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BRISTOL: Freddy Rolón has been promoted to VP of ESPN Deportes programming and business initiatives from his former position of senior director II of ESPN Deportes radio and business initiatives. Rolón will be based at ESPN’s worldwide headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, and report to Lino Garcia, the general manager of …

MIAMI: Univision Communications has acquired the exclusive U.S. TV and digital rights for the home games of four additional Liga Mexicana teams for its Univision Deportes channel. In addition to its rights for América, Pachuca, Estudiantes Tecos, Santos, San Luis, Queretaro, Atlas and Atlante, Univision now has exclusive rights for …

MIAMI: The Univision Network has unveiled its midseason lineup, which includes the new weight-loss challenge series Dale con Ganas from the creators of The Biggest Loser. Beginning January 11, Dale con Ganas, hosted by Alfonso Poncho de Anda (Wake-Up America) will air weekly. The series features Hispanic top trainers María …

MIAMI: Three more series from Telemundo Internacional, Aurora, Victoria and Marina, have been added to Netflix for Latin America. Through Telemundo’s deal with Netflix, a selection of its top productions are available for streaming online in more than 40 countries in the region, including Mexico, Brazil and the Caribbean. The …

MIAMI: Latin Media Corp. is set to offer new animation, telenovelas and series at NATPE, including Saladin, Pushovers and El Don. Latin Media Corp. will feature new telenovela titles at NATPE, such as Pushovers, Blue Love, Symphony of Fate and Starlit. Also on offer at market are the novelas Cool …

MIAMI: Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel will rebroadcast the 2011 Miss Venezuela pageant on the eve of the Chinese New Year through a deal with the Cisneros Group of Companies. The Miss Venezuela 2011 beauty pageant is produced in HD by Venevision and was aired live in Venezuela and throughout …

NEW YORK: Adriana Cisneros, the vice chairman and director of strategy at the Cisneros Group of Companies, is to take part in a One-on-One session with World Screen’s Anna Carugati at NATPE on Monday, January 23, at 11 a.m. Adriana Cisneros is the granddaughter of the Group’s founder, Diego Cisneros, …

LAS VEGAS: Univision Communications has signed a multi-year agreement to bring a trio of Spanish-language networks to DISH Latino subscribers. Univision Deportes, Univision tlnovelas and Univision Noticias will launch on DISH in the first half of this year. Also as part of the deal, DISH will offer exclusive access to …

MIAMI: At NATPE on Wednesday, January 25, at 12 p.m., Emilio Romano, the president of Telemundo Media, will take part in a one-on-one session with World Screen’s Anna Carugati. Romano has served as president of Telemundo Media since October 2011. He leads the Telemundo broadcast network, its 15 owned stations, …

NEW YORK: The digital editions of the new TV Latina Channels Guide and TV Latina Distributors Guide are now available. The TV Latina Channels Guide 2012 (Guía de Canales) offers up detailed information on numerous cable and satellite channel brands operating in Latin America, including reach, senior executives and programming …