NBCUniversal News Group & Telemundo Sign Deal with eMerge Americas

MIAMI/NEW YORK: eMerge Americas, NBCUniversal News Group and Telemundo have entered into a multiyear media partnership that will see select programs from the companies’ networks broadcast live from the eMerge Americas May event in Miami.

As part of the deal, NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC and Telemundo will offer viewers and users exclusive access to the global technology conference, due to take place in Miami May 1 to 5. Besides the live program broadcasts, the networks will exclusively interview the high-profile conference speakers and attendees, cover emerging topics and trends and report the many happenings throughout the five-day event. eMerge Americas 2015 is expected to attract more than 10,000 attendees, hundreds of top companies and the world’s leading disruptors and thought leaders.

“We created eMerge Americas because there was no bridge connecting the rest of the world to the dynamic economic and technological growth occurring in Latin America,” said Manuel D. Medina, the managing partner of Medina Capital and founder of eMerge Americas. “With more than 6,000 attendees, over 400 participating global companies and more than 100 sponsors in our first year, eMerge Americas is well on its way to becoming the most important technology event for all the Americas and significantly accelerating Miami’s ascent as the next great technology epicenter. Partnering with the respected networks of NBCUniversal News Group and Telemundo is critical to further shining a light on our important mission.”

“All of the NBCUniversal News Group properties are constantly seeking new ways to deepen our engagement with news consumers,” said Pat Fili-Krushel, Chairman, NBCUniversal News Group. “In aligning with eMerge Americas, we have a chance to focus intensively on a compelling yet under-reported story: the transformation and innovation happening all across the Americas.”

“Latinos are technically savvy, socially connected and early adopters, wielding a buying power in excess of $1 trillion,” said Joe Uva, the chairman of NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises and Content. “Partnering with eMerge to leverage NBCUniversal’s unmatched reach among all U.S. Hispanics across both languages will allow technology innovators and disruptors to tap into one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. and throughout Latin America.”