Television

Azteca America will hold its 2014 upfront presentation on Monday, May 12, 2014 in New York at Guastavino’s.

WDFL Channel 18 in Miami announced that it will remain on the air with the bulk of its current programming and will add new content and shows.

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) and SUBWAY® Restaurants announced a new partnership, including six integrations of SUBWAY® Restaurants products and restaurants into Televisa’s hit telenovela, “Qué Pobres Tan Ricos” (Poor, But Rich).

NUVOtv announced that it will hold its 2014 upfront event in New York on the evening of Monday, May 12. Today’s announcement was made by Craig Geller, NUVOtv’s Senior Vice President Advertising Sales.  The venue will be announced at a later date.

CNN en Espanol will shut down its US Hispanic programming platform CNN Latino after close to one-year in operation.

Univision Communications, Inc and Variety Media LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation announced a new partnership to launch an entertainment news brand, “Variety Latino–Powered by Univision,” aimed at providing Spanish speakers across the U.S. with coverage of all aspects of the global entertainment industry.

The Telemundo Station Group named Cristina Schwarz as President and General Manager of Telemundo 47 / WNJU, the NBCUniversal-owned television station serving the Hispanic community in the New York Tri-State area. Additionally, Liliana Aristizabal was promoted to Vice President of Sales for the station.

Entravision Communications Corporation announced that the company has appointed Luisa Collins to Vice President of News, Social Affairs and Wellness, effective February 10th.  She will be based in Los Angeles, California.    In her new position, Collins will oversee news content and be responsible for quality control across Entravision’s 25 television stations that currently air local news coverage.  She will also be responsible for expanding the Entravision brand by developing increased content for the news websites.

Telemundo Media has announced the appointment of A. Victoria Rivas-Vázquez as Noticias Telemundo Bureau Chief in Washington D.C.  In her new role, Rivas-Vázquez reports to Noticias Telemundo Senior Vice President, Sylvia Rosabal. 

Telemundo Media has been nominated for seven GLAAD Media Awards in the Outstanding Spanish-Language Daytime Talk Show Episode, Outstanding Spanish-Language TV Journalism and Outstanding Spanish-Language Local TV Journalism categories.

mun2 will premiere its first MMA (mixed martial arts) competition reality series “Combate Americas” on Sunday, February 23rd at 10:00p.m. EST/ 9:00p.m. CST. The series produced by BMP Latin ( a division of Emmy award winning Bunim/Murray Productions) and created by Co-founder of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Campbell McLaren, follows the lives of ten Hispanic MMA fighters as they compete, coexist and face the daily challenges set before them to win an exclusive contract with the new Combate Americas franchise. The series will be hosted by award-winning Latin music duo Chino & Nacho and MMA host/journalist Andrea Calle. Urban music superstar Daddy Yankee will serve as Combate Americas’ first commissioner and Piolin, SiriusXM host of Piolin Radio channel 147, appears as the color commentator.

The television industry has witnessed a shakeup in recent years with TV viewers’ quick adoption of new viewing platforms and the gradually declining levels of cable and satellite subscription services. Some have expressed concerns about how TV service subscription rates are changing and whether this will affect the current business model. However, a recent TV Dailies poll conducted by Ipsos MediaCT surveying prime-time viewers’ subscription service behavior suggests the industry should not be worrying just yet.

Telemundo Studios announced the kick-off of its new original production “Reina de Corazones,” starring Paola Núñez, Eugenio Siller, Juan Soler and Catherine Siachoque. Set in Sin City – Las Vegas – “Reina de Corazones” is a story of a love that must overcome the barrier of memory, where the glamorous nightlife and casinos play a prominent role in a plot characterized by mysterious twists and turns, espionage, conspiracy, intrigue, crime and romance.

Olympusat, Inc. has recently signed with BuenaVision to exclusively distribute its high-quality entertainment-based programming, from the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, to the United States.

Univision Communications Inc. has announced a licensing agreement with Telelatino Network, a holding of Corus Entertainment, to rebrand Telelatino’s TLN en Español (TLNE) as Univision Canada.

ESPN Deportes announced that they will be conducting their 2014 Upfront activities on May 14 at 9:00 a.m. at the Hearst Tower in New York City.

Telemundo Media and Spain’s Reset TV announced plans to jointly own, develop, produce and distribute “El Artista” (Working Title), a new musical competition format and weekend primetime series, set to premiere in the 2014-15 season.

UniMás, a Univision network, announced the acquisition of the exclusive rights for the dramatic series “El Varón de la Droga” (The Drug Baron) at NATPE.

Discovery en Espanol starts off February with the premiere of EL DUO MECANICO (Fast N’ Loud) and a new season of OVERHAULIN’. Both series air February 10th on Lunes de motores (Motor Mondays), the network’s new programming block dedicated to the transformation of cars feeding viewers passion for restoration, technology, innovation and real life stories.

Univision Communications Inc. announced that it will hold its annual Upfront presentation for advertisers in New York City at 11:00 am on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.