Media

Mike Gillespie has had over 34 years of experience in the Broadcast Industry and a significant amount of that career was spent in Hispanic TV. Prior to joining ZGS in 2007, he worked for the Telemundo Network as Vice President of Sales and played a key role in many network specials, sales programs, and initiatives.

Telemundo Minnesota was launched by Hispanic Television Broadcasting and Santamaria Broadcasting. 

Millennials are indeed Mexico’s digital trendsetters. This vast group, which eMarketer defines as individuals born between 1981 and 2000, represented roughly one-third of the country’s population of 119.7 million in 2014, according to Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO).

NBC UNIVERSO announced the launch of its exclusive, multi-platform telecast of “Festival Internacional de Viña del Mar 2015,” Latin America’s largest and longest-running music festival.

We can’t fault you; we’ve all been trained to do it. In every business, large or small, we continue chasing it. When will we realize what we might be looking for, might not be there?

For the past several years, marketers have proclaimed that it was “The Year of Mobile.” While it remains to be seen whether 2015 gets to don the official title—though it looks pretty promising—one thing’s for sure: All of the waiting around has given marketers plenty of time to figure out how they define and measure mobile.

Pasiones has entered into an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to acquire the rights to three hit telenovelas: El Zorro: La Espada y La Rosa (Zorro: The Sword and the Rose), Doña Barbara (Lady Barbara) and La Prepago (The Escort) for its US cable network. El Zorro, a U.S. cable television premiere, debuted on Pasiones on Tuesday, February 17, and will air Monday through Friday at 6pm ET/3pm PT.

The Los Angeles Times announced a venture with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas to establish #EmergingUS, a multimedia platform which will explore the evolving American identity in the 21st century.

Así en el Barrio como en el Cielo debuts Tuesday, February 24 at 8:00 pm / 7:00 C, after the series finale of the telenovela Las Bravo.

German Quiroga and Daniel Suarez, two of Mexico’s most recognized NASCAR drivers, join FOX Deportes for its third season of NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES racing, beginning with the DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. ET.

Starting March 2, MEXICANICOS (#mexicanicos) will air Mondays at 10PM E/P as part of the network’s popular ‘Lunes de motores’ block.

The US magazine audience grew 9.3% between December 2013 and December 2014, from 1.43 billion to 1.59 billion, according to MPA – The Association of Magazine Media. And the research revealed a shift in magazine content consumption habits last year—one not just away from print.

So what if we got it all wrong? Maybe more money than realized will land on traditional TV than on digital services in the future years.

The Univision Network revealed the final line-up for America’s longest running and most popular Latin music award show, “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Award).

Actualidad Radio Group announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 990AM in Miami, Florida, WMYM.

According to TrackMaven reports, and other industry research, this guide provides an aggregate view of the noisiest and most effective times to communicate across five of the most commonly used Social channels. Helpful to determine the channel-specific distribution strategy that works best for your audience.

Soizic Sacrez, director of marketing for Terra, a global digital media company, discussed with eMarketer the findings in Terra’s latest round of research into US Hispanics’ media usage, revealing insights into why Hispanics are more likely to access video content via mobile and pay for video content.

Current predictions of mobile advertising’s meteoric rise are themselves too conservative – underestimating the size and growth of the mobile ad spend opportunity.

Univision Communications Inc. announced the promotion of long-time programming executive Sandra Smester to executive vice president of Programming for the Univision Network.

Univision News has announced that Daniel Coronell has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Executive Director of News.