The Television Bureau of Advertising today released its forecast for the television industry’s next two years at its annual Forecast Conference, attended by several hundred broadcast executives and advertising industry executives at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center in New York.
Television
Univision Flagship Makes Nielsen History In NYC.
Univision WXTV-TV in New York made some history–and at the same time gave Nielsen Media Research a sigh of relief–by becoming the first Spanish-language station to win a sweep period with the highest-rated prime-time schedule among all New York stations, regardless of language.
‘La Tormenta’ Storms Telemundo.
A whirlwind of love, passion and intrigue will captivate audiences with the premiere of “La Tormenta” (The Storm), starring Natalia Streignard and Christian Meier and written by Kiko Olivieri, author of the successful novelas “La Venganza” and “Prisionera.”
Youth Produced TV Series ‘Tu Voz’ Airing.
The Media Arts Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project is now airing its 12 part 1/ 2 hour youth produced documentary series Tu Voz TV Fridays at 8:00 pm Pacific (11:00 pm Eastern) on Free Speech TV DISH Network Channel 9415. The series is featured in Free Speech TV’s Community Works Program: an on-going series from community media and arts centers across the US.
Univision & TeleFutura Restructure National Spot Sales Team.
The Univision and TeleFutura Television Groups announced the reorganization of their owned-and-operated National Sales Division dividing the country into three regions—East, Central and West. As a result, four Univision executives will be promoted to newly created positions.