SÃO PAULO/LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels has partnered with NET Serviços to launch its first dedicated channel in Brazil, BBC HD. BBC HD will be available starting May 28 in NET Serviços’ Top HD package. The deal also includes a branded VOD service pact, which will provide content from BBC Entertainment and the preschool ...

NEW YORK: Tr3s: MTV, Música y Más has eight new original series to offer viewers, featuring the talents of, among others, Mario Lopez, Oscar De La Hoya, Wilmer Valderrama, Ricardo Laguna and Dulce Maria. Lopez is behind the production of The Golden Boys, while Valderrama brings viewers season two of ...

NEW YORK: Gustavo Cisneros, the chairman of the Cisneros Group of Companies, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Advertising Educational Foundation (AEF) for his contributions to the improvement of education in Latin America. The Cisneros Group of Companies began its educational endeavors in the 1970s, when more than ...

NEW YORK: Discovery U.S. Hispanic has unveiled the new and returning shows headed to Discovery en Español and Discovery Familia for 2012-13. Discovery en Español has slated the doc North America, which uses the latest ultra-slow-motion, time-lapse and macro-photography to look at the continent. Earth Flight follows birds on a ...

NEW YORK: In addition to the programming slate it already announced, Telemundo Media has added three new series to its lineup: Let’s Get Married!, The Voice: Kids and We Are All Heroes. Let’s Get Married! (working title) is a reality competition featuring two engaged couples and their families who go ...

NEW YORK: Alongside presenting its 2012-13 programming lineup, Univision Communications has outlined several new digital content initiatives for the U.S. Hispanic market. Univision unveiled UVideos Digital Network, a new video platform that will serve all video content from its portfolio of TV networks. The service is set to launch this summer. ...

NEW YORK/DALLAS: Univision Communications is making its content available across all of AT&T’s platforms, including U-verse TV, online, smartphones and tablets. U-verse TV customers can watch the programming across various platforms and devices across multiple platforms, including live feeds of Univision networks in and outside of the home. The deal ...

NEW YORK: Telemundo Media has increased its original programming slate by nearly 40 percent, with more than 800 hours of new content. The new programming includes six telenovelas, among them The Lord of the Heavens, The Patron and The Face of Revenge. Telemundo also slated the novelas Forbidden Passion, An ...

CHICAGO/NEW YORK: Univision Communications has announced its largest single-agency Upfront deal, clinching a "video-neutral" pact with Starcom USA and its Tapestry multicultural division that will bring ad dollars from brands like Burger King, Mars/Wrigley and Kellogg to the Hispanic media company’s broadcast, radio and online assets. The deal encompasses Univision’s two ...

NEW YORK: Our Spanish-language sister publication TV Latina has unveiled its digital edition for Canitec, which includes a feature on the pay-TV landscape in Mexico, as well as interviews with, among others, Turner Broadcasting System Latin America’s Felipe De Stefani and Televisa Networks’ Bruce Boren. To view it, click here. ...