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Industry mourns murdered telenovela star

The Latin TV industry has paid tribute to Monica Spear, the former Miss Venezuela and telenovela star who was murdered on Monday night. Spear and her British ex-husband were killed near the northern Venezuelan city of Puerto Cabello after the car in which they were travelling broke down and they were subsequently attacked. Her daughter […]

Spain’s drama producers look to go global

Spain’s crisis has forced TV producers to seek international business. Local fiction continues to dominate Spanish primetime, but the dramatic fall in investment in TV advertising has obliged broadcasters to cut their budgets for originals. Creating virtue out of necessity, an increasing number of drama producers are looking beyond Spanish border and beginning to reap […]

Telemundo launches TV Everywhere app

US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has launched a new TV Everywhere service Telemundo Now. The free app for Apple and Android devices allows authenticated users to view full episodes of Telemundo drama and entertainment series on connected devices the day after they have aired on the network. The broadcaster is owned by NBC, which has been […]

Conde leaves Univision for NBCU

Cesar Conde has resigned as president of the Networks division of US Hispanic broadcaster Univision and taken a role at NBCUniversal, which owns rival Telemundo. Conde has been instrumental in launching English-language services at Univision, which is predominantly a Spanish-language service. There is now an English-language news service run in conjunction with ABC, Fusion, and […]

NBCU’s Telemundo channel launches in Africa

The international Telemundo channel has launched in Africa. The pay TV network is distributed by the channels division of Telemundo owner NBCUniversal, which has struck a deal with the regional DTH platform DStv. The agreement with the MultiChoice-owned pay TV operator has paved the way for the channel to launch in 48 African countries, starting […]

Banijay, Telemundo hit Reset with French format deal

Banijay and Telemundo Internacional have agreed a three-year format deal for the distribution of formats from Spanish producer Reset TV in France. Telemundo Internacional, the international division of the NBCUniversal-owned Spanish language broadcaster, inked a deal with Toni Cruz and Josep Maria Mainat, the former Gestmusic Endemol executives that created Reset TV having left the […]

Globo and Telemundo bring Handyman to market

Telenovela My Dear Handyman has launched on US Hispanic network Telemundo, and is set for the international market. The series is the second coproduction between Brazilian media giant Globo and NBC Universal-backed Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo. The show is a remake of Globo’s original series Looks & Essence, which delivered an average 68% audience share in […]

Telemundo launching pay TV channel across Africa

NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African countries. The Telemundo channel will be programmed with the company’s telenovelas and be carried on Multichoice’s regional DTH platform DStv. The new service will roll out on August 12 under the ‘Telemundo’ moniker. The channel, which will be made available […]

Seacrest to produce variety series for Telemundo

Ryan Seacrest’s production company will coproduce a variety series for Spanish-language for US Hispanic channel Telemundo. Duelo Musica: Super Estrella (Superstar Showdown) is billed as a “spectacular showdown between two well-known music icons who go head to head in a friendly music battle royale”. A live audience will vote on a winner each week. Ryan […]

Telemundo taps former Univision exec for strategy role

Telemundo has hired Mario Ruiz, a former talent exec at Univision. He will be senior VP of talent development and strategy at the NBCUniversal-owned US Hispanic broadcaster. Having worked as VP, talent, at Univision between 2004 and 2011, Ruiz was most recently at the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Based in Telemundo’s Miami […]