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NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the appointment of Francisco Ponce to the position of Vice President of On-Air Talent Management. In this role, he will oversee on-air talent relations, helping to develop and execute a unified on-air talent strategy across the division.

Despite wide concern about cyberattacks, outages and privacy violations, most experts believe the Internet of Things will continue to expand successfully the next few years, tying machines to machines and linking people to valuable resources, services and opportunities

ThinkNow Research revealed in its latest study ThinkNow Money™ Report 2017 that although U.S. Hispanics are the highest users of smartphones, they are not rapidly adopting mobile-app based payment methods. The study found a low level of awareness of mobile wallet options with more than 20% of Hispanics having never heard of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay.

Sabio Mobile announced the appointment of Andrew Polsky as Senior Vice President of East Coast Sales & Total Market Strategy.

The fundamental problem with digital advertising today is that too many ad formats are truly disruptive.   by Nigel Hollis

The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee have recently held hearings on reforming the corporate tax code as tax reform efforts are starting to ramp up.  

TV ads consistently outperformed other options from 2010-2016 with up to seven times the relative lift over paid search and five times better than display advertising, according to a study from Neustar.

LA SIESTA – which literally means THE NAP in Spanish- has been manufacturing and marketing hammocks for over a quarter century.

By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc / LMMiami.com

• In my humble opinion, the open plan office is just a real estate gimmick.
• You know, another of those misleading ad clichés such as, but not limited to:
• Cozy bungalow w/great bones! (tiny shack in need of rebuilding from scratch).
• Once-in-a-lifetime opp. Won’t last. Live the dream! (it’ll take you 30 years to dig yourself out of this money pit).
• The OPO (as in open plan office) is another glass-half-full trick of the trade to apply lipstick to swine.

Allstate Insurance Company announced a multi-year partnership agreement to become the Official Insurance Sponsor of CONCACAF.

Marketers and market researchers working in the multicultural and cross-cultural space have long known the shortcomings of utilizing acculturation models for segmentation. Our conflicted national identity and increasing demographic diversity have created a cultural Rubik’s cube that resists classification. I’ve written on this topic several times and have proposed alternative segmentation tools but there has never been a viable replacement for the acculturation model so it has persisted, until now.  by Mario Carrasco / ThinkNow Research

The way people consume media is changing almost before our eyes, with new ways to watch and new devices on which to do so. This multitude of consumption options and increasingly intense competition for viewers’ time is changing audience habits, too. As the media world grapples with these issues, so too must the sports industry. But these challenges aren’t the only obstacles facing the sports realm.  By Danny Townsend and Glenn Lovett, Global Managing Directors, Nielsen Sports

Telemundo Deportes will present the Spanish-language coverage ever of the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 taking place June 17- July 2. The production team will be based in Russia marking the first time ever that coverage of all FIFA Confederations Cup matches will be produced live from all venue cities.

The winning “Language Choice” campaign sought to differentiate XFINITY from its competitors by establishing an emotional and authentic connection with Hispanic consumers.

If wisdom is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment, then the human manifestation of this quality pales in comparison to data-driven wisdom.

On May 1, in a novel transaction only made possible by the now-concluded FCC Spectrum Auction, a fast-growing Southern California media player — The Meruelo Group — Now, Hero is backing out of the deal.  By Adam Jacobson / Radio + Television Business Report

The smart-city market is in its early stages of development.  Some of the most common applications include transportation and parking, energy management, water management, lighting, environmental monitoring, public safety and communications, waste management and smart buildings.

In Entertainment content is king.  But getting content into the hands of producers and decision-makers is no easy feat, even for a best-selling author.

Can online behaviors drive more foot traffic … specifically, can influencer content pointed at a specific retailer on behalf of a brand/product increase foot traffic?

Azteca America New York WNYN announced that it will add “Así Somos” (“That’s How We Are”), a bilingual, half-hour talk show focused on the New York tristate area, to its daily afternoon programming lineup.