Television

Univision Communications, Inc. (UCI) named John W. Eck as Chief Local Media Officer, effective immediately.

NBC UNIVERSO announced it has acquired from AMC the exclusive television rights to air the hit apocalyptic series “The Walking Dead” in Spanish in the United States.

Telemundo won seven awards at the 2015 PromaxBDA Latin America Awards on Thursday, October 15.

Univision Network announced that its Los Angeles- produced entertainment show LAnzate, will premiere as a national program on Saturday, October 24, 2015.

There is a new book out by Michael Wolff called “Television is the New Television.” I have not read it yet,  but have seen various reviews of it.

Discovery en Español premiers SOBREVIVIR (#Sobrevivir), a captivating and visually spectacular six-part series that reveals the behavior of different species as they attempt to achieve the same goal: to survive and reproduce.

Univision Deportes announced the second annual Premios Univision Deportes (Univision Sports Awards).

Beginning Thursday, October 15, Dominicans and Hispanics living in the U.S. will be able to tune in to the Dominican Professional Baseball Winter League exclusively on Television Dominicana.

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Digital and Emerging Business division announced the launch of Co-Lab, a new social native strategic unit focused on engaging millennial audiences through social content and native video experiences.

The majority of advertisers (78%) have already leveraged some form of advanced TV in their marketing efforts, according to “Advanced TV: Ad Buyer Perceptions,” a survey of 255 brand and agency decision-makers published by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Digital Video Center of Excellence.

TELEMUNDO pays homage to the iconic Cuban singer Celia Cruz, with a musical tribute at the first-ever “Latin American Music Awards”

The Telemundo Station Group announced the promotions of Michael Chico to Executive Vice President of Sales; Amanda Calpin to Chief Financial Officer; and Osvaldo “Ozzie” Martinez to Senior Vice President of News, Digital and Standards.

Created by Paul Scheuring, PRISON BREAK will air in Spanish for the first time in the U.S. beginning Tue., Oct. 20, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC UNIVERSO.

ZGS Communications announced hat Raiza Iciarte has been named News Director of Telemundo Tampa effective immediately.

Fernando Fiore makes his English-language debut next month as he joins FOX Sports’ coverage of the CONCACAF Cup, the winner-take-all playoff match between the U.S. Men’s National Team and Mexico for a berth in the prestigious 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Tony Ruiz who was a partner of New York based The Vidal Partnership will become the Local Sales Manager of Telemundo’s WNJU-YV in New York/ New Jersey in October 2015.

NBC UNIVERSO announced as part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage month the exclusive telecast of “Festival Internacional de Viña Del Mar 2015,” Latin America’s largest and longest-running music festival.

In the newly established ad sales structure, Valls will oversee network and local affiliate sales for Miami, Houston, and Los Angeles.

In collaboration with NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, the partnership will utilize their digital and social audiences to distribute the content and create exclusive sponsorship opportunities.

While Hispanic Millennials do skew towards English, it’s important to note that more than half of them consume some or all of their Television content in Spanish. The reason for this appears to be that broadcast is still where a lot of the content they want to see is aired. Additionally, there’s evidence that suggests that Spanish language advertising is better at connecting with bilingual Hispanics so it may also be the better option for advertisers looking to reach Hispanic Millennials.