Television

Vme TV premiered “Soy TED” this Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7 p.m. E/P.

In his role of senior vice president, Programming & Acquisitions, Conrad will spearhead all sports programming, acquisitions and content development operations across Univision Deportes platforms

Loewenstein will lead operations for sports, including strategic initiatives focused on the growth and profitability of Univision Deportes’ content offerings and improving the audience experience across platforms.

Azteca America invites the public to look inside the cases that have scandalized society in Escándalos, a new television series developed around real-life events that shook the world; true-life scandals that come to the small screen with extraordinary performances and top-level production values. 

TELEMUNDO’s upcoming drama series “Celia” will premiere on Tuesday, October 13 at 8pm/7c.

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has partnered with Telemundo to launch a new Disfruta Aún Más campaign to communicate how TWC continues to enhance its products and services to help customers connect to what they love at home

Jesse Losada, one of the most renowned sports broadcasters in Hispanic television, joins FOX Deportes to serve as its play-by-play announcer for NFL and College Football and blow-by-blow announcer for Premier Boxing Champions.

Hearst Television Inc. is launching a new weekly program hosted by acclaimed political commentator, author, national radio host and entrepreneur Fernando Espuelas.

NBCUniversal named Cesar Conde to the newly created position of Chairman, NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.  NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, which is being added to his responsibilities, includes the Telemundo Network, NBC Universo Cable Network, Telemundo International, Telemundo Local Stations, Telemundo Digital Media and Emerging Business and NBC Deportes. Conde begins October 12 and will continue to report to Steve Burke, CEO, NBCUniversal.

The concern on Wall Street is that increasing numbers of subscribers are ‘“cord-cutting” – abandoning cable altogether or opting for slimmer channel packages in favor of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus. Investors also are worried that media companies aren’t earning enough from SVOD platforms to compensate. Reliable measurement of those platforms is needed to determine whether that’s true.  By Steve Hasker, Global President, and Glenn Enoch, SVP, Audience Insights

For the first time in its history, the network will air the premiere simultaneously on television, Video On Demand, Telemundo.com, Twitter, Periscope and YouTube.

NBCUniversal Hispanic Group’s Fluency Productions announced Samsung and Toyota will support the release of its next feature film, the highly anticipated English-language sci-fi thriller REVERSION.

Merle will oversee UCI’s marketing asset management process, branding, brand extension marketing, and the marketing of UCI’s research.

Morales will be responsible for ensuring consistency of brand, strategic messaging, as well as promotional and marketing strategy across UCI’s local media stations.

NBC UNIVERSO announced that Comcast has launched NBC UNIVERSO in HD.

Azteca America announced the appointment of Craig A. Geller to Executive Vice President, Network Sales and Digital, effective immediately. Geller will report to Manuel Abud, President and CEO, Azteca America, and will be based in New York.

The Paley Center for Media hosted an intimate evening on Tuesday, September 8th honoring Mario Kreutzberger

And as they have for many falls, audiences will take to Twitter and other social media to discuss, pass judgement or just ignore the new shows.

TV networks haven’t had the easiest summer. Ratings haven’t been great, though some, like HGTV and Discovery, have done pretty well. The upfront was not as strong as hoped, though rumors are that scatter sales are going pretty well. Finally, Wall Street has been particularly tough on TV companies and is now concerned that carriage fees from cable and satellite companies are going to go into a decline sooner than most had thought.

Local TV stations around the country are looking forward to a banner year in 2016, when spending on political advertising is expected to soar. As a big fan of political commercials, I say: Bring ’em on.