Television

TELEMUNDO pays homage to the iconic Cuban singer Celia Cruz, with a musical tribute at the first-ever “Latin American Music Awards”

The Telemundo Station Group announced the promotions of Michael Chico to Executive Vice President of Sales; Amanda Calpin to Chief Financial Officer; and Osvaldo “Ozzie” Martinez to Senior Vice President of News, Digital and Standards.

Created by Paul Scheuring, PRISON BREAK will air in Spanish for the first time in the U.S. beginning Tue., Oct. 20, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC UNIVERSO.

ZGS Communications announced hat Raiza Iciarte has been named News Director of Telemundo Tampa effective immediately.

Fernando Fiore makes his English-language debut next month as he joins FOX Sports’ coverage of the CONCACAF Cup, the winner-take-all playoff match between the U.S. Men’s National Team and Mexico for a berth in the prestigious 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Tony Ruiz who was a partner of New York based The Vidal Partnership will become the Local Sales Manager of Telemundo’s WNJU-YV in New York/ New Jersey in October 2015.

NBC UNIVERSO announced as part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage month the exclusive telecast of “Festival Internacional de Viña Del Mar 2015,” Latin America’s largest and longest-running music festival.

In the newly established ad sales structure, Valls will oversee network and local affiliate sales for Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles.

In collaboration with NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, the partnership will utilize their digital and social audiences to distribute the content and create exclusive sponsorship opportunities.

While Hispanic Millennials do skew towards English, it’s important to note that more than half of them consume some or all of their Television content in Spanish. The reason for this appears to be that broadcast is still where a lot of the content they want to see is aired. Additionally, there’s evidence that suggests that Spanish language advertising is better at connecting with bilingual Hispanics so it may also be the better option for advertisers looking to reach Hispanic Millennials.

Vme TV premiered “Soy TED” this Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7 p.m. E/P.

In his role of senior vice president, Programming & Acquisitions, Conrad will spearhead all sports programming, acquisitions and content development operations across Univision Deportes platforms

Loewenstein will lead operations for sports, including strategic initiatives focused on the growth and profitability of Univision Deportes’ content offerings and improving the audience experience across platforms.

Azteca America invites the public to look inside the cases that have scandalized society in Escándalos, a new television series developed around real-life events that shook the world; true-life scandals that come to the small screen with extraordinary performances and top-level production values. 

TELEMUNDO’s upcoming drama series “Celia” will premiere on Tuesday, October 13 at 8pm/7c.

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has partnered with Telemundo to launch a new Disfruta Aún Más campaign to communicate how TWC continues to enhance its products and services to help customers connect to what they love at home

Jesse Losada, one of the most renowned sports broadcasters in Hispanic television, joins FOX Deportes to serve as its play-by-play announcer for NFL and College Football and blow-by-blow announcer for Premier Boxing Champions.

Hearst Television Inc. is launching a new weekly program hosted by acclaimed political commentator, author, national radio host and entrepreneur Fernando Espuelas.

NBCUniversal named Cesar Conde to the newly created position of Chairman, NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.  NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, which is being added to his responsibilities, includes the Telemundo Network, NBC Universo Cable Network, Telemundo International, Telemundo Local Stations, Telemundo Digital Media and Emerging Business and NBC Deportes. Conde begins October 12 and will continue to report to Steve Burke, CEO, NBCUniversal.

The concern on Wall Street is that increasing numbers of subscribers are ‘“cord-cutting” – abandoning cable altogether or opting for slimmer channel packages in favor of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus. Investors also are worried that media companies aren’t earning enough from SVOD platforms to compensate. Reliable measurement of those platforms is needed to determine whether that’s true.  By Steve Hasker, Global President, and Glenn Enoch, SVP, Audience Insights