Collaborations Now Essential For Survival, News Leaders Say
Executives from Scripps News, Gray Television, NBCUniversal Local and ProPublica told a NewsTECHForum panel last week that their cross-group collaborations, as well as with organizations outside their own, have become critical to delivering on their news mission and their viability.
The station group moves him up from senior director of Spanish media sales after guiding advertising sales growth for GrayTV Telemundo Station Group in 42 markets.
Telemundo’s KULX, the Telemundo-owned station that serves Spanish-speaking audiences throughout the state of Utah, yesterday announced that, effective immediately, Pedro Andrade has been promoted to News Director. Andrade, who has […]
Nicole Suárez and Octavio Pulido will serve as the new co-anchors of Noticias Telemundo Mediodía, the network’s midday newscast, starting Aug. 21.
An agreement between U.S. Soccer and Telemundo will treat soccer fans nationwide to live Spanish-language coverage of the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup’s Semifinals and Final exclusively on Telemundo, […]
The United States’ 3-0 victory over Vietnam in the Women’s World Cup drew 6.26 million viewers, making it the most-watched soccer telecast in the U.S. since last year’s men’s World Cup final. It is also the largest combined English- and Spanish-language audience for a U.S. women’s group stage match.
Telemundo, the exclusive Spanish-language home of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 and the U.S. National Teams, presents the U.S. Women’s National Team’s first match for this year’s Women’s World Cup as they embark on […]
Telemundo-owned KDEN Denver and KULX Salt Lake City have promoted Nicole Burri to Regional Vice President of sales, effective immediately. Burri, who has been KDEN’s local sales manager since 2019, will […]
Beginning June 14, Telemundo and NBC Owned Stations will present a new season of the bilingual podcast My New Favorite Futbolista / Mi Mundialista Favorita profiling the most-inspiring FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 […]
Marina Perelman is promoted at KNBC, while Miguel “Mike” Gaytán joins KVEA from San Diego.
Telemundo Stations’ ‘Night Edition’ Puts Regional Collaborations In FAST Gear
Five Northeast Telemundo stations are collaborating on a weekday evening half-hour show, Edicion Nocturna, that’s yielding new lessons in cooperation while drawing on time-honored methods in newscast production.
NBC and Telemundo local FAST channels are now available on Amazon Fire TV and Echo Show devices.
Embracing Collaboration, News Groups Push Past Conventions
Executives from Telemundo, Scripps News, CBS News and Stations, Gray Television and SciLine shared the collaborations they’re undertaking and the places they’re taking news content beyond the conventional newscast in a panel at last week’s Programming Everywhere event at the NAB Show.
Telemundo’s KVDA San Antonio has named Ariel Rivera-Vázquez chief meteorologist, effective immediately. Delines Alonso, vice president of news, said: “We are honored to have Ariel as our chief meteorologist, he […]
NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo and NBC free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) local news channels Noticias Telemundo California, NBC Los Angeles News and NBC San Diego News will present a bilingual Major […]
Samsung TV Plus users can now stream local Spanish-language news through Noticias Telemundo California and Noticias Telemundo Florida, with Noticias Telemundo Noreste and Noticias Telemundo Texas set to join in April.
Telemundo and Billboard have expanded their partnership, underscoring the importance of live events and music specials on the network and across all its platforms. Under the new agreement, the companies […]
The U.S. Soccer Federation is switching its Spanish-language U.S. broadcasts to Telemundo from Univision. The USSF said Tuesday the agreement with Telemundo, a division of Comcast Corp.’s NBC Universal, runs through 2026. The first telecast will be the U.S. women’s exhibition at New Zealand on Wednesday (10 p.m. ET Tuesday) and all matches also will be streamed on Peacock.
Defending champion France’s 2-1 win over England on Saturday, which started at 2 p.m. ET, was seen by 13.5 million, including 8.3 million on Fox, 3.1 million on Spanish-language Telemundo, 560,000 on Fox digital platforms and 1.5 million on the Telemundo and Peacock streaming services. Argentina’s penalty-kicks victory over the Netherlands on Friday, which began at 2 p.m. ET, was viewed by 11.1 million, including 5.78 million on Fox, 3.1 million on Telemundo, 665,000 on Fox digital and 1.53 million on Peacock and Telemundo streaming.
This year’s Quarter Finals round of U.S. Spanish-language coverage on Telemundo and Peacock averaged 4.0 million, up 54% vs. 2018’s Quarter Finals.
Fox said its coverage of the round of 16 match, which started at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, was viewed by an average of 12.9 million. That included almost 600,000 on its digital streaming services. Telemundo said its Spanish-language coverage was seen by 3.58 million, including 1.26 million for its digital streams on Telemundo and Peacock.
The American Council of the Blind’s 2022 Audio Description Awards Gala premiered on Nov. 29 on www.AdAwardsGala.org and Pluto TV. “We are proud to host the second annual Audio Description Awards Gala to recognize excellence […]
Fox Flies All-IP For FIFA World Cup
Fox has created a modular 2110 system that ties into U.S. operations for its upcoming World Cup coverage. Both Fox and Telemundo, which has U.S. Spanish-language rights to the tournament, will see a series of firsts when the Cup launches in Qatar next week.
Telemundo, the exclusive Spanish-language home of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, announced a series of updates to provide a complete overview of its multiplatform programming offering and comprehensive production […]
NBCUniversal’s WRMD Tampa (Telemundo 49) has hired reporter Wilselies Cartagena Algarin. Her first day on air was Tuesday, Nov. 08. “We are excited to have Wilselies joining our news team,” […]
Beginning Nov. 1, LX News – NBCUniversal Local’s TV and streaming network for adults 18-45 – and Telemundo owned stations will present a new English and Spanish-language podcast, My New Favorite […]
With Latino voters poised to hold the potential swing vote in key races in this year’s midterm elections, Noticias Telemundo will stream a digital special hosted by anchor Julio Vaqueiro […]
Telemundo is expanding Inspirando a América, an annual multiplatform franchise that honors extraordinary individuals driving change and making a meaningful impact in the Hispanic community. The expansion builds on the […]
The longtime Univision executive will now oversee all production and technological operations at Noticias Telemundo, and will report to Noticias Telemundo chief Patsy Loris. He will be responsible for studio and field operations of news productions, and will be based in Miami, home to the state-of-the-art Telemundo Center which houses the news division’s studios.
WBRC FOX6 News, the Gray Television station serving Central Alabama, announced today that it will be launching the first-ever local Telemundo affiliation in the Birmingham market on August 31. The […]
Beginning Sept. 26, the two-hour regional news show Noticias Telemundo Texas will air in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, McAllen and El Paso.
Alejandro Acebal has been named regional vice president of sales for three Telemundo-owned stations in Florida: WTMO Orlando, WRMD Tampa and WWDT Fort Myers. In this role, he will develop and […]
Telemundo’s WNJU New York has added meteorologist Florencia Giménez to its La Autoridad en El Tiempo (Weather Authority) team. She will be weekend weather anchor for Noticiero Telemundo 47 Fin de Semana at 6 and […]
Just four months after debuting what it says is the only locally-produced Spanish-language newscasts in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe market, KASA (Telemundo Nuevo México) today launched its local news and weather app for […]