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EXCLUSIVE: Sales outfit FilmSharks has signed a deal with Videocine, the Mexican company affiliated with Televisa, to represent international rights on its upcoming Spanish-language feature Come Play With Me (Juega Conmigo). Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Late Phases) directs the supernatural horror from a screenplay by…

Spanish-language broadcast giant Univision Tuesday announced first quarter launch plans for PrendeTV, joining the crowded streaming market with a free, ad-supported service created for the U.S. Hispanic audience. It will feature premium 100% Spanish-language programming, debuting with over 30 channels and 10,000 hours…

Investment firms Searchlight Capital Partners, ForgeLight, founded by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, with Mexico's Grupo Televisa announced Tuesday they've completed the acquisition of giant Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. Davis will be CEO. "This is a pivotal moment in Univision's rich history," he said in a…

EXCLUSIVE: The Simpsons’ Nancy Cartwright is launching TV and film production co-venture CRE84U Entertainment with producing partner Monica Gil-Rodriguez, and Jaime and Carolina Aymerich. Emmy winner Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson and other characters in The Simpsons for more than 30 years as well as characters…

Univision Communications, the privately held Spanish-language broadcaster that was recently sold, said it has close to $1.3 billion in available cash, $7.8 billion in debt and posted estimated revenue up 8% last quarter to $612 million. The Miami-based company said it was unveiling financial metrics and preliminary…

Univision and Televisa, two top Hispanic media companies, are teaming up to bring a Univision-branded linear channel to 17 Latin American markets in the coming weeks. The ad-supported, 24-hour pay-TV channel will be initially distributed across the region, except in Brazil, “in early 2020,” an announcement said…

Edith Gonzalez, an actress for Spanish-language television networks Televisa, Telemundo and TV Azteca, has died. She had battled cancer for three years before succumbing at age 54. Gonzalez was diagnosed three years ago with ovarian cancer. She entered remission in 2017, but it returned this year. Throughout her…

The Masked Singer is heading south after Mexican broadcaster Televisa set a local version. The singing competition is set to be adapted for the Spanish speaking market with Televisa Studios and Endemol Shine Boomdog licensing the format from South Korea's MBC. It is the latest international format produced by the two…

Vince Sadusky, who replaced Randy Falco two months ago as CEO of Univision, briefed investors on his efforts to rejuvenate the Hispanic media giant in his first earnings conference call in his new role. The first extended public comments by the CEO, who is familiar with the U.S. Hispanic space from a prior stint as an…

Univision offered a preview of the 2018-19 programming slate it will promote at its revamped, two-day upfront pitch to media buyers next week. The Spanish-language broadcaster remains a heavyweight, but is in a much closer ratings fight with rival Telemundo lately, and also faces a 2018 marked by transition. In recent…

Univision Holdings and Grupo Televisa are strengthening and expanding their relationship by unifying their respective content development and production efforts. Going forward, both companies will benefit from a single, integrated focus on the Hispanic audience in the United States and the domestic Mexican audience…

As NATPE gets into swing in Miami, Keshet International has signed a multi-year deal with Televisa in which the Mexico-based media giant will acquire rights to remake four scripted formats from KI over the next three years. The Spanish-language adaptations will be broadcast in Mexico, with Univision also holding…