| Top Stories - April 6, 2016 | Univision Nets Back on U-verse TV as Talks Continue
AT&T's U-verse TV on March 24 restored Univision Communications-owned broadcast network UniMás and pay TV channel Galavisión to its channel lineup, some 20 days after the telco-provider pulled the plug on those two channels and flagship network Univision. More» |
| | News | AT&T Sponsors Telemundo's 'Double Acción' App
Telco AT&T is now the exclusive brand partner for Telemundo's Double Acción app, which is being used to promote real-time social activity tied to its just-returned telenovela El Señor de los Cielos. More »
Flama Series Features YouTube Star as Luchador
Eric Ochoa's "SUPEReeeGO" may have grown a little bit bigger, thanks to the launch of Becoming a Luchador, the YouTube star's "follow documentary" series set to debut in late spring on Univision digital property Flama. More »
Telemundo Turns to Spain for Newsroom Leader
Luis Fernández, a 30-year TV veteran and former chief of Spanish national broadcaster RTVE, has replaced Luis Carlos Vélez as Telemundo's EVP of network news. Vélez is staying on as a news anchor and senior correspondent. More»
Auditions Start for Season Two of Univision's 'Va Por Tí'
Univision's music-themed competition series Va Por Ti is gearing up for its second season this summer with a round of auditions set to begin April 9 in Chicago. More »
Hispanic-Focused Nets Bulk Up Soccer Choices
Univision Deportes has slated special programming for the Copa America Centenario soccer tournament, to be held in the U.S. for the first time in June. Separately, ESPN Deportes is gearing up for the 2016 International Champions Cup, set to start in late July, while beIN Sports has added North American Soccer League games to its lineup. More »
WE tv Brings True-Life Telenovela to Viewers
AMC Networks-owned WE tv has ordered eight hour-long episodes of the Telemundo-produced English-language series My Life Is a Telenovela. Set in Miami, the series follows a group of fierce Latino actors and actresses working on Spanish-language soap operas, many of whom live a telenovela-like lifestyle. More » |
| | Movers & Shakers | • Eric Ratchman has joined Univision as executive vice president of content distribution. Ratchman most recently served as senior VP of global distribution strategy and business development for Disney Media Networks and played an instrumental role in negotiating Disney's first over-the-top carriage deal with SlingTV. He reports to Univision chief commercial officer and president of content distribution Tonia O'Connor.
• Mara Arakelian has been appointed senior vice president of talent management at Telemundo. She will lead a unified talent strategy across all divisions of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, comprised of the Telemundo network, Telemundo Studios, cable channel NBC Universo and Telemundo's digital platforms. Arkaelian joins Telemundo from Mexico-based Bobo Producciones, where she held the position of Management Director. She succeeds Mario Ruiz, who was recently named Telemundo's senior VP of music and entertainment. Arakelian will be based in Miami and Mexico and reports to Telemundo president Luis Silberwasser.
• Daniel Coronell has been promoted to president of Univision's news department. He had held the title of executive VP and executive director of news since 2014. He first joined the Univision News team in early 2011 as VP and news director. Prior to Univision, Coronell spent several years in Colombia, as director of Noticias Uno, a national newscast airing on Colombia's Canal Uno television network, and as a director of national newscasts for RCN TV.
• Chris Peña has been named senior vice president of local media television news at Univision. Previously a senior executive producer at MSNBC, Peña will oversee Univision's efforts in working with network and local news operations, implement editorial guidelines for local newscasts and develop Univision O&O station news directors.
• Lourdes Torres has been upped to senior VP of political coverage and special projects at Univision. The network veteran previously held the title of VP of regional news and director of special projects. Torres joined the company in the mid-1980s, when it was still known as Spanish International Network (SIN). |
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