"While Univision takes in about three times as much revenue in the upfront as its rival Telemundo, Lawenda believes there is still a huge opportunity for growth. And much like the Telemundo sales executives, Univision plans to sell the value of the Hispanic viewer rather than specifically going after its rival Hispanic network."
"A kind of Finding Nemo of border politics, Under the Same Moon follows a nine-year-old boy's travels from Mexico to the U.S. to reunite with his mother, an illegal immigrant who cleans houses in Los Angeles."
"Con la adquisición de la disquera Univision, la multinacional Universal Music Group se convierte en la fuerza dominante del mercado discográfico latino en Estados Unidos, cuyas ventas son estimadas en 600 millones de dólares anuales."
"starMedia registró en Argentina 2.5 millones de visitantes únicos mensuales en 2007
De acuerdo a los registros internos del Portal, el promedio de páginas vistas en starMedia por los navegantes argentinos alcanzó los 45.500.000 al mes. Estos resultados se deben a la expansión de Internet y a los servicios de starMedia, altamente valorados por los visitantes del portal starMedia (www.starmedia.com) es un Portal de Contenidos y Servicios gratis en Internet que conecta a más de 24 millones de hispano parlantes"
De hecho, una nueva ola de entusiasmo por Internet como modelo de negocio embarga a inversionistas de todo el mundo, animados por la certeza de que la publicidad en Internet será muy importante en algún momento, algo que ya se había escuchado antes. ¿Hay razones para creer que esta vez sí es en serio?
"Mexican TV giant Televisa appears to be courting Spanish television behemoth Telefonica in a bid to sew up the Mexican triple-play market, edging out dominant telco Telmex."
"Grupo Televisa SAB is open to a possible alliance with Spain's Telefonica SA as the Mexican media company seeks to win market share from rival Telefonos de Mexico SAB, Expansion reported."
"For the last two years, hopes were high -- no, passions were roused -- that Telemundo, producer of programs such as the megahit "Body of Desire" (in which Old Pedro returns as hot young Salvador) would crack open Mexico's hermetically sealed broadcast industry and launch that country's third network. But even Old Pedro couldn't have overcome the death grip Mexico's two media powerhouses have on the market. Grupo Televisa and its smaller rival TV Azteca have a chokehold on viewer choice and have successfully blocked meaningful competition. What's needed now is political courage to challenge the duopoly, but that's nonexistent: Politicians who dare are likely to find candidates from their parties somehow left off the air."
"Now the Reilly estate has become the Zapanta estate, and it stands as a monument to a new set of aspirations.
The Zapantas are fourth-generation Mexican Americans from East Los Angeles, part of a wave of doctors and lawyers, small-business owners and school administrators who are remaking Whittier into a center of upper-middle- class and upper-class Latino life in Southern California."
"I believe much of the success of ImpreMedia, now the largest Latino publication holding company in the U.S., stems directly from its decision to allow its publications to maintain local strategic and tactical autonomy while building mission-level corporate synergies, especially in national advertising and shared special sections. The focus must first be on identifying the target audience and advertiser base, because if you start with oranges, you rarely end up with lemonade."
"U.S. Hispanic network Telemundo is in position to win lucrative rights to broadcast media giant Televisa's shows in the United States following a deal that gets Telemundo into Mexico."
Top-rated Spanish-language television broadcaster Univision is in danger of losing the bulk of its primetime programming because of an ongoing fight with its largest content provider.
"Hispanics are the USA's fastest-rising demographic of ticket buyers, a study by the Motion Picture Association of America shows. On average they saw 11 movies last year, up from eight in 2006. The typical moviegoer saw eight last year.Through its array of companies, Venevisión can sign an artist to its record label, promote the artist in its TV shows, sell the song as a ringtone, use the song as a soundtrack in its soap operas and put the artist on a concert tour.
''What Cisneros has been able to do brilliantly is create true synergy,'' says Jerry Haar, associate dean and business professor at Florida International University. ``It's a combination of management and vision.''
Telemundo wanted to use a network in Mexico in part to produce "Made in Mexico" content -- especially saccharine soap operas -- that is very popular with Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who live in the U.S. Univision, the dominant Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S., is the market leader partly because it uses Televisa's programming fare. Telemundo is a distant second in the U.S. Hispanic market.
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The arrangement with Telemundo is a big win for Televisa, which for decades was the only private broadcaster in Mexico. For one thing, it puts an end to any talk about a third TV broadcaster. By allowing a U.S. broadcaster onto its networks, the deal may also help Televisa deflect criticism in the U.S. and Mexico that it squashes competition.
