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Día de los Muertos at Hemisfair celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
Día de los Muertos returns to Hemisfair for its tenth annual celebration with a FREE two-day festival on Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, October 30. Recognized as one of the 10 Great Day of the Dead Celebrations in the world by USA Today, Día de los Muertos at Hemisfair, popularly known as Muertos Fest, features two days of vibrant events and entertainment celebrating this Mexican tradition.
U.S. MULTICULTURAL TRENDS – Multicultural Audiences’ Streaming and App Interests on Mobile and CTV [REPORT]
U.S. multicultural audiences are bigger streamers than the general market. Asian Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans are 33 percent, 17 percent, and 17 percent, respectively, more likely to have CTV streaming apps than the general market.
Victor Paredes named Executive Director of Cultural Strategy at Collage Group
Collage Group announced that Victor Paredes has joined the team as Executive Director of Cultural Strategy. Paredes is a proven expert in inclusive marketing and advertising and will leverage his expertise in combination with Collage’s proprietary data and insights in support of members’ objectives to unleash the power of culture to drive brand growth.
Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022 [REPORT]
The landscape of social media is ever-changing, especially among teens who often are on the leading edge of this space. A new Pew Research Center survey of American teenagers ages 13 to 17 finds TikTok has rocketed in popularity since its North American debut several years ago and now is a top social media platform for teens among the platforms covered in this survey. Some 67% of teens say they ever use TikTok, with 16% of all teens saying they use it almost constantly. Meanwhile, the share of teens who say they use Facebook, a dominant social media platform among teens in the Center’s 2014-15 survey, has plummeted from 71% then to 32% today.
Guidelines for Diverse Media Suppliers
The ANA and the 4A’s unveiled a comprehensive list of guidelines designed to help diverse media suppliers improve and strengthen their partnerships with marketers and agencies.
Alcazar named EVP Managing Partner & Executive Creative Director of 305 Worldwide
Horizon Media named Roberto Alcazar, EVP, Managing Partner, Executive Creative Director of 305 Worldwide, Horizon’s culture-first creative agency. He assumes this role after two years as the Creative Director of the agency.
Telemundo kicks off “EL CAMPEÓN EN TI 2022”
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is rolling out a multi-city national campaign, "El Campeón En Ti" ("The Champion In You"), to build on its longstanding commitment to inspire Hispanic youth to discover -- through soccer -- the champions within themselves. The campaign will bring an inspiring and engaging series of jamboree events to cities across the country in the months leading up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, serving as a second edition of Telemundo’s community-driven campaign inaugurated during the FIFA World Cup Russia in 2018.
2022 Connectivity and Mobile trends [REPORT]
Consumers are using connected devices to enhance their daily lives and well-being while fine-tuning the balance between their virtual and physical worlds.
How Americans are feeling about economic opportunities and the future
The American Opportunity Survey spotlights Americans’ views on the state of the economy and other trends. What did researchers find about how people think things are going and what the future holds?
TelevisaUnivision announces the start of production for four new ViX+ Original Titles
TelevisaUnivision announced that three new series, “Colapso” (working title), “Isla Brava”, and “Senda Prohibida,” and one new documentary film, “Absoluta” are currently in production.
