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NEW YORK: TV Latina has launched the first Spanish-language app for the media business, delivering information on leading Latin American channels and distributors and a host of other resources. Download the TV Latina app here. The first edition of the TV Latina app is available ahead of Jornadas, the cable convention …

MIAMI: Alberto Ciurana, who most recently served as the head of programming at Televisa, is joining Univision Networks as president of programming and content. Based in Miami, Ciurana will report to Cesar Conde, the president of Univision Networks. Ciurana is tasked with oversight for all Univision’s broadcast and cable networks. …

NEW YORK: TV Latina has launched its own dedicated Screening Rooms for MIPCOM, featuring clips and detailed information on a number of new shows—viewable on any device and presented in Spanish. To visit TV Latina’s Screening Rooms for MIPCOM, click here. Like WorldScreenings.com, TVLatinaScreenings.tv allows you to search for a …

BUENOS AIRES: During MIPCOM, MediaBiz will be presenting an array of series, soap operas and formats. The company will be showcasing Naked Family, a 13×1-hour series about a husband and wife who once found success working in the pornography industry and are now contemplating divorce. Also on the slate for …

MIAMI: Sierralta Entertainment’s Latin Angels Special debuted earlier this week on FOX Traveller, airing in India and other South Asian territories, courtesy of an agreement secured by Venevision International. Hosted by Mayela Caldera and Paty Cardona, Latin Angels Special is a 26×30-minute travel and beauty variety show featuring bikini models, actress and …

PREMIUM: In this exclusive interview, Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego, the founder and chairman of the board of Grupo Salinas, shares with World Screen his vision for his company.   WS: Despite the global economic downturn that has also affected Mexico, Azteca has posted positive financial results. What factors have contributed …

MIAMI: RedMas, the Cisneros Group’s digital advertising unit, has purchased Kontextua, an online ad company with business lines across Latin America and Spain. Kontextua was formed two years ago by German Herebia and Carlos Cardoba. With the acquisition, Herebia, co founder of InZearch, and Cordoba, co-founder of ePlanning, join the …

PREMIUM: Emilio Azcárraga Jean, the chairman of the board and CEO of Grupo Televisa who has been named MIPCOM’s Personality of the Year, shares with World Screen his strategy for the Mexican media giant’s continued international expansion. WS: Televisa acquired a substantial stake in Univision Communications, and also expanded its long-term …

PREMIUM: TV Globo’s CEO, Octavio Florisbal—who is stepping down from his post as of January 1, 2013, to be replaced by Carlos Henrique Schroder, who has been serving as the director-general of journalism and sports since 2001—talks to World Screen about the strengths of the Brazilian market and the company’s …

NEW YORK: Ahead of Jornadas, the cable convention taking place in Buenos Aires from September 26 to 28, TVLatina.tv has launched a special multimedia preview offering a host of resources in one place, including interviews with FOX International Channels’ Hernán López, Moviecity’s Edgar Spielmann and E! Networks Latin America’s Sergio …