

We’re over a decade into the social media era and it’s still the Wild West out there, with all kinds of criminal activity going basically unchecked.

The Outdoor Advertising Association of America may be hitting back against the shortcomings of digital advertising, but maybe it needs to play to its strengths and get advertisers to recognize the medium for its inherent advantages not try to transcend them.

UCI Live, Univision Communications Inc.’s (UCI) in-house experiential marketing unit, has selected four communities as finalists in bid to host the inaugural Prospects Cup: Anaheim/Irvine, California; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Houston, Texas; and Kissimmee, Florida. To be held December 18-22, 2017.

As Facebook develops an ever-more diverse portfolio of businesses, questions arise of whether it risks diluting its core identity.  Put another way, will the future of Facebook look like Google? Or, will it look more like Yahoo?

Estrella TV announced that it has premiered the 17th season of its critically acclaimed late night talk format show “Noches Con Platanito.”

“What’s next?” That question drives our industry every day. Answering it isn’t easy. You don’t get there using conjecture or assumptions—you get there using passion, precision, experience and rigorous science. And when it comes to measuring the breakneck evolution of social media—answering the question can be as difficult as it is vital. But when you take a closer look at up-to-the-minute social media data, the direction forward snaps into focus.

Telemundo announced Richard Borjas has been promoted to the newly created position of Vice President, Production, where he will oversee the development and production of multiple programs for the network, including Un Nuevo Día and Suelta La Sopa.

Third-party verification can’t come too soon to digital media, as the combination of bot fraud, fake news and audience restatements has 50% of marketers saying they will no longer place advertising on a platform they consider risky

Estrella TV announced that its local Los Angeles station KRCA 62 won four Golden Mike Awards in a ceremony recently hosted by the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA) in Hollywood.

Nielsen announced that it has been granted accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) for its inclusion of digital measurement in the TV ratings.

Last week, the Doomsday Clock was moved from 3 minutes to midnight to 2.5 minutes to 12. Scientists believe that the chance of the world going up in a thermonuclear puff of smoke is the highest it’s been since 1953. This in the same week that Marc Pritchard, the global brand building officer from P&G, made waves by announcing that P&G, in effect, had moved the hand of the ad-spend doomsday clock to 12. High noon!