Television

A 13-episode prison thriller, “El Recluso” (The Inmate) will be available for international syndication and is scheduled to premiere in the U.S. on Telemundo later in the summer.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) and Grupo Televisa announced during NATPE, the premier global business forum for content creators, the launch of the first-ever TV pilot initiative to nurture the development of new original scripted and unscripted series by global independent producers.

Telemundo 47 / WNJU has named John Gonzalez Vice President of Technology and Operations.

This new division consolidates the company’s domestic and international scripted production units under Santana’s leadership who will now be responsible for Telemundo Studios, Telemundo International Studios, Telemundo International, as well as all of the company’s co-production partnerships.

EstrellaTV announced its new programming lineup to kick-start the new year.

Azteca America enters the world of insanity, suspense, and mystery with “Demencia”, a new thriller series starring Paulette Hernández and Carmen Beato, premiering January 14 at 9 pm/ 8 C.

Univision Network announce the premiere of the epic series “El Rico y Lázaro” a compelling story of romance and intrigue set in Babylonian palaces on January 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (7:00 p.m. CT) and thereafter Monday through Friday in the same timeslot.

Azteca America renews its afternoon programming block with the premiere of “El Club de Eva”, a television magazine show that helps viewers improve their quality of life through advice, information, and discussions, and “Entre Correr y Vivir” action series starring Vadhir Derbez that pays homage to Ricardo and Pedro Rodríguez, widely regarded as the best Mexican Formula One drivers in the 1970s.

Telemundo annoyed an expansion of its news programming by introducing a combination of local and national weekday newscasts from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. Expanding on its ongoing investments in news content, the company will launch local weekday newscasts at 12:00 P.M. / 11:00 A.M. CT across ten Telemundo-owned stations, beginning Monday, January 22. In addition, Telemundo will launch  “Noticias Telemundo, Mediodía,” a national newscast to air Monday to Friday at 12:30 P.M. / 11:30 A.M. CT.

The Spanish-language broadcast TV network known for its prime-time variety program hosted by a man in a clown suit, a host of originally produced reality competition shows, and weekday newscasts at 5:30pm and 10:30pm will soon return to Miami after a six-month absence.  By Adam Jacobson – RBR+TVBR

Azteca America will broadcast “Desafío Súper Humanos”, the most extreme season yet of the reality adventure series “Desafío”, beginning Monday, January 8.  A group of extraordinary men and women will face off in a series of strenuous physical challenges to win the competition’s top prize.

Telemundo kicks off the New Year with the launch of six new kids programs under Mi Telemundo, the U.S. Hispanic network’s three-hour Saturday programming block, premiering January 6, 2018.

Azteca America announced that the network’s programming is moving to KJLA Channel 57, a full power HD station in Los Angeles. KJLA will air all current Azteca America programming in Los Angeles, the country’s largest Hispanic DMA.

ESPN will air all eight matches of the 2018 Florida Cup (January 10-20, 2018) across its family of networks in the following regions: the United States (ESPN Deportes), Mexico and Central America, Caribbean Islands, South America (except for Brazil) and  for the first time since 2015, Oceania.

HispanicAd in association with Adam R Jacobson are proud to announce the availability of the 2017 Hispanic TV Upfront Report.  

¡HOLA! TV has signed a distribution agreement with Altice and COX Communications, which will allow the channel to expand its presence in the competitive US Hispanic market, where it launched in 2014.

Laura Molen – Executive Vice President, Lifestyle and Hispanic Advertising Sales Group NBCUniversal announced that Ana Ceppi has joined their team as Senior Vice President, Hispanic Strategy and Client Experience. She will act as a key advisor and liaison to our external client and agency partners alongside our colleagues across NBCUniversal as we continue to drive growth and success in the Hispanic marketplace and with the Telemundo brand.

Carnival Corporation announced it is partnering with Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) to develop the first O·C·E·A·N primetime series. The show will air on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/ PT (7 p.m. CT) beginning January 7 on the Univision Network.

Noticias Telemundo announced special news coverage on the conditions in Puerto Rico three months after Hurricane Maria, airing Wednesday, December 20 on “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste” at 4 p.m./3 C and “Noticias Telemundo” newscast at 6:30 p.m./5:30 C.

Discovery en Español and the National Football League (NFL) join forces for AVENTURA NFL, an action-packed half-hour special that takes a 360-degree look at the culture and passion found in the NFL gameday experience.