Television

Atlanta Latino, Inc., publisher of Atlanta Latino Newspaper, and Telemundo 47 will launch Entres Nos Atlanta, a community television show on January 17, 2009. This weekly 30-minute program will air on Saturdays from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM EST on popular Telemundo digital channel 47 (W47DN-DT), which is available over-the-air, free of charge in metropolitan Atlanta to over 3 million viewers. Telemundo, backed by NBC Universal

Former executives from Azteca America Spot Television Sales and Hispanic Independent Television Sales today announced the formation of a new Hispanic Television representation company, to be known as Spanish Television Sales.

The full resources of the Univision Television Network will be mobilized for its most complete coverage of a presidential inauguration ever. In addition to the network’s “Noticiero Univision” nightly newscast originating from the nation’s capital for two nights starting on Monday, January 19, anchors Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas will lead Spanish-language television’s most trusted news team to help viewers experience this historic inauguration from a uniquely Hispanic perspective.

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) announced that Mega TV will debut its popular Los Angeles radio morning show “El Chulo de la Mañana” this Monday, January 12 from 6 AM to 9 AM (ET), 9 AM to 12 PM (PT) through Direct TV Más, Channel 405.

According to Multichannel News, President-elect Barack Obama wants to delay the Feb. 17 transition to digital broadcasting, claiming the country, particularly the poor and elderly, are not prepared for the cutoff of analog TV signals so soon after he takes office on Jan. 20.

From the ashes of the defunct Interep representation company and their HITS and Azteca America Spot TV Sales team, Azteca America has decided to add National Spot Sales to its existing Network sales organization rather than sign over representation to Cross Media, who recently was awarded the rights to purchase certain assets of the HITS and Azteca America Spot TV Sales business from the Interep Bankruptcy/Trustee. At Azteca America’s request the Interep Bankruptcy Court specifically declined to let Cross Media take on the national spot sales business of Azteca America and Una Vez Mas, its largest affiliate group.

Additionally, a new independent Hispanic TV representation company will also rises from the ashes called Spanish Television Sales headed by the top executives of HITS and Azteca America Spot TV Sales who will not be joining the Cross Media team.

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