Latino Móvil, a provider of news information, sports, and entertainment directly from Latin American countries to U.S. cell phone users via short message service (SMS) technology, launched its services nationwide January 23, 2008 under the slogan “Your country, your news. Directly to your cell phone.”
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‘El Señor Presidente’: The Venezuelan film that said ‘NO’ to Hugo Chávez.
A country that falls apart amidst the degradation of a shameful tyranny, the unimaginable levels of decomposition of a corrupted society and everything opposed to a love story, one that seems doomed from inception, are the key plot lines of “El Señor Presidente”.
The film, which premiered against all odds on November 2007 in many important theaters across Venezuela, is directed by Rómulo Guardia and co- produced with Jorge Granier and Caupolican Ovalles for RCTV and its partner The Angostura Film Company.
Blogs’ influence on traditional news coverage.
A survey of U.S. journalists by Brodeur, a unit of Omnicom Group, suggests that blogs are not only having an impact on the speed and availability of news, but also influence the tone and editorial direction of reporting.
Serie del Caribe 2008 live video streaming exclusively on eBeisbol.com.
Alianza Latina de Beisbol announced that its website will be the exclusive source of video streaming of the 12 game championship tournament.
Telemundo & Televisa settle lawsuit.
Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Grupo Televisa in Miami, Florida. This suit alleged that Telemundo tortuously interfered with Televisa’s contract with the actor Mauricio Islas.
Generation ñ broadband network launches.
Bowing with “Novela,” a hilarious and edgy sitcom about life behind the scenes at a fly-by-night Spanish-language telenovela, www.generation-n.com is described by founder Bill Teck as a “Boutique Broadband Network,” that will deliver content for users seeking video populated by bilingual, bi-cultural Latinos.
Azteca America extends LA presence.
Azteca America announced a five-year agreement with Pappas Telecasting, which will grant Azteca America the right to continue airing its programming until December 2012, on the Los Angeles flagship station, KAZA-TV Channel 54.
DIRECTV and SBS-Mega TV sign exclusive contract in Puerto Rico.
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) announced that it has signed an exclusive contract with DIRECTV, the leader in digital television signal distribution, to broadcast MEGA TV programming in Puerto Rico through DIRECTV’s Channel 169.
LATV Networks acquires American Latino TV.
LATV Networks, LLC (LATV) announced that it has acquired American Latino TV (ALTV), the syndication and production company for English-language television shows created for bicultural/bilingual U.S. Latinos.
Telecinco to purchase 28% of CaribeVisión.
Telecinco from Spain, announced that they have purchased 28.3% of CaribeVisión for $32M, which has television stations in New York, Miami and Puerto Rico.
Keoseyan re-joins ImpreMedia as Publisher of La Raza Newspaper in Chicago.
ImpreMedia announced the appointment of Ruben Keoseyan as Publisher of La Raza newspaper, Chicago’s premier Spanish-language weekly.
Not entirely new to the ImpreMedia team, in 2000, Keoseyan began a five-year term at ImpreMedia’s Los Angeles daily, La Opinión, where he was Managing Editor and in 2004, he was promoted to Executive Editor of largest Spanish-language daily in the country.
