Television

NUVOtv announced that it will hold its 2013 Upfront presentation at the Edison Ballroom in New York City on the evening of Wednesday, May 15.

ABC and Univision announced their joint venture news and lifestyle network for U.S. Hispanics will be called Fusion. The media service launches in the second half of 2013.

For the last 18 years or so, the innovation in the advertising industry has come from the Internet. There is absolutely no debating this fact. During this period, some proclaimed the death of television, but that was myopic. Television has not died. As a matter of fact, the money going into TV advertising continues to rise, CPMs continue to increase, and TV is still the basis for most water-cooler discussions. If anything, the Internet has made some TV shows stronger hits by being a forum for viewers to share opinions on their favorite shows. TV is not dead, but it is most certainly evolving.

Former Univision CEO Joe Uva has joined NBCUniversal as chairman of Hispanic Enterprises and Content, Telemundo Media and mun2.

Univision Communications Inc. announced the promotion of Trisha Pray to executive vice president of Network Sales, effective immediately. She will continue to be based in New York and will report to Keith Turner, president of Sales and Marketing for Univision Communications Inc.

Estrella TV has become the official and exclusive US Hispanic broadcast home for Alianza Fútbol Club soccer games and will air all the action live and direct from El Salvador where the team competes in the Primera Division, the country’s highest tier league.

Telemundo Media announced it signed an overall exclusive content agreement with leading broadcaster and content producer Television Nacional de Chile (TVN). The deal includes the acquisition of exclusive U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico rights for TVN’s entire novela scripts’ library across all media platforms.