Media

Few areas of the media landscape have been in focus over the past year as streaming video content has. With a growing wealth of platform and program choice, the options for consumers continue to expand and diversify.

Professional sports have attracted a significant amount of investment capital over the past five years. More than half of the deals have been acquisitions of teams, leagues, or media partnerships; the rest have focused on related aspects of the sports ecosystem, such as online betting, fitness hardware and software, and technology that supports digitally enhanced fan experiences.

Estrella Media announced it will launch Estrella News, a 24/7 Spanish-language digital news network, on digital subchannel MGEN in the greater Miami area. Estrella News on MGEN is the newest announcement in Estrella Media’s expansion strategy in the South Florida market, which is led by its owned and operated WGEN Estrella 8 Miami broadcast station.

A social media crisis is a frightening prospect. So much so, that many organizations avoid thinking about it, have only rough plans in place, and only learn how to deal with one when they actually face a p

Univision’s Uforia announced the return of its experiential virtual music series Uforia Live.

Telemundo Global Studios announced it has signed an agreement with Planeta to license the exclusive rights to the complete library of best-selling Spanish author, Corín Tellado, including close to 4,000 titles. 

Pasiones has announced the U.S. premiere of the immensely popular Turkish series La Promesa (‘The Promise’) which will make its debut on Monday, May 31, at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT.

Telemundo Deportes will present the most extensive live Spanish-language coverage of the Olympics Women’s and Men’s soccer competitions.  Telemundo and Universo will present most matches live, including both gold-medal matches. All games televised will also be available on TelemundoDeportes.com and the Telemundo Deportes app. Live coverage will be complemented by daily highlights, recaps and re-air of select matches.

Univision announced the world premiere of “Si Nos Dejan” (If They Let Us), a story about love after a betrayal and breaking age-gap stereotypes. Starring Mayrín Villanueva, Marcus Ornellas, and Alexis Ayala, “Si Nos Dejan” premieres Tuesday, June 1, at 9 p.m. ET.

The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), released its first “OAAA Digital Video Out of Home (VOOH) Buyers’ Guide” to help advertisers navigate the VOOH landscape and take advantage of the medium’s benefits.

Dating behind a mask has taken a twist on EstrellaTV’s new dating game show series “La Máscara del Amor” (The Mask of Love), premiering on Thursday, May 27 at 9 pm ET/8 pm CT.

Meruelo Media announced that programmer Haz Montana has joined the company as Vice President, Audio Brands to lead its Los Angeles Super Cluster of Hip Hop Tastemaker KPWR Power 106, Classic Rocker KLOS 95.5, Throwback Hip Hop KDAY/KDEY 93.5 and Latin Rhythmic Breakout CALI 93.9.

Benoit Cacheux, Global Chief Digital Officer at Zenith, recently joined the virtual panel, “Understanding identity, behaviour and context,” at Mediatel’s The Future of TV Advertising Global conference. This event was moderated by Cadi Jones, Commercial Director EMEA at Beeswax, and Benoit was joined by Lara Izlan, Director, Advertising Data & Analytics at ITV, Steve Martin, MD International Data at LiveRamp and Miles Pritchard, Managing Partner – Data Management Solutions at OMD.

When it comes to spending on traditional “linear” TV, many advertisers have set their strategy to autopilot, letting their agencies make decisions and collect the data. In a recent survey of CMOs, optimizing their broadcast-TV spend didn’t even make their top-10 list of priorities.

Telemundo Deportes, the exclusive Spanish-language home of the Olympic Games in the U.S., introduced its team of experts and Olympic athletes who will present the exclusive Spanish-language multimedia coverage of the Tokyo Olympics.

The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), the premier Urban Latino film event in the country, sets its return as the only event of its kind in the New York area this year. With a dynamic line up of films and industry-leading conversations planned for Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, the festival team has selected Miami-based seasoned sponsorship and talent management consultancy, Talento Unlimited, to lead and manage corporate partnerships and branded activations.

Telemundo announced he premiere of the hit Turkish series, Hercai: Love and vengeance, slated for Tuesday, June 22 at 9pm/8C.

Canela Media announced the appointment of Mario Torres to lead Canela Music, which is set to launch in the fall. Canela announced the forthcoming launch of Canela Music during their first-ever Upfront presentation on May 17th.

Univision Communications Inc. announced its 2021-2022 programming lineup ahead of the Company’s “Grow With Us” themed Upfront presentation to advertisers. The new slate includes even more of what its audience loves – big, live tentpole events, entertainment, trusted news, and the best soccer from around the world – across more platforms.

Telemundo Deportes announced it will present exclusive Spanish-language coverage of Super Bowl LVI, live on Telemundo on February 13, 2022 from Los Angeles, CA. This will mark the first time ever that a Super Bowl will be televised on a Spanish-language broadcast network in the U.S.