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The National Association of Television Program Executives, better known as NATPE, has added three execs to its board and confirmed its January conference in Miami will feature the first public remarks by the newly minted co-chairs of NBC Entertainment. The new board members are Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original…

TV trade group NATPE is teaming with the NAACP and the NHFA (National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts) for an educational event on Martin Luther King Day that will feature a keynote speech by Tyler Perry. The event is scheduled for January 21, on the eve of the annual NATPE show in Miami. Designed to offer guidance…

In a live-streamed news conference ahead of NBCUniversal’s upfront on Monday, Telemundo’s top executives discussed “closing the gap” with longtime rival Univision in primetime, plugged next month’s World Cup and laid out several new programming and digital initiatives. Plenty of programming news was broken, including…

As the 55th edition of NATPE begins Tuesday morning in Miami, the syndication business that long served as its heartbeat continues to show a faltering pulse. No new shows are getting a splashy, Oprah-esque rollout this time, a departure from what was once was an annual ritual complete with over-the-top parties and…

Telemundo, whose younger-skewing programming has helped it do the once-unthinkable and narrow the ratings gap with Hispanic TV arch-rival Univision, is aiming to lean into that momentum with the launch of Fluency Plus, a new bilingual digital production studio. The move marks an expansion of existing production arm…

Hurricane Irma was upgraded to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall Friday night on the Camaguey Archipelago of Cuba, packing winds of 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center’s public advisory. A turn toward the northwest and Florida is now expected by late Saturday. On the forecast track, the center of…

Hurricane Matthew hasn't hit Florida yet, but it's already taking a toll on filming activity there. SAG-AFTRA closed its Miami office today for the rest of the week, and the Miami-Dade County Office of Film and Entertainment announced that it is "rescinding all active film/photo permits until after Tuesday, October…