Telemundo

The Cox-owned ABC affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., will launch a Spanish subchannel this summer carrying programming from the Telemundo network. Telemundo Charlotte will air on ch. 9.2. Laff, the comedy diginet currently at that dial position, will move to ch. 64.4 of co-owned independent WAXN.

Telemundo today promoted Miguel Varoni to VP-creative director of Telemundo Studios and Telemundo International Studios, where he will work on scripted projects targeting the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets. […]

The biggest shows on Telemundo this season don’t look anything like the soap operas that have long dominated Spanish-language TV. Its new crop of dramas are designed with American Hispanics in mind, and they have made Telemundo a top performer in NBCUniversal’s portfolio of channels, which includes MSNBC and USA. While the audience for rival Univision has declined sharply in the last three years, Telemundo’s has been growing

Telemundo has promoted Claudia Foghini to executive vice president, talent management and production services at Telemundo Networks and Studios. She will continue to be based in Miami and report to Luis Silberwasser, […]

Telemundo today promoted Vanessa Pombo to the newly created position of vice president of production management and business news, Telemundo Network. She will report to Luis Fernandez, EVP, news, Telemundo Network. In […]

The shell of the new 475,000-square-foot NBCU Telemundo headquarters in Miami is up and its completion is about a year away. When done, the new facility will position the various broadcast and cable entities in the division for a future in 4K HDR thanks in large part to the core IP infrastructure planned for the facility.

Telemundo’s East Coast flagship station, WNJU New York, today launched Telemundo 47 Investiga, the station’s new investigative unit.  Led by WNJU’s new investigative reporter Pablo Gutierrez, Telemundo 47 Investiga will complement the station’s […]

The Spanish-language TV group is saddled with huge debt and under challenge from NBC-owned Telemundo. Its supplier of telenovelas, Televisa, is out to take control of the company.

Telemundo today appointed industry veteran Daniela Chaparro Vegas vice president of marketing. In this role, she will lead the strategic development and execution of all marketing for Telemundo. She will […]

The Big Five plus Univision have all suffered ratings declines with 18-49s this season. But Telemundo and a host of smaller networks are growing.

Telemundo today appointed Ingrid Sanchez Graham senior vice president of creative operations. In this new role, she will drive the operational development, management and execution of creative shared services and […]

Telemundo-owned WSNS Chicago (DMA 3) said today that Irene Sanchez has joined the station as a news reporter. She will be reporting for its weekday newscasts Noticiero Telemundo Chicago at 4, 4:30, […]

Telemundo is coming off of a big summer. The network has been steadily closing the ratings gap with Univision, long the Spanish-language heavyweight in broadcast television. But just as Miami-based Telemundo is riding high, it is facing mounting questions from Hollywood’s largest union, SAG-AFTRA, over the treatment of its talent.

The veteran sales exec moves from WNBC to oversee local and national sales and business development at the New York Telemundo outlet.

Telemundo’s Chicago outlet will debut the new broadcast on Sept. 26 with Anabel Monge and Alfonso Gutierrez as co-anchors.

Telemundo-owned KDEN Denver (DMA 17) will introduce a new half-hour weekday newscast on Monday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m.  Carlos Rausseo and Pamela Padilla will co-anchor Noticiero Telemundo Denver a las […]

Telemundo-owned WWSI Philadelphia (DMA 4) will introduce a new half-hour weekday newscast on Monday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. Iris Delgado will anchor Noticiero Telemundo62 a las 5 PM. “We are thrilled […]

Telemundo on Wednesday announced the appointment of Gemma Garcia as executive producer of Noticiero Telemundo. In her role, she will supervise and oversee the editorial vision, production logistics and personnel […]

Since June 25, the station has been operating from its new 23,000-square-foot Telemundo 40 Studios on the second floor of building near downtown McAllen and the community’s city hall. There, it produces 14 hours of news a week as well as other local programming in 1080i HD from a modern, adaptable set designed by John Casey Production Design in New York City and built by Blackwalnut in Valley Cottage, N.Y.

Telemundo announced today the promotion of Angel Domenech to vice president of creative strategy. He will oversee the strategic creative approach, development and execution of the network’s launches and overall […]

SAG-AFTRA is amping up its six-month-old campaign against NBCUniversal in its battle for unionization of Spanish-language performers on Telemundo productions. The performers union accused NBCUniversal in February of operating with a double standard between Spanish-language and English-language talent hired for productions under the same parent corporation.

The team — representing 19 U.S. markets served by the NBC-owned stations and Telemundo Station Group — is charged with delivering distinctively local stories that will run on various platforms during the 17-day event that kicks off on Aug. 5.

Eduardo Suñol is now in charge of the network’s digital operation, overseeing the creation of original digital content in Spanish and English.

Noticias Telemundo, the news division of Telemundo Network, and La Opinión, the leading Spanish-language daily newspaper in the U.S., have formed a partnership to produce and publish news content aimed […]

Telemundo on Monday appointed Lia Silkworth SVP of insights and consumer development. She will develop and lead the programming and consumer research departments for Telemundo Network, NBC Universo and its […]

Among the 49 people murdered at Pulse nightclub early Sunday morning was 24-year-old Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega. Camuy Vega worked on the Telemundo show La Voz Kids, which is produced in Orlando.

The network’s lead over Telemundo shrinks from 83% to 33% among 18-49s. Its NBCU rival has the top novela with Cielos. But the rivalry will continue to play out over the summer.

The Spanish-language network rolls out a non-traditional programming strategy that will include projects based on the story of drug lord El Chapo, the life of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and the late singer Jenni Rivera as well as Sunday nights hosted by Hispanic TV legend Don Francisco.

Telemundo anchor José Díaz-Balart will be based in Los Angeles the week of May 9-13, where he will co-anchor Telemundo-owned KVEA’s local weekday newscast, Noticiero Telemundo 52 at 6 PM, alongside the […]

As the booming U.S. Latino market reshapes everything from branding to prime time TV, the battle to capture Spanish-speakers’ attention is heating up in Denver. For this market’s 790,000 Hispanics, there has historically been one go-to TV source. KCEC, Entravision’s Univision affiliate, was by far the dominant Spanish-language station. Telemundo-owned KDEN trailed from a distance. Lately however, the challenger is on a roll.

With more than $4 million recovered since its launch in 2014, Telemundo Responde (Telemundo Responds) expands this month to Telemundo’s KTAZ Phoenix and KHRR Tucson under Victor Hugo.

Telemundo announced today the appointment of Mara Arakelian as senior vice president of talent management. In her role, she will lead a unified talent strategy across all divisions of NBCUniversal […]