Television

NBC UNIVERSO announced that Comcast has launched NBC UNIVERSO in HD.

Azteca America announced the appointment of Craig A. Geller to Executive Vice President, Network Sales and Digital, effective immediately. Geller will report to Manuel Abud, President and CEO, Azteca America, and will be based in New York.

The Paley Center for Media hosted an intimate evening on Tuesday, September 8th honoring Mario Kreutzberger

And as they have for many falls, audiences will take to Twitter and other social media to discuss, pass judgement or just ignore the new shows.

TV networks haven’t had the easiest summer. Ratings haven’t been great, though some, like HGTV and Discovery, have done pretty well. The upfront was not as strong as hoped, though rumors are that scatter sales are going pretty well. Finally, Wall Street has been particularly tough on TV companies and is now concerned that carriage fees from cable and satellite companies are going to go into a decline sooner than most had thought.

Local TV stations around the country are looking forward to a banner year in 2016, when spending on political advertising is expected to soar. As a big fan of political commercials, I say: Bring ’em on.

The San Francisco Giants and broadcast partners NBC Bay Area, Telemundo 48 Area de la Bahia (KSTS) and CSN Bay Area will mark this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month with a first-time, live, Spanish- language telecast of a Giants’ game. 

Belia Jimenez has been named to Vice President of Corporate Research at Univision Communications Inc. (UCI).

ESPN Deportes will offer exclusive coverage of 2015 FIBA Americas.

Social media activity about live TV programming ebbs and flows as each program airs, signaling, according to recent research, how engaged the general audience is with what they’re watching.

MundoMax, the newly-rebranded U.S.-based Spanish-language broadcast network 100% owned and operated by media conglomerate RCN Television Group, and Meruelo Media, announced an enhanced partnership in Los Angeles and Houston.

Telemundo 51 Fresno / KNSO announced that it’s first-ever local newscast – Noticiero Telemundo Valle Central – is scheduled to begin airing on Tuesday, September 1st.

Univision Digital, the digital arm of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), announced the premiere of season two of its original digital series #DAElReality, a behind-the-scenes look at the Univision Network’s morning show “Despierta América”.

Comcast Cable announced the company is now accepting proposals for two substantially Hispanic American owned, independent English-language networks that it will launch in select Comcast markets by January 28, 2017.

TELEMUNDO will broadcast the first ever “Latin American Music Awards” live from the prestigious Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 9pm/8c.

MEXICANAL celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.

Ruiz will oversee all aspects of station operations including Ad Sales, Marketing, News, Production and Promotions for Univision owned and operated television station, KUTH Univision 32, in Salt Lake City.

Univision Network’s latest telenovela “Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse” (Italian Girl Comes to Wed) takes viewers to Italy in one of this year’s most romantic love stories about a beautiful and heroic Italian girl who accepts a marriage proposal far from her native land in order to save her dying sister, knowing that this decision will change her life forever.

Pasiones TV network  is unveiling a brand new logo, on-air look and graphics package.

As the upfront finishes, we see not only flat and declining sales, but also how this impacts media stock values. While I am no longer a TV network executive, I am an informed advocate of the industry as well as an investor in many media companies. So I have a vested interest in the health of the business and in the success of those working hard to make their companies profitable.