Telemundo Adds Mauricio Piccone As Reality SVP

Telemundo today announced the appointment of Mauricio Piccone as SVP of reality programming. Based in Miami, Piccone will work along Maria Lopez-Alvarez, SVP of reality programming, and both will report to Jesus Torres Viera, Telemundo’s EVP of programming and content.

In his role, Piccone is responsible for supervising in-house and external reality productions in the United States and Latin America; including reality programs, specials, daily shows, live events and new development projects. He oversees and manages third party producers, partners and co-productions in order to streamline and optimize processes and ensure the delivery of innovative and relevant programming.

Previously, Piccone was SVP and co-EVP at Endemol Shine Latino, where he negotiated the creation, development and completion of several original formats in the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets and oversaw the production of content.

Prior to that, Piccone served as Executive Producer of Sony Entertainment Television’s Mexico’s Next Top Model, Endemol Mexico/Televisa’s Fear Factor and other projects.