The Nielsen Company announced it will begin measuring television viewing in Puerto Rico, with new television ratings available by first quarter 2010. The first clients which have signed up for Nielsen’s new ratings service include the island’s three largest television providers: WKAQ-TV, the owned and operated Telemundo station; WLII-TV, the Univision affiliate; and WAPA-TV (Independent).
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Univision Studios launches.
Univision Communications Inc. announced a major expansion of its original production and co-production capabilities with the creation of Univision Studios, and the hiring of 30–year industry veteran Luis Fernández as president of Univision Studios. This marks the next phase in the evolution of Univision Communications and a monumental step forward in the continuous transformation of the Spanish-language media landscape in the United States.
Mega TV available island wide in Puerto Rico.
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) announced that starting Monday, November 23, 2009 its television programming will be seen on the entire island of Puerto Rico. Due to an acquisition of new technology, audiences will be able to tune in to the channel over the air through a converter box, as well as on cable and satellite.
Latin Grammy’s en Espanol; How much more proof do you need?
Univision should be singing. And the name of the song should be, “I Told You so.” On one of the toughest nights in television, the Spanish-language network kicked some serious ratings butt. Up against the English-language powerhouse programs CSI, Gray’s Anatomy, The Mentalist, Survivor and Flash-forward, Univision proved yet again, that in the youthful demographics that advertisers salivate over; Spanish is the language that touches them.
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