Tag Archives: US Hispanic

Hemisphere Media Group explores a possible sale

US media conglomerate Hemisphere Media Group, focused on Spanish-speaking audiences and owner of several TV and streaming products available in Latin America, is exploring options that include a potential sale. The information was reported by Reuters this last Thursday, July 22nd, who quoted people familiar with the matter. News are coming after several agreements that [...]

Julio Sonino, CEO at Tuvvo: ‘The US Hispanic audience and Latin America are the most interesting targets for the platform’

Interviewed by Nextv News Latin America, Julio Sonino, CEO at Tuvvo, gave details about the platform’s projects for the future, as well as plans to strengthen its content catalog, which include adding 50 Latin American linear channels. The platform is now available on a global scale for the entire Spanish-speaking market, although the executive emphasized [...]

Kanal D Drama strengthens itself in the US Hispanic market through Verizon

Thema America (Canal+ Group) has recently announced that Kanal D Drama is now available as part of US pay TV operator Verizon programming grid. According to what was reported, its subscribers are now able to access the TV channel through Verizons Fios TV Mundo and Mundo Total packages in HD, on channel 1.586.  Verizon is [...]

Comcast’s AVOD OTT Xumo launches three linear Spanish-language Telemundo channels

Xumo, Comcasts AVOD OTT, has announced the launch of three linear Spanish-language Telemundo channels as part of its catalog. The new channels are Telemundo al dia; Telemundo Realities and Telemundo Novelas. According to the information reported, the channels are part of a long-term partnership, which will offer more than 3 thousand hours of Telemundo content [...]

Univision to launch new AVOD OTT for US Hispanic audiences

After announcing its sale on December 29th, shared between Televisa and investment funds SearchLight and ForgeLight, Univision Communications Inc. reported that it plans to launch a new AVOD OTT created exclusively for the Hispanic audience in the US. The platform will be called PrendeTV and will include around 10 thousand hours of free programming in [...]

Netflix to launch 10 new Latin American original productions between 2020 and 2021

Days after presenting its Q3 2020 results report, Netflix announced the next 10 original productions that it will launch in Latin America for the 2020/2021 season. Titles include documentary series, fiction series and films, and entertainment content; and they come from Argentina, Colombia, the US Hispanic and Mexico. This last October 27th, Netflix premiered the [...]

Productions from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and US Hispanic are nominated for the International Emmy Awards 2020

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced this last Thursday, September 24th, the nominations for the International Emmy Awards, which will reward the best productions aired on TV during the past year. In its 2020 edition, Latin productions achieved 15 nominations, of which seven are from Brazil; four from US Hispanic, three from [...]

Discovery US Hispanic launches ‘Hogar de HGTV’ for Spanish-language audiences

Discovery US Hispanic (Discovery Inc) announced the launch of Hogar de HGTV, a new TV network offering food and home content to Spanish-language audiences. The network is now available to Cox Communications Contour TV customers since yesterday, followed by Charter Communications Spectrum subscribers, by next August 1st. Hogar de HGTV will join Discovery U.S. Hispanic [...]

Telemundo launches new spanish-language streams available on Amazon Alexa-enabled devices

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced it has partnered with Amazon to launch new Spanish-language content on Alexa, Amazons cloud-based voice service, available through the companys Echo devices.  According to the announcement, Telemundo will provide streams of its top TV programming. including top series and special reports from award-winning Telemundo Noticias, and shows like Al rojo vivo, [...]

Glowstar Media to represent Videoplugger’s titles in Latin America and US Hispanic

The Argentine producer and distributor Glowstar Media announced a partnership agreement with the British producer Videoplugger, to represent its content in Latin America and the US Hispanic market. Contents included are documentaries to release in the region, European and Asian series for their Latin American premiere and their formats for local adaptation. Some of the [...]