Television

Univision News have announced that Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner America Ferrera will be the host of their new documentary series, Panoramica. The series consists of eight original documentary films co-produced or acquired by Univision News and Pivot, including the acclaimed Cesar’s Last Fast, which aired on the Univision and Pivot networks in May 2014.

Cisneros Media announced a partnership with Part Time Hero Productions to develop and produce “American Girl Trapped on a Telenovela,” an English-language comedy series with a Latin twist for the U.S. general market.

The Telemundo Station Group announced a series of leadership appointments in its sales organization, including naming Matt Boxer as Vice President of Business Development, Joe Napolitano as Vice President of its National Sales Offices and Jenney Valverde as Vice President of Sales Marketing.

Telemundo announced Allstate, Volkswagen of America, L’Oreal Paris and Hennessy as returning sponsors of “Premios Tu Mundo” (Your World Awards), honoring the best in novelas, music and sports.

There’s never been a time when U.S. consumers have had as much video content to choose from as they do today. But even with myriad options—and more coming online every day—few areas of the media landscape have the power to engage consumers the way local TV does.

Telemundo Las Vegas announced that Frederik Oldenburg has been named sports anchor for “Noticiero Telemundo Las Vegas” at 6 PM and 11 PM

Telemundo announced the much anticipated list of finalists for the third annual Premios Tu Mundo (Your World Awards).

mun2 kicks off the highly anticipated 2014/2015 season of the Barclays Premier League with three exciting matches

Telemundo San Antonio announced that Audrey Savage has been named Vice President of Sales. Savage and she will be responsible for developing and implementing all local, national and digital sales strategies for Telemundo San Antonio.

El Rey Network announced that Skip Chaisson, founder of Skip Film, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Creative & On-Air Promotion.

RRsat will provide Cisneros Media with full playout and global distribution services of their portfolio of Pay-TV channels, which includes Venevision Plus, VmasTV and VePlusTV, for the enjoyment of the Latin American community.

Andres Cantor, the iconic sports anchor and analyst at Telemundo, Rubén Mendiola. President of mun2, and Gary Zenkel, President of NBC Olympics and President of Operations & Strategy, NBC Sports Group, will take part in a keynote discussion- “Going for the Next Goal”- on how future telecasts of the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup will impact Hispanic viewers at the 12th Annual Hispanic Television Summit on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at the New York Marriott Marquis

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced two key appointments to its executive team. Kevin Cuddihy has been named president of Local Media and Jessica Rodriguez was appointed chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Both Cuddihy and Rodriguez will be based in New York and report to Randy Falco, president and chief executive officer of UCI.

Centroamerica TV has reached an agreement with the leading Salvadorian television network, “Telecorporación Salvadoreña,” to secure pay-tv rights to the 2014 Salvadorian Professional Soccer League season, “El Campeonato de Apertura 2014,” which runs from August through December.

Olympusat, Inc. announced the promotion of Luis Jairala to Network Manager of all 4 of Olympusat’s Music Networks: Ultra Fiesta, Ultra Hits, Ultra Fiesta International and VMC.

First it was Jersey Shore, then Geordie Shore, Warsaw Shore and Gandía Shore, now the Shores franchise is hitting Latin America. MTV Latin America has started production on a brand new reality series entitled Acapulco Shore. 

MundoFox announced the premiere of ‘Familia en Venta,’ an original television comedy series starring Roselyn Sanchez and Carlos Espejel.

Ojito will provide editorial support and guidance to Telemundo Network News to ensure the ongoing independence of the news organization.

In this role, he will be responsible for the overall performance of the news department and any other local productions across multiple media platforms.

Olympusat, Inc. named Mauro Panzera  to the position of Chief Operating Officer reporting to the CEO, Tom Mohler. Panzera served as Senior Director of Multicultural Marketing for Comcast Cable for 7 years until 2009.