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NEW YORK: Alexandre Raposo, the president of Record, talks to TV Latina about the company’s 60-year legacy of providing news, novelas, series and sports programming for Brazilian and global audiences. TV LATINA: Brazilian television is gearing up for some big sporting events in the next few years, such as the …

MIAMI: ABC and Univision have formed a joint-venture channel for U.S. Hispanics called Fusion, which will focus on news and lifestyle content. At launch, Fusion will be available in millions of U.S. households through platforms such as Cablevision, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-verse and Google Fiber. The programming will focus on …

NEW YORK: The February/March digital edition of TV Latina for Andina Link is now available, featuring a special report on the top pay-TV programmers in Latin America, as well as interviews with Turner Broadcasting System Latin America’s Rick Pérez and HBO Latin America Networks’ Gustavo Grossman, among others. The digital …

MIAMI: Telemundo Media has hired Jesús Torres Viera as executive VP of programming and content and Daniel Cubillo as VP of content development for non-scripted, a newly created role. Torres Viera will work under Emilio Romano, the president of Telemundo Media. As the executive VP of programming and content, he will …

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s government is said to be proposing a new bill that would potentially break up its telecom and broadcast monopolies. The bill, expected to be presented to Congress today, would create a new independent regulator that could designate firms as "dominant," and could possibly break up companies to …

NEW YORK: A slew of new and returning sponsors have been announced for the seventh season of Univision’s Nuestra Belleza Latina, a reality beauty competition hosted by Giselle Blondet. Brands such as AT&T, Colgate Optic White, jcpenney, GARNIER Fructis, Maybelline New York, SUBWAY restaurants and first-time sponsor Kia Motors America …

MEXICO CITY: Grupo Televisa has come out in support of the planned constitutional reform to the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in Mexico. The Pact for Mexico, proposed by President Enrique Peña Nieto and leaders of the main political parties, was welcomed by Televisa, which says that the reforms promote competition …

CANNES: Dance shows have already proven to work well around the world, and Caracol Television believes its new title The Dance Floor will follow suit. It contains the successful ingredients of celebrities, hit songs and spectacular staging, says Berta Orozco, a sales executive at Caracol. “The Hypochondriac, on the other …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The U.S. Hispanic cable network mun2 is celebrating the life of the late singer Jenni Rivera, who had her own reality show on the network, I Love Jenni, with a one-hour star-studded special. On April 7 at 9 p.m. mun2 has scheduled We Love Jenni, an hour-long tribute …

NEW YORK: Univision Communications has upped David Beck to the role of senior VP of social media. Based in New York, Beck will be reporting to Cesar Conde, the president of Univision Networks. Beck joined the company in 2009 and most recently served as the VP of strategic initiatives in …