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Hulu last week rolled out a batch of new initiatives to make the Web-video site appealing to more users. One group of users that was left out: Spanish speakers. That oversight may not be surprising, given the television advertising industry’s ambivalent attitude toward the demographic. As networks get...
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NBC Universal’s Spanish language broadcast network, Telemundo, and cable channel Mun2 unveiled their new 2009-2010 programming slates. A copy of the networks’ press release, put out Monday, the first day of the upfront advertising market in New York this year, appears below: Telemundo Telenovelas Niños...
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More than 52 million viewers tuned in for President Barack Obama’s address to Congress Tuesday night, Nielsen Media Research said. Drawing 52.37 million, the speech pulled in more viewers than last year’s by nearly 15 million people. Although technically it was President Obama’s first State of the Union...
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CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and ABC have all agreed to keep both analog and digital signals airing for their owned and operated stations through the new June 12 date set for the DTV transition. Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps made the announcement at his first FCC meeting...
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Telemundo is becoming the fastest-growing major broadcast network in prime time, according to Nielsen Media Research data for 2008. The Spanish-language network saw its total viewers grow by 13% from 2007, putting it ahead of NBC’s 10% increase. Fox and Univision rounded out the list of increases with...
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Telemundo has signed two content-development deals with Hispanic marketing communications agency the Vidal Partnership targeting Hispanics ages 18-34. The deals include production integrations across three screens for Telemundo’s reality show “Letra y Musica” (Music & Lyrics) and the telenovela ...
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An estimated 78.58 million people watched prime-time coverage of the historic election on 14 broadcast and cable networks Tuesday night, according to final national averages from Nielsen Media Research. That’s a dramatic increase from the 59.17 million who watched Election Night on 10 networks in 2004...
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Telemundo is teaming with Chevrolet for a concept-integration partnership involving the prime-time telenovela “El Rostro de Analia.” Telemundo will incorporate Chevrolet into the opening credits of the show, which airs each weeknight. Additionally, the Chevy Malibu will be closely tied to the character...
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Thursday night’s presidential address on the current economic crisis and rescue plan was watched by 52.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media numbers. President George W. Bush’s speech aired from about 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. EST on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and Univision as...
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Telemundo will broadcast all three presidential debates, as well as the vice presidential debate on Oct. 2, live and in Spanish. The first debate between presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama will take place Friday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m. EDT. The two also will debate on Oct. 7 and Oct. 15...
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Sen. Barack Obama’s historic speech Thursday, accepting the presidential nomination during the Democratic National Convention, brought in 38 million viewers across 10 networks, setting a convention record. Last night’s speech bested its closest competitor, day four of the 1992 DNC, by more than 10 million...
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Telemundo, the Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal, is moving all its digital assets under a newly created division, the Digital Media and Emerging Businesses Division. Peter Blacker has been promoted to executive VP of the new unit. Mr. Blacker, a three-year veteran of Telemundo who has...
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It’s politics-palooza time as the Democrats and Republicans prepare to descend on Denver and St. Paul, Minn., for back-to-back nominating conventions at which the media outnumbers delegates. In the spirit of public service, TelevisionWeek breaks down, in alphabetical order, the most significant national...
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