Television

Entravision Communications Corporation announced the appointment of Rich Ripley to Vice President of Integrated Marketing Solutions for the Sacramento, California market. In his role, Ripley will be responsible for sales efforts on Entravision’s radio, digital and mobile properties and marketing services in the Sacramento market.

Telemundo Media announced today a 360° degree sponsorship initiative in support of season two of Telemundo’s hit singing competition “La Voz Kids,” which premiered this Sunday. Multi-platform alliances with AT&T, State Farm, Kohl’s Department Stores, Chrysler brand, Universal Orlando Resort and more have been secured for Telemundo’s reality program.

MundoFox announced its all-new primetime lineup that includes the premieres of the highly-anticipated series “El Capo 3” and the critically-acclaimed telenovela “Lado a Lado.”

TV is dead. Or is it?   That’s what some people might expect to hear from the tech glitterati that has been descending on Austin, TX for South by Southwest (SXSW) these past few days.  by Kevin Conroy / Univision Insights

Entravision Communications Corporation announced that its Univision affiliate in Denver, KCEC-TV, was honored with eight Awards of Excellence and four Certificates of Merit from the Colorado Broadcaster’s Association.

Fusion announced that Hong Qu, a veteran of YouTube and Upworthy, will become the network’s Chief Technology Officer.  

MundoFox announced that the network has ordered new episodes of “100 Latinos Dijeron,” an original Spanish-language version of “Family Feud,” hosted by Mexican television powerhouse Marco Antonio Regil, to air on the network throughout 2014. Production of the new episodes of “100 Latinos Dijeron” will kick off on March 17 in Los Angeles.

Univision Communications Inc. announced the appointment of Marshall Cohen as executive vice president of Corporate Research.

FOX Deportes announced that Carlos Sanchez will join the company as Executive Vice President and General Manager. 

LATV Networks, home of LATV and American Latino Syndication, will hold its 2014 Upfront presentation on Thursday, May 1 at 6pm at Penthouse 45 in New York City.   The Upfront announcement was made by Andres Rincon, LATV’s Vice President of Advertising Sales and Marketing.

Deportes Telemundo has announced the addition of Mexican soccer legend Carlos Hermosillo to its team of sportscasters and analysts. 

El Rey Network announced that Gabriel Luna (Dance with the One, Bernie) has been cast in the lead role in the network’s second scripted original, “Matador.”

Discovery U.S. Hispanic announced that it will hold Discovery en Español and Discovery Familia’s annual upfront event on Tuesday, May 13 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at SIR Stage 37 in New York City.

While the vast majority (79 percent) of online U.S. adults obtain the video content they watch from traditional television programming providers such as cable, satellite or fiber-to-the-home, a significant number of viewers are turning to other sources, according to research released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The study, Video Content Discovery and Purchasing Trends, explores video content viewing behavior, discovery, acquisition and format ownership preferences.

Univision Television Group will carry Bounce TV as a multicast channel on its stations in five major markets and has renewed Univision’s distribution of the nation’s first-ever broadcast television network for African Americans as a multicast channel in seven markets as part of a multi-year deal.

Produced by the History Channel in Latin America, “Milagros Decodificados” (Decoded Miracles) aims to reveal what lies behind these incredible occurrences identified as miracles. The new series will debut in the United States on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the Galavisión cable network.   

Azteca America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. announced today that Manuel Abud has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.  His leadership team includes Martin Breidsprecher, newly appointed COO, Court Stroud as EVP of Network Sales, and Enrique Pérez as EVP of Station Group.

Telemundo Media announced the appointment of Michael Guariglia to Vice President, Network Sales.  Guariglia will be responsible for overseeing the advertising sales function for Telemundo Network for the Northeast territory.  Guariglia will report to Mike Alvarez, Senior Vice President, Ad Sales Telemundo Network and will be based in New York City.

Univision’s hit entertainment news and gossip show, “El Gordo y La Flaca” (The Scoop and The Skinny), is hosting a “Week of Stars” from March 3 through March 7,  at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT (6:00 p.m. Central), as part of its 15th anniversary celebration. During this special weeklong event, the show will welcome some of the most talked-about celebrities from the world of Hispanic entertainment, including telenovela and Latin music superstars such as Angelique Boyer, Banda el Recodo, Cristian Castro, Daddy Yankee, David Zepeda, Espinoza Paz, Guy Ecker, Julion Alvarez, Kate del Castillo, Larry Hernandez, Lucero, Lupillo Rivera, Ninel Conde, Noel Torres, Paquita la del Barrio, Sebastian Rulli, Susana Gonzalez, Voz de Mando, William Levy, and many more.

Diana Mogollón – EVP & General Manager of mun2 has departed the cable network.