Hispanic

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.

MIAMI (AP) — Telemundo Deportes has acquired U.S. Spanish-language rights for next year’s Copa America in Brazil. Part of Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal Inc., Telemundo is televising its first World Cup […]

The American team’s collapse that keeps it out of the FIFA World Cup elevates the Mexican national team for both networks and intensifies the competition for the 21 million bilingual viewers in the U.S.

Spanish-language Estrella TV has brought on Gino Del Corte and model and actress Maria Elena Anaya as hosts for its midday TV shows iTestigo and En Vivo, respectively. iTestigo is […]

Telemundo-owned WWSI Philadelphia (DMA 4) will introduce weekday newscasts Primera Edición at 6-7 a.m. and Telemundo62 al Mediodía at noon-12:30. Both newscasts will launch Monday, April 2, and feature Telemundo62 anchor Syrmarie Villalobos who […]

TeleXitos, the Telemundo Station Group’s Spanish-language multicast network, will feature romantic comedy movie marathons all February-long with Mes Del Amor (Month of Love). Starting Feb. 4, every Sunday afternoon TeleXitos […]

Univision Communications today announced that it is collaborating with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), Producers Guild of America (PGA), Screen Actors Guildâ€ÂAmerican Federation of Television and Radio […]

Univision Communications and Grupo Televisa are teaming on a TV pilot initiative for the development of scripted and unscripted series by global independent producers aimed at Hispanic audiences.

Spanish-language television network Estrella TV today announced a new programming lineup to kick-start the new year. Leading the new lineup is LOL Comedi Hi, a scripted comedy sketch show comprising […]

Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo today said it would launch a new midday national newscast to its programming lineup as part of a widening commitment to developing news programming for its viewers. Noticias Telemundo, Mediodía will launch Jan. 22 at 12:30 p.m.

The Spanish-language broadcaster moves from an affiliate arrangement with its EstrellaTV to a full O&O with the purchase from Mapale.

Azteca America has moved its Los Angeles affiliation (the country’s largest Hispanic DMA) to full-power KJLA. The decision to move to KJLA follows the sale of Azteca’s KAZA in the […]

NBC-owned WMAQ and Telemundo’s WSNS, both Chicago (DMA 3), will partner with the Union League Club of Chicago and the Chicago Urban League to host the first televised 2018 Illinois […]

Telemundo-owned WNEU Boston (DMA 10) is rebranding its weekday newscasts from Noticiero Telemundo Boston to Noticiero Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra (Telemundo New England News), effective immediately. In addition, WNEU will launch […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Univision journalist who famously clashed with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2015 has a book coming out about Trump and immigration. Publisher Vintage Books […]

The Telemundo-owned Spanish-language multicast network’s programming is now available on Spectrum systems serving top Hispanic markets.

MIAMI (AP) — Spanish-language broadcasting in the U.S. is losing one of its most prominent figures as Maria Elena Salinas retires from Univision News after more than three decades of […]

The holding company buys 19 TV stations from Northstar Media. The Azteca America deal features a licensing agreement with TV Azteca for Spanish-language television programming. It will expand HC2’s broadcasting network to 113 operating stations in more than 80 U.S. markets.

Minority-owned Spanish-language broadcaster LBI Media today appointed Jason Hall SVP, national sales. He will be based in the company’s New York City office. He will manage the national sales efforts […]

Alonso Castillo has been hired as a reporter/MMJ at Telemundo affiliate WZDC Washington. He was last with Telemundo as a political reporter at KSTS San Francisco for two years. He […]

NBC O&O WNBC New York and Telemundo-owned WNJU there have established a San Juan, P.R., news bureau which will deliver additional coverage of Puerto Rico’s ongoing rebuilding and recovery efforts following […]

The Hispanic-focused TV network wants a minority investor to put $200 million into its Fusion Media Group.

EstrellaTV, LBI Media’s Spanish language network, announced today that it will broadcast the 2017 Spanish-language transmission of the Miss World competition on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. […]

The Hispanic media company realizes $264 million from the FCC incentive auction. At its TV segment, revenue was down 9% from 3Q 2016, primarily due to lower political ad money. Digital segment revenue climbed almost 200%.

Randy Falco, who has been president-CEO of Univision since 2011, is tacking on at least another two years to his deal, taking him through Jan. 31, 2020. Falco’s extension comes as UCI, which is privately held, announced 3Q earnings of $778.2 million, up 5.9% vs. 3Q 2016. Net income was $104 million in the quarter, compared to net loss of $30.5 million in 3Q 2016.

The departure of Televisa’s controlling shareholder, Emilio Azcárraga, is a step toward remaking the company to deal with the increasing fragmentation of Mexico’s media audience.

The tide is turning among America’s Spanish-language broadcast networks, and no one is happier about it than NBCUniversal boss Steve Burke. Soon, he says, parent company Comcast’s investors will catch up to his level of joy. That turnaround hasn’t technically paid off just yet in terms of revenues — but it could be just a matter of time.