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Telemundo
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Telemundo poaches Endemol Shine reality exec
Telemundo has recruited Mauricio Piccone as senior VP of reality programming at the Latino network….
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NBCU’s Uva steps aside for Conde
NBCUniversal has promoted Cesar Conde to the new role overseeing the company’s Spanish-language business, with…
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Sony creates recipe for Mexican Top Chef
Mexican network Canal Sony has ordered a local version of NBCUniversal format Top Chef, which…
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Reelz lands Miss USA after NBC break-up
US cable channel Reelz has acquired rights to the Miss USA Pageant after NBC dropped…
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Big Brother returns to Mexico
Big Brother is heading back to Mexico after a decade away. The show most recently…
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Telemundo ups programming execs
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has promoted two of its programming team. Glenda Pacanins has been…
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News brief: Canadian cable net discovers Globo’s Pearl
Canadian specialty net Omni has acquired Precious Pearl, the telenovela from Brazilian media giant Globo….
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USA to remake La Reina Del Sur
USA Network is remaking popular telenovela La Reina Del Sur for US audiences. Fox 21…
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Telenovela first in Thailand
Brazil’s Globo has sold its first-ever format into Thailand. The Brazilian media giant has shopped…
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Turkey: imports and exports
Following this week’s Discop Istanbul event, TBI speaks to Turkey’s main distribution companies about how…
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Telemundo hires news boss
Telemundo has hired Luis Carlos Vélez as executive VP of its news operation. Vélez joins…
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Silberwasser’s three-point plan
Luis Silberwasser joined Telemundo in late 2014 as president of the US Hispanic network. A…
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NBC to remake Turkish drama
US broadcaster NBC has greenlit a pilot of a Turkish drama, Game of Silence. LA-based…
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Telemundo strikes Chilean content deal
Chilean broadcaster Chilevision has struck a programming deal with Telemundo. The sales arm of the…
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Telemundo launches block in Asia
US Hispanic network Telemundo is launching a two-hour block on the female-skewing cable net Diva…
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HBO takes on distribution of Telemundo in Lat-Am
HBO Latin America has agreed a deal to distribute the Telemundo Internacional channel in the…
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Screen Hits launching pilots streaming service
Screen Hits is preparing to launch a new online service that will allow consumers to…
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Silberwasser named Telemundo president
Former Discovery Network International content boss Luis Silberwasser has re-emerged as the new president of…
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Universal adapting Telemundo telenovelas for US nets
Universal Television and Universal Cable Productions have taken exclusive options on two drama series from…
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Originals and English reshape US Hispanic TV
TV channels chasing US Hispanic viewers are programming an ever increasing amount of original content…
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Industry mourns murdered telenovela star
The Latin TV industry has paid tribute to Monica Spear, the former Miss Venezuela and…
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Spain’s drama producers look to go global
Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate…
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Telemundo launches TV Everywhere app
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has launched a new TV Everywhere service Telemundo Now. The free…
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Conde leaves Univision for NBCU
Cesar Conde has resigned as president of the Networks division of US Hispanic broadcaster Univision…
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NBCU’s Telemundo channel launches in Africa
The international Telemundo channel has launched in Africa. The pay TV network is distributed by…
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Banijay, Telemundo hit Reset with French format deal
Banijay and Telemundo Internacional have agreed a three-year format deal for the distribution of formats…
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Globo and Telemundo bring Handyman to market
Telenovela My Dear Handyman has launched on US Hispanic network Telemundo, and is set for…
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Telemundo launching pay TV channel across Africa
NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African…
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Seacrest to produce variety series for Telemundo
Ryan Seacrest’s production company will coproduce a variety series for Spanish-language for US Hispanic channel…
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Telemundo taps former Univision exec for strategy role
Telemundo has hired Mario Ruiz, a former talent exec at Univision. He will be senior…