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MIAMI: Through a deal between NBCUniversal and FIFA, U.S. Hispanic networks Telemundo and NBC Universo are set to air 560 hours of soccer across multiple platforms this year. The extensive coverage will include the live telecast of four 2015 FIFA Soccer Events, featuring 344 hours of online and mobile live …

MIAMI: Cisneros Interactive has acquired a majority stake in Audio.Ad, a digital audio advertising network serving Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market. The business provides advertisers and brands promotional coverage through audio spots on digital audio online platforms, reaching more than 35 million users. The investment is part of …

MIAMI: Ricky Martin has signed up to executive produce Univision Network’s upcoming music competition La Banda, where he’ll also act as a judge. Set to premiere in September, the reality entertainment show will focus on finding a U.S. Latino boy band. The program was developed by Univision Communications (UCI) in …

MIAMI: Telemundo Media has unveiled Telemundo+, an advertising platform set up in collaboration with Comcast Spotlight, the ad-sales division of parent company Comcast. The platform will enable advertisers to geo-target relevant Hispanic households across multiple screens. The messages are customized in either English, Spanish or can be bilingual. Several clients …

BONN: Deutsche Welle (DW) is producing a new science and technology show in Portuguese for viewers in Brazil, Futurando. Futurando made its debut on Rede Minas on September 15 and will be shown weekly. The show features DW reporters who investigate the latest ideas and experiments in science, technology and …

NEW YORK: Following on the success of World Screen’s Screening Rooms, TV Latina now offers channels and distributors their own Screening Rooms, where they can showcase detailed information, contacts and video clips, all in Spanish. Visit the new Screenings Rooms here. This innovative service from TV Latina launches for Jornadas, …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of TV Latina for Jornadas, which includes a feature on the main cable operators in Latin America, and exclusive interviews with FOX International Channels’ Hernán López, Moviecity’s Edgar Spielmann, E! Entertainment Television Latin America’s Sergio Pizzolante and Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic’s Carolina Lightcap, is …

PARIS: Emilio Azcárraga Jean, the chairman of the board and CEO of Grupo Televisa, is being honored at MIPCOM with the 2012 Personality of the Year award. Azcárraga Jean will be honored on October 10 during a dinner gala at the Carlton. The same day he will deliver a keynote …

LONDON: Latin American broadcasters, located in territories such as Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, have purchased 188 hours of programming from Passion Distribution. Once TV in Mexico made a deal for the first two seasons of Paperny Entertainment’s Consumed as well as The Asgard Project: Britain’s Best Climber from Posing Productions …

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Televisión’s Carlos Pérez Dávila is leaving his position as president, with Gonzalo Córdoba Mallarino, the president of the board at the national newspaper, El espectador, and current member of the company’s board, taking over the role. Pérez Dávila resigned from this post after leading a restructuring that transformed …