"Companies have recognized that profits can be cooked up by being in U.S. kitchens to serve a growing Hispanic population that wants the tools to prepare authentic cultural cuisines.
Those products include the molinillo, a whisk mixer; the chocalatera, an aluminum pitcher used to make hot chocolate, and the standard caldero, a large pot."
"In one of the more unusual programming moves of recent years, the Spanish-language network Univision in January began televising “Amas de Casa Desesperadas,” a remake of the ABC hit “Desperate Housewives.”
Not subtitled or dubbed, this is a new version of the comic soap opera-mystery. Except it’s not."
"Sweet-natured but tough-minded, "Under the Same Moon" arrives in theaters at a time when politicians, pundits and the public are engaging in (mainly) verbal slugfests over immigration, a recurrent hot-button issue in American history. But although Villalobos deliberately wove migrant-related themes into her screenplay, she agrees with Riggen that the movie is more of a personal than a political statement."
"Hispanic network Univision was the second highest-rated broadcast network in prime time among adults 18-34 for the week ending March 9, averaging more viewers in the demo than English-language networks ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW, according to Nielsen Media Research data."
On a plane last year, Miguel Orozco closed his copy of Sen. Barack Obama's memoir, "The Audacity of Hope," and decided he wanted to help introduce the presidential candidate to fellow Hispanics. Mr. Orozco, a producer of educational films who isn't a musician, took out a pen and began writing a song for Mr. Obama on a napkin. ......
Last month, a Chicago supporter contacted Mr. Orozco requesting permission to play the "Como se Dice" reggaeton and a video that Mr. Orozco made with photos and speeches of the candidate. It was played at an Obama event in the heart of Latino Chicago on the city's South Side. In attendance was Irma Ruiz-Nakachi of Glenview, Ill., who had been feeling detached from the Obama campaign as a Latina. When she heard the reggaeton, she says, "the words were so awesome and inspirational. It made me feel that Latinos can connect to the campaign."
It's March 4, and Haim Saban can barely tear his eyes away from the big-screen TV that sits on the wall of his expansive office. Primaries in Texas and Ohio could make or break his presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.
"The immigration debate has turned ugly and the result has been a growth in white supremacist hate groups and anti-Latino hate crime," said Mark Potok, director of the law center's Intelligence Project. "The majority of anti-Latino hate crimes are carried out by people who think they're attacking immigrants, and very likely undocumented immigrants."
.... Also on the show was an African-American columnist from a newspaper in New York. We were talking about the disparity in Latino support for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and the reasons for it. That's when I was treated to one of the most insulting and xenophobic explanations I've ever heard. It could be, the columnist said, that it's hard to appreciate Obama's eloquence "if English is your second language." ....
S&P's credit analyst Michael Altberg said the downgrade reflect significantly lower-than-expected asset sale proceeds for Univision's music division, and an increasing challenge, to cover its 500 mln usd second-lien asset sale bridge loan that matures in March 2009.
At Univision Communications, an impairment charge of $190.6 million, related to its music business, has resulted in the company posting a fourth-quarter loss of $201.5 million.
"Hillary was clearly a beneficiary of the affection that Latinos, especially older ones, have for both her and President Clinton," said Lydia Camarillo, vice president of Southwest Voter Registration Education Project. "That's part of the loyalty factor. But now, Latinos can see they can be loyal, but they don't have to be blind."http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/DN-latinos_06pol.ART.State.Edition1.464db4f.html
In many important states - most notably New Jersey, Florida, Obama’s home state of Illinois, and Texas - the Latino vote is a vital one to win. According to the New Democrat Network, a liberal think tank that focuses on Latino voters, they make up almost twice as much of the electorate as they did in 2000, up from 7.5million to 14million. By some estimates, one in three Americans will be Latino by 2040.http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4636/
"... the Clinton campaign urges Spanish-speaking voters to arrive at caucus sites at 6:30 p.m., while the English-language ad urges voters to arrive by 6:45 p.m."
" "When I travel cross-country and go to conferences to talk to young people, I tell them: 'Don't forget. Yes, you are Cuban, Mexican or Peruvian, but don't forget you're also American.' They get off their seats and start clapping. No one is recognizing their Americanness, and that's what these kids desperately want to demonstrate," Petersen said."http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJ6NzkfflCbqMFBzG5YnxkUbYkKwD8V5RBU80
