Univision has announced a video-on-demand extension of Univision Now focused on Hispanic content. Though Univision has already collaborated with Netflix to produce content aimed at Latin Americans and U.S. Hispanics, the network has decided to expand its OTT services and cater specifically to the Hispanic niche.
Mexican broadcaster Televisa reported a net profit of MX $563 million pesos (US$28.6 million) in the fourth quarter of 2017, down 12.5 percent from the same period a year earlier.
The two NBCU brands had not spent that much on advertising before Spark Foundry took over. We can expect an increase in ad spend starting now that the agency will promote two shows scheduled to air in February.
NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Station Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of nine TV stations from ZGS Communications.
Ray Flores has become one of the most prominent broadcasters and ring announcers in MMA and boxing. He has set a high standard and serves as an outstanding role model for Latinos in the sports broadcasting word, particularly in combat sports.
Cinelatino has unveiled a comprehensive rebrand that includes new on-air graphics and color palette.The channel rebrand was led by Carolina Bilbao, Executive Creative Director of Cinelatino, who tapped Edison Music’s David Baron, one of the top composers for television branding.
Entravision Communications Corporation has entered into an agreement with OTA Broadcasting (PSP), LLC to acquire Stations KMIR-TV, the NBC affiliate, and KPSE-LD, the MyNetworkTV affiliate, serving Palm Springs, California, for US$21 million.The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Univision Holdings, Inc. and Grupo Televisa expand their relationship by unifying both of their content development and production efforts.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided that it will allow foreign investors to own equity in Univision beyond the mandated 25% cap on foreign ownership in U.S. radio and television companies, Radio and Television Business Report reveals. Foreign investors will now be able to own up to 49% of Univision’s stock and voting rights.
NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation, has announced the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation for US$3.8 billion.Following the completition of the transaction, expected to close by the end of 2016, DreamWorks Animation become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and DreamWorks Animation CEO and co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg will become Chairman of DreamW
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James M. McNamara, Chairman of Panamax Films and Pantelion Films, will be a keynote speaker at AHAA’s Annual Conference next week. Portada interviewed Mc Namara ahead of this speaking engagement to ask him about the evolution of the marketplace, motion picture marketing, TV Everywhere, SVOD and more…
Through Youtube’s Partner Program, users that generate and upload original content can earn revenue from the ads that appear on their own channel. While this has happened for years already in the U.S., it is a relative novelty in the U.S. Hispanic market and Latin America…and not least in Spain, where Madrid headquartered MCN 2Btube has Pan-Latin ambitions.
Maker Studios, a multi-channel network owned by Disney, has announced the signing of an exclusive deal that will allow Latino-focused MCN MiTú Network to create original branded content targeting the Hispanic market.The deal comes after MiTú raised US $10 million in second-round funding led by Upfront Ventures, one of the original investors in Maker Studios.As part of this new partnership, Maker will have access to MiTú’s Hispanic talent base and will produce short-form content in both English and Spanish. MiTú claims to have 55 million global subscribers and more than 470 million monthly views across 1,300 partner channels on YouTube.
How Telemundo in partnership with Latin World Entertainment, brought the social media world into the real world by recruiting 100 of the top influencers to help judge Yo Soy el Artista, its new talent competition cum reality show.
Hulu, the website and over-the-top (OTT) subscription service offering ad-supported, has launched 7 top titles from spanish-language broadcaster MundoFOX – including the current season of El Mariachi, to boost its Spanish programming lineup.