Television

Univision Communications Inc. announced that it will hold its annual Upfront presentation for advertisers in New York City at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at the Lyric Theatre. UCI’s 2016 event will also take place at the Lyric on Tuesday, May 17, 2016.

Azteca America announced that it has signed an affiliate agreement with Victory Communications Inc., owner of K48MR, channel 48.2 in Bentonville/Rogers, Arkansas.

Telemundo announced the premiere of the first ever Spanish version of the Emmy-nominated, epic mini-series, The Bible (La Biblia) on March 25th at 8pm/7c.

WAPA Television will premiere a new original daytime game show, “Gana con Ganas” (I Wanna Win!), which will also air in the U.S. on the station’s cable network arm, WAPA America.

Ricky Martin, has been named executive producer and the first judge to be revealed for Univision Network’s highly anticipated music-based reality entertainment competition “La Banda,” set to premiere in September 2015.

Telemundo incorporates live participation into the primetime viewing experience with a new digital and on-air variety show, AT&T Presents Suelta la Sopa Novelas (AT&T Presenta Suelta la Sopa Novelas).

With the College Football Playoffs, UEFA Champions League Final, NBA Finals and 2016 EURO next year is set to be the BIGGEST in the Spanish-language sports networks history.    The Upfront event will take place in New York City at the Hearst Tower.

Mike Gillespie has had over 34 years of experience in the Broadcast Industry and a significant amount of that career was spent in Hispanic TV. Prior to joining ZGS in 2007, he worked for the Telemundo Network as Vice President of Sales and played a key role in many network specials, sales programs, and initiatives.

Telemundo Minnesota was launched by Hispanic Television Broadcasting and Santamaria Broadcasting. 

NBC UNIVERSO announced the launch of its exclusive, multi-platform telecast of “Festival Internacional de Viña del Mar 2015,” Latin America’s largest and longest-running music festival.

Pasiones has entered into an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to acquire the rights to three hit telenovelas: El Zorro: La Espada y La Rosa (Zorro: The Sword and the Rose), Doña Barbara (Lady Barbara) and La Prepago (The Escort) for its US cable network. El Zorro, a U.S. cable television premiere, debuted on Pasiones on Tuesday, February 17, and will air Monday through Friday at 6pm ET/3pm PT.

Así en el Barrio como en el Cielo debuts Tuesday, February 24 at 8:00 pm / 7:00 C, after the series finale of the telenovela Las Bravo.

German Quiroga and Daniel Suarez, two of Mexico’s most recognized NASCAR drivers, join FOX Deportes for its third season of NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES racing, beginning with the DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. ET.

Starting March 2, MEXICANICOS (#mexicanicos) will air Mondays at 10PM E/P as part of the network’s popular ‘Lunes de motores’ block.

So what if we got it all wrong? Maybe more money than realized will land on traditional TV than on digital services in the future years.

The Univision Network revealed the final line-up for America’s longest running and most popular Latin music award show, “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Award).

Univision Communications Inc. announced the promotion of long-time programming executive Sandra Smester to executive vice president of Programming for the Univision Network.

Univision News has announced that Daniel Coronell has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Executive Director of News.

  NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content receive extension of their FIFA’s media rights agreements in the United States and Canada for its tournaments up to and including the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Telemundo Denver / KDEN announcedthat Pamela Padilla has been named Multimedia Journalist for Noticiero Telemundo Denver at 4:30 PM and 10 PM.