Ending a nearly eight-month standoff, Dish Network and Univision Communications signed a new long-term carriage deal. The companies said restoration of Univision networks and stations on DishLatino and Dish will begin immediately and all pending litigation has been settled.
Telemundo Deportes says it has debuted the first Spanish-language esports channel in the U.S. offering fans more than 2,000 streaming hours of content a year featuring exclusive streamers, short-form content […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A television personality for the Mexican-based Televisa network is facing strong criticism after dressing up in “brownface” and wearing a prosthetic nose to make fun of […]
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The Univision network said six of its staffers, including veteran anchorman Jorge Ramos, were briefly detained at the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. Ramos and the crew members were released a little less than three hours after the episode began.
Gizmodo Assets Pulling Down Univision
Univision is acknowledging the financial weakness of the Gizmodo Media Group digital media assets the company has purchased over the last few years, including the former Gawker Media Group publications it picked up in the summer of 2016. The company reported that the assets lost $32.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2018.
KDEN Promotes Rosy Zugasti To News Anchor
Telemundo-owned KDEN Denver (DMA 17) made Rosy Zugasti news anchor, effective immediately. She will join co-anchor Miguel Bedoy and weather anchor Niurma Sánchez on Noticiero Telemundo Denver at 5 and 10 p.m. […]
Spanish-language network Univision on Friday joined a lawsuit against the Commerce Department’s decision to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 U.S. Census. The media company signed on to a lawsuit pursued in northern California, challenging the Commerce Department’s authority to add a question on citizenship to the census.
Fuse Media, a Latino-focused TV and digital company, is the latest media property to hit the wall. The company missed a $12.45 million interest payment due Jan. 1, putting it in technical default. Fuse has been given a 30-day grace period to come up with the payment to its bondholders. The company’s total debt is $240 million.
How WXTV Superserves Audience With WhatsApp
When Univision announced expanded local news apps for seven of its top markets this week, one of the platforms for “integrated social media sharing capabilities” was a channel you won’t usually see in similar English-language-station releases. It’s WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging app, but one that’s little-used by U.S. newsrooms.
The new apps will include livestream so mobile users can watch local newscasts in real time.
New Morning Show To Dawn On WGBO
The National Association of Broadcasters’ “We Are Broadcasters” initiative will host a Twitter Chat Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. ET on the role of Spanish-language broadcasting. Online to chat about the “explosion” of Spanish-language broadcast content will be Fernando Pizzaro, Washington correspondent for Univision, and former Univision journalist Maria Elena Salinas.
WSI Special Showcases Latino Holiday Traditions
Burdened with $530 million in debt, LBI Media Inc. and 17 of its affiliates and subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 relief in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, announcing plans for a company reorganization. The privately owned Spanish-language media company operates EstrellaTV network, 10 television and 17 radio stations across the U.S.
Univision 3Q Revenue Falls 17%
Adversely impacted by its carriage dispute with Dish Network, the loss of World Cup ad revenue to rival Telemundo, lower ratings, and the 2018 rate increase of its agreement with long-time primetime programming supplier Televisa, Univision has reported a 17.3% plunge in revenue to $628.2 million from $759.4 million for its 2018 3rd quarter results ending Sept. 30, 2018, compared to the same period last year.
Univision on Tuesday said that Dish Network has decided not to renew its carriage agreement for Univision Deportes Network, broadending the dispute between the two companies. Dish dropped Univision’s lifestyle cable networks in April and its main channel in June. In recent statements, Dish has indicated little interest in bringing the channels back.
WNJU Adds Marte, Bretón To News Team
Telemundo-owned WNJU New York (DMA 1) has hired reporters Eliecer Marte and Rosarina Bretón to its news team. Both will provide breaking news and general assignment coverage starting Nov. 14 and Nov. 19, respectively. […]
Former Nexstar executive Diane Kniowski will have oversight of the company’s TV and radio stations in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Dallas, Houston and Chicago.
El Rey Network has appointed veteran media industry executive Mauricio Rios vice president, programming and acquisitions. His background is in programming content for U.S. Hispanics and young viewers, with experience in […]
Spanish-language broadcasting network EstrellaTV has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Fremantle to produce the Spanish-language version of Family Feud. EstrellaTV and Fremantle are set to co-produce 100 Latinos Dijeron, […]
Alejandro Mendoza Joins KTMD Houston News
Today, Dish Network and Sling TV launched Inglés Para Todos, a new HD channel dedicated to teaching English as a second language (ESL). Dish says it is the first pay-TV provider to […]
The company will attempt to harness the influence of its Univision Creator Network (UCN), a group of online creators under the network’s brand, to drive conversation around the upcoming 11th season of its competition series Nuestra Belleza Latina that it hopes will lead audiences to its linear channel.
Cox Media Group (CMG) has sold Mundo Hispánico to Mundo Hispano Digital Network (MHDN), a tech-focused media company created to serve the U.S. Latino community through digital and written content, publishing reach and social media […]
TV dramas about brutal drug lords helped give Telemundo an edge over Univision in primetime in the soon-to-wrap TV season, recently released ratings reveal.
Ana Ledo To Join WNJU News Team
WNJU Senior Anchor Jorge Ramos To Retire
The veteran Hispanic journalist and founder of the Telemundo-owned New York station’s news operation is stepping down after nearly 40 years.
Luis Silberwasser is exiting after nearly four years as president of Telemundo Networks. In addition, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises also gave new leadership responsibilities of four key executives: Beau Ferrari, Mónica Gil, Peter Blacker and Ronald Day.
Dish Network says the removal of Univision Communications’ TV networks — from both its satellite and over-the-top Sling TV services — might be for good. On June 30, after Dish and Univision failed to come to terms on a contract renewal, more than 60 Univision-owned stations and cable channels including UniMás and Galavision went dark on Dish’s pay-TV platforms. “This removal could become permanent,” Dish said in a 10-Q regulatory filing Friday.
Isaac Lee, the man who oversaw Univision’s push into digital through the creation of Fusion and the acquisition of the Gawker assets, will now launch a TV production company.
Telemundo, which has the exclusive Spanish-language rights to air the soccer tournament, is celebrating over its better-than-expected advertising revenue, despite less-than stellar ratings.
With Univision Communications’ dispute with Dish Network ending its second week with seemingly no end in sight, the broadcaster has taken to the airwaves and social media to inform its viewers of other ways they can watch its programming, including via cable, telco and its own over-the-top service Univision Now.
