Television

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.

The Telemundo Station Group announced the leadership team for WZDC Telemundo. Janette Luviano will lead the station’s newsroom as News Director, Will Hildebrandt has been named Vice President of Sales, and Nestor Alvarenga will oversee and execute the station’s community affairs strategies as Community Manager.

Fusion Media Group (FMG) announced plans for international expansion into Latin America through a new multi-platform agreement, spanning digital and television, with Grupo Televisa S.A.B. Televisa has acquired a license to the brands and content from FMG’s collection of digital publications for Mexico and will launch a new FUSION branded 24-hour cable network in Spanish.

Herb Scannell, the recently appointed CEO of mitú, announced a new long-form development, production and talent team to be led by accomplished creative executive David Ortiz.

Pasiones  has acquired the Latin American rights to premiere the sensational Mexican drama Soy Tu Dueña (“A Woman of Steel”), which will debuted on Tuesday, December 5.

As TV viewers continue to spend more time watching video content via connected TVs and over-the-top (OTT) video services, advertisers want to make sure that they’re there, too. While programmatic access to such inventory is the exception today, it will ramp up over the next 12 to 24 months.

The Telemundo Station Group and ZGS Communications, Inc. (ZGS) announced they have entered into agreements that, once the necessary Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other governmental approvals are obtained, will result in the Telemundo Station Group acquiring the 13 television stations, serving 10 markets, currently owned by ZGS. 

SiriusXM announced the launch of ‘Telemundo,’ an exclusive channel making the network’s programming available to SiriusXM listeners, beginning December 1, 2017.    

It’s no secret that in addition to traditional television, viewers also have access to a plethora of subscription video on demand content and virtual multi-channel providers. As the options for these streaming services have grown, so have the means by which viewers can view them on their TV screens.  Consumers, in turn, are taking action.

As more advertisers start to explore the benefits of connected TV and over-the-top (OTT) services, buyers and sellers are facing a slew of challenges. eMarketer’s Lauren Fisher spoke with Ryan Reed, director of innovation for TV and video at Lotame, about the major hurdles on both sides of the spectrum, including what’s holding up programmatic trading of connected TV and OTT inventory.

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. announced that Jose Ramos, President and General Manager of WAPA-TV, plans to retire in the first half of 2018. The Company has named Javier Maynulet as Mr. Ramos’ successor.

HC2 Holdings, Inc. (“HC2”)  announced that its subsidiary, HC2 Network Inc. (“HC2 Network”), has acquired Azteca America, a Spanish-language broadcast network, from affiliates of TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Azteca”) (BMV: AZTECACPO; Latibex: XTZA), one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world. In addition, HC2 Network has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with Northstar Media, LLC (“Northstar”), a licensee of numerous broadcast television licenses in the United States.