WSBS-Mega TV Channel 22 announced that its signature programs will soon be made available to passengers on-board Virgin America, as part of the airline’s Hispanic On Demand Service (Venevisión In-Flight) within its domestic U.S. flights.
Television
Telemundo presents 1st commercial free prime-time telenovela.
Telemundo announces the first ever commercial free prime-time telenovela “Idolos de Juventud.” The novela, first introduced at Telemundo’s Upfront presentation in Radio City Music Hall on May 15, will feature branded entertainment woven into every episode with no commercial breaks. The show is slated premier in the Summer of 2008 and will air Monday-Friday from 7:00pm-8:00pm EST.
‘George Lopez’ – More than Just a Show.
George Lopez, the man, was third in a short lineage of Hispanic performers to star in a mainstream television show. He has impressive company. Only Desi Arnaz and Freddie Prinze have achieved the same. As Freddie Prinze Jr. has stated, “Desi unlocked the door, my dad opened it and George kicked it down.” Freddie Prinze Jr. was the fourth on this list – unfortunately, his show was cancelled after only one season.
Upfront 2007 – 2008: Univision, TeleFutura, Galavision & Univision.com.
Univision Communications Inc. incorporated user-generated videos and testimonials into the heart of its 2007 Upfront presentation – themed “I ? Univision” – to demonstrate the Company’s unique relationship with its audiences. The hottest Univision stars were joined by ‘Team Univision,’ a group of viewers from across the country, as well as superstars Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony and Latin pop sensation RBD in New York to unveil programming schedules for the Univision Network, TeleFutura Network and Galavisión Network for the 2007-2008 season.
Upfront 2007 – 2008: Fox Sports en Español.
Ten years after launching as the first national Spanish-language sports network in the United States, and four years since becoming the lone Hispanic cable sports programmer to be fully measured by Nielsen, Fox Sports en Español has evolved into a dominant sports brand in Spanish-language television. Hosting its seventh upfront presentation before an audience of nearly 1,000 media and advertising professionals, Fox Sports en Español served up a powerful combination of exclusive live sports programming and best-in-class multiple content delivery platform offerings that position it to capture an even greater share of viewers and advertisers in BY’08.
