Hispanic

Univision has come to terms with virtual MVPD provider FuboTV on a broadcast retransmission deal, ending an impasse that threatened to black out channels including the flagship Univision, UniMas, Galavision and TUDN.

Scoring strong upfront ad market revenue results, Spanish-language media group, TelevisaUnivision posted “double-digit” volume growth, according to a media executive close to the company — its best result in seven years. The media company posted “high single digit” cost-per-thousand viewer increases versus the upfront market of a year ago. A TelevisaUnivision representative had no comment with regard to the upfront negotiations.

CMG adds Telemundo affiliates in Jacksonville, Fla., and Seattle and also renews its contract with the Hispanic network in Charlotte, N.C.

Acquisition of some 40 LPTVs allows Gray to bring Telemundo to 34 new markets, as well as gain spectrum and broadcast strength. Note: This story is available to TVNewsCheck Premium members only. If you would like to upgrade your free TVNewsCheck membership to Premium now, you can visit your Member Home Page, available when you log in at the very top right corner of the site or in the Stay Connected Box that appears in the right column of virtually every page on the site. If you don’t see Member Home, you will need to click Log In or Subscribe.

TelevisaUnivision is getting more entrenched in TV’s measurement wars. The Spanish-language media giant is teaming up with data company VideoAmp, one of a growing number of audience-measurement companies whose services are being tapped as TV networks mull alternatives to Nielsen, the industry’s de factor arbiter of audience size. Under terms of the pact, TelevisaUnivision will use VideoAmp’s data in a suite of advanced advertising solutions, giving advertisers a better sense of the viewers they are reaching and their responses to commercials.

He’s promoted from EVP, digital & streaming media at the Hispanic-targetted media company.

TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp talks with Sussy Ruiz, editor in chief of the newly-launched The Weather Channel en Español, about the streaming- and digital-only channel’s value proposition to Spanish-speaking viewers, its ambitions to widen its coverage radar further south of the border and how understanding the cultures of its target audience will be crucial to its success. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

Candle Media, run by former Disney executives, is buying Exile, which has deals to produce shows (including Club Mundo Kids, above) for Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime.

YouTube TV now offers a streaming plan featuring only Spanish-language channels and is also beefing up the lineup of Spanish-language content with a new add-on for the virtual MVPD’s base package. The new option, called Spanish Plan, costs $34.99 per month (with an intro rate of $24.99 per month for the first six) and features 28 channels in Spanish.

He moves from Sinclair Broadcast Group to lead distribution of TelevisaUnivision’s broadcast and cable networks, the new ViX global streaming platform and other related content to TelevisaUnivision’s network distribution partners.

The purchase from Hemisphere Media Group brings together complementary streaming assets, building upon TelevisaUnivision’s investments in and launch of a global streaming service amid the company’s ongoing digital transformation.

It’s an old song, but it continues to ring true: U.S. Hispanics are underserved and oftentimes misunderstood. There are 62 million Hispanics in the U.S. with $2 trillion in purchasing power, and like other ethnic groups, they’re slowly but surely eschewing linear television for streaming video, particularly ad-supported content.

The People’s Choice Awards is expanding across NBCU’s television portfolio with today’s announcement of the first People’s Choice Latin Music Awards, set to air on Telemundo in the spring of  2023. The show will celebrate all genres of Hispanic music, entertainment, style, and pop culture, chosen entirely by the audience in the same spirit of the established brand. In addition to the live awards ceremony and red carpet celebrity specials, extensive content will be available across platforms.

In addition to extending its 12 current affiliations, the station group will launch Telemundo affiliations in 22 additional markets.

Susan Sim Oh now leads Gray’s Telemundo station group.

TelevisaUnivision’s streaming service ViX is now available to all users in the U.S., Mexico and most of Spanish-speaking Latin America. The free, ad-supported video on demand tier is available on all major mobile platforms, connected TV devices and at vix.com. This includes Apple iOS and tvOS devices, Android mobile and Android TV OS devices, Amazon Fire TV, Roku devices and Samsung Smart TVs.

The broadcasters are writing a new playbook for live coverage of a war where embedding isn’t an option, connectivity can be disrupted at any time and safety is a constant concern. Above: TVU Networks has used three cellular carriers in support of customers covering the conflict in Ukraine: KyivStar, Vodafone and LifeCell.

NBCU Launch, the umbrella brand that houses the comprehensive diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across NBCU’s television portfolio, has forged a new partnership with Telemundo to increase the number of Hispanic female directors in scripted television. This partnership is an extension of the Hispanic network’s award-winning corporate initiative Mujeres Imparables (Unstoppable Women).

Spanish-language media giant Univision has agreed to license the ad industry’s Ad-ID advertising assets coding system to identify, track and “significantly improve targeting and delivery” for ads aimed at its Hispanic viewers. The deal follows NBC Universal’s agreement announced last summer, and provides new impetus for the advertising asset management system jointly owned by the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers.

TelevisaUnivision said it will launch a new streaming platform, with a free ViX ad-supported service and Vix+ subscription service available through a single app. CEO Wade Davis said the company has made a capital commitment of billions of dollars, “multiple of what any other platform is spending in the language.

Nielsen said it has launched a Diverse Media Equity Program, which is designed to highlight minority-owned media companies to advertisers and media buyers. Canela Media, a Latina-owned media company, was part of a pilot initiative and the number of campaigns it had that were measured by Nielsen tripled.

The station group buys the station from Capital Media Group and taps Capital’s Susan Sim Oh (pictured) to lead and expand Gray’s Telemundo station portfolio, while Coline Sim will oversee the station’s operations.

The new entity, known as TelevisaUnivision Inc., builds on a previous production alliance created by the companies as they looked to fend off a rising number of rivals aiming at Hispanic viewers in the age of streaming. As of the merger close, the company claims reach to more than 60% of TV audiences in both the U.S. and Mexico. Across television, digital, streaming and audio, the company says its audience is more than 100 million Spanish speakers daily.