Television

DishLATINO debuted Spain’s Antena 3 Internacional, adding another channel to its lineup that connects subscribers in the U.S. to their home country abroad and expands the cultural variety for all viewers.

Premiering on October 4 at 9PM ET/PT on Nat Geo Mundo, the eight-part series heats up as Limos by Moonlight takes on picky clientele and unexpected challenges that result in the most jaw-dropping limos.

The match has begun.  With production of the new action-packed series, “Lucha Underground,” underway in Los Angeles, El Rey Network and Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett’s One Three Media announced new members of the character-driven, riveting, freestyle wrestling series.  “Lucha Underground” will kick off with a special two-hour episode on Wednesday, October 29th at 8:00 pm ET/PT.

Telemundo announced the appointment of Paul A. Gómez to Senior Director, Government Affairs, effective immediately.  Based in Washington, DC, Gómez will report to Melissa Maxfield, SVP, Federal Government Affairs, Comcast and Joe Uva, Chairman, Hispanic Enterprises and Content, NBCUniversal.

The expansion will result in viewers receiving an additional 150 minutes of local breaking news coverage and up-to-the-minute weather reports each week in their markets.

Castalia Communications Corporation has signed an agreement with Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (RTVE) to represent the Spanish broadcaster’s channels and programming throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.

IMAGINA US and Juan Camilo Ferrand jointly announced the launch of THE STORY NEST, a new company that will develop scripted content in Spanish for the U.S. and Latin America.

Spanish-language broadcast network MundoFox announced that it is now available to Time Warner Cable digital subscribers in the New York metro area.

Comcast and Univision Communications Inc. announced they have reached a long-term agreement for Comcast to distribute Univision Deportes Network (UDN) to XFINITY TV customers who subscribe to its Digital Preferred or XFINITY Latino levels of service.

Telemundo announced multiplatform sponsorship initiatives with Toyota, Revlon and T-Mobile that will be part of its new reality competition series, “Yo Soy El Artista.” Hosted by international star Lucero, the revolutionary program will debut on Sunday, September 14 at 8PM/7C.

Cowboy Mining follows the crew at Globexplore Drilling as they drill thousands of feet below the earth’s surface to hit apple-sized targets delivering valuable mineral samples of gold, silver, copper and other high-value minerals so that the next “world-class” discovery can be made.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced the official sponsors for its highly anticipated singing reality competition, “Va Por Ti” (This One’s For You) , a co-production of Televisa and Univision.

Through the contest “Amo Mi Isla” (I Love My Island), WAPA TV is searching for a viewer-generated song that highlights the island’s positive qualities to be the station’s next official jingle.

Telemundo announced the premiere of its new national weekend newscast, “Noticiero Telemundo Fin de Semana,” on Saturday, October 4 at 5 pm/4 C.

Deportes Telemundo ushers the start of the new football season with its special “NFL Kickoff 2014 Presented By Xbox” from Seattle, Washington this Saturday, September 6 at 4:30 PM/3:30 C, featuring the stellar team of Karim Mendiburu, Ana Jurka, Leti Coo and Edgar Lopez.

Telemundo 40 announced an expansion to its local news operation designed to better serve the local Hispanic community in the Rio Grande Valley region.

Telemundo announced its first-ever social media influencer summit, dubbed #YoSoyelInfluencer, as part of the reality series, “Yo Soy El Arista” (“I am the Artist”), premiering Sunday, September 14 at 8 pm/7c.

WAPA America has reached an agreement with Nielsen to become a nationally-rated cable network. WAPA America is the cable arm of WAPA-TV, Puerto Rico. WAPA America will be reported in Nielsen’s national data beginning as of August 2014, to be available on September 28.

Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. entered into an agreement with Laguna Productions to acquire exclusive worldwide transmission rights in perpetuity to 100 Mexican and U.S. Hispanic movie titles.

El Rey Network puts its spin on lucha with “Lucha Underground”, an original action-packed series from Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett’s One Three Media.