Television

Univision Digital announced today a new digital web series “3, 2, 1 Clarissa!” featuring Clarissa Molina, the Social Media Host for the award-winning entertainment news show “El Gordo y La Flaca”

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced it has named Beau Ferrari to Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. Ferrari previously served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development for Univision Communications Inc.

Telemundo to premiere two cutting-edge biopic series based on internationally bigger-than-life Hispanic figures, including Puerto Rican urban music star Nicky Jam and Mexican singer-songwriter José José.

It was March 17, 1997 at 6 o’clock, when CNN en Español began its first broadcast. Since then, the network has uninterruptedly covered important events such as: political elections, wars, entertainment news, movements that have changed the course in history, and much more.  The premiere of this network represented the beginning of a 24-hour Spanish-language news channel in our region, and a revolution for Spanish-language journalism in the Americas.

Telemundo announced Ricardo Coeto has been named Executive Vice President of Production for Telemundo Studios.

Telemundo 52 Los Angeles / KVEA today announced that Alejandra Ortiz has been named News Anchor for the station’s weekend newscasts, Noticiero Telemundo 52 a las 5:30 PM y 11 PM.

TeleXitos, the Telemundo Station Group’s Spanish-language multicast network, announced that it will air a box office hit movie every Friday night at 8 PM ET for the next three weeks as part of its new “Blockbuster Fridays” programming (Éxitos del Cine in Spanish.)

HSN teamed up with Dreamers Ventures creator Liliana “Lili” Gil Valletta and Bob Circosta, “TV’s Billion Dollar Man,” to search for new and exciting products from Latino/a entrepreneurs to launch on HSN. Project American Dreams is part of HSN’s American Dreams program to cultivate entrepreneurs and introduce new products to market.

  Marking the first time in 65 years that a group of actors at a major television network sought a unionization election, the vote is a momentous step toward ending the double standard that has existed for decades between Spanish-speaking performers at Telemundo and their English-speaking colleagues at NBC.

Telemundo Deportes begins its 100-day countdown and unveils coverage plans for the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017, taking place June 17- July 2.

Telemundo announced Miguel Varoni has been promoted to Vice President and Creative Director of Telemundo Studios and Telemundo International Studios, where he will work on  scripted projects targeting the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American market.

While TV has long been a fantastic way to deliver messaging to a wide audience, marketers have recently been attracted to new methods that allow them to use the deeply engaging medium in a more targeted fashion. Delivering TV ads to highly specific audiences by leveraging data is something of a holy grail for marketers, and can help them reduce the waste that comes with typically massive scale buys.

There will be no absence of Pequeños Gigantes USA, Vino el Amor or Despierta América for Univision viewers who receive the network — along with Univision Communications’ broadcast network sibling UniMás and pay-TV giant Galavisión — for Charter Spectrum subscribers through the end of June.  By Adam R Jacobson – RBR + TVBR

At Nielsen, we analyze the return on investment (ROI) across thousands of brands every year through our marketing mix models, and we’ve seen a wide variety of ROI results among Spanish TV advertising efforts. And the good news is that driving strong ROI from Spanish-language advertising is obtainable, and our research points to some key tips that can help advertisers achieve strong outcomes more consistently.

Azteca America announced that they have entered into three affiliate agreements with Entravision Communications Corporation. As part of the agreements, a group of full-power stations serving San Diego, Laredo, Texas and Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California will become Azteca affiliates.

UniMás announced the premiere of its new psychological thriller “La Hermandad (The Brotherhood) on Sunday, March 5 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (9:00 p.m. CT).Edit summary

Fasten your seat belts for the world premiere of Univision Network’s latest action series “La Piloto” (The Pilot), W Studios’ first production making its debut on Tuesday, March 7, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT (9:00 p.m. Central).

ZEE Mundo has launched the new “Escena del Crimen” (or Crime Scene in English)

Telemundo announced that Claudia Foghini has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Talent Management and Production Services at Telemundo Networks and Studios. 

“El Beso del Escorpión”premieres Monday, March 6 at 10 am/ 9 C on Azteca America