Television

Veteran Univision news anchor María Elena Salinas is weeks away from retirement. Who will take her co-anchor duties with the equally famed Jorge Ramos on the 6:30pm weeknight Noticiero Univision?  The torch has been passed to Ilia Calderón, who will take over’s anchor chair in mid-December.  Univision calls the appointment historic, as Calderón will become the first Afro-Latina to anchor an evening newscast for a major broadcast network in the U.S.  By Adam R Jacobson / Hispanic Market Overview

Telemundo Deportes announced seven exclusive Spanish-language live NFL game telecasts on Universo beginning this Thursday, November 9 with Seahawks at Cardinals on “Thursday Night Football presented by Bud Light”, and culminating with Super Bowl LII live on Universo on Sunday, February 4, 2018, from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Entravision Communications Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of KMIR-TV, the NBC affiliate, and KPSE-LD, the MyNetworkTV affiliate, serving Palm Springs, California, from OTA Broadcasting (PSP), LLC.

Pasiones has acquired the exclusive U.S. rights for the Spanish-language premiere of the successful Turkish series Kördügüm (“Intersection”), which will make its U.S. debut on Tuesday, October 31, at 7pm ET/4pm PT.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) named Carolina Santamarina vice president of client solutions & experiential marketing for Local Media Sales.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the expansion of Fluency Studios with the launch of “Fluency Plus,” a new, bilingual digital production studio.

With the new television season in the U.S. now upon us, viewers are able to connect with new program offerings as well as old favorites. While much focus will be on the shows themselves, Nielsen took a look at insights surrounding the advertising inventory—from how much money is spent on advertising over platforms to the commercial ratings lifts of ads beyond seven days to how marketers are leveraging branded integrations. After all, it’s these commercial spots that help underpin a multi-billion dollar industry, powering a large part of the media ecosystem.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has named Jennifer Rogers as senior vice president of Creative Services, UCI’s full-service internal advertising and media agency that manages all cross-channel promotions and advertising inventory across all of Univision’s broadcast, cable and radio properties.

Jenna Silver has been promoted to vice president of Ad Sales Marketing, effective immediately.  Jenna will oversee a team of marketing and creative professionals to continue to drive awareness and stature of Univision and the Hispanic opportunity with marketers, media and creative agencies thru best in class sales tools, training and communication and marketing strategies to our sales force.

FOX Deportes has acquired long-term exclusive Spanish-language rights in the United States for Mexico-based teams, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente (Xolos) and Club Santos Laguna (Santos)

Univision Deportes has officially secured broadcast rights to all 18 of Liga MX’s soccer teams in competition through 2017/18.

The United States soccer team’s shocking elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament hasn’t dampened NBCUniversal’s projections for a record-breaking tournament performance on Telemundo, according to company executives.  By: R. Thomas Umsteadf / Courtesy of MultiChannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

Hispanic TV Summit Award for Corporate Leadership in Hispanic Television & Video.  Altice USA has been both a trailblazer and a visionary in providing the local and national Hispanic community access to Spanish-language news and entertainment, as well as providing innovative packaging of video and high-speed-data products.  By: MCN Staff / Courtesy of MultiChannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

Facing OTT competition, traditional providers add streaming, soup up set-tops.  By: George Winslow / Courtesy of MultiChannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

Actor Rafael Amaya: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic TV.  Star of ‘El Señor de los Cielos’ brings Nielsen sizzle to Telemundo’s ‘Super Series’.  Courtesy of MultiChannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

But Spanish-language content on some major OTT packages is still limited.  By: George Winslow.  Courtesy of MultiChannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

With Hispanic Heritage Month in full swing, the Immigrant Archive Project and DishLATINO are teaming up to digitally showcase the stories of Latino immigrants who left their home countries to build a new life in the United States.

“Caer en Tentación” will air on the Univision Network Monday through Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. CT) starting October 16th.

Entravision Communications Corporation announced that it has entered into a new affiliation agreement and a new proxy agreement with Univision Communications Inc. relating to the company’s Univision and UniMás network affiliate television stations.

This could be a daunting headline: “TV advertising hasn’t yet seen real competition from digital.”  by Wayne Friedman