+Vote!
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general- interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic...
+Vote!
Startup Meme (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kevin Conroy, the EVP of Products and Marketing at AOL is leaving the troubled company to become President of Interactive Media at Univision . Kevin Conroy used to manage services like Xdrive, AOL Pictures, Bluestring and MyMobile, all of which have been shut down. Currently Conroy was managing AOL Mail, MYAOL, the AOL client, Userplane and Truveo – but decided that it wasnt much fun at AOL after...
+Vote!
DealBook (Free subscription) | yesterday
Televisa's lawsuit against Univision, the private-equity-owned broadcaster it once hoped to buy, began this week in Los Angeles, and the accusations flew from both sides.
+Vote!
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
TV News: Telenovelas at stake in legal dispute -- The jury that will decide the fate of two multibillion-dollar Hispanic media congloms was selected Tuesday at Los Angeles U.S. district court in downtown Los Angeles.
+Vote!
Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Univision Communications and Grupo Televisa, the Mexican media giant that supplies most of the U.S. Spanish-language TV network's highest-rated programming, went to trial today in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles after years of feuds and legal skirmishes.
+Vote!
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
paidContent has learned that Kevin Conroy is leaving his post as AOL's EVP, products, and heading to Spanish-language TV broadcaster Univision as president of interactive media. Before coming to AOL ( NYSE: TWX ) in 2001 to build AOL Music, Conroy was CMO for new technology at BMG Entertainment, where he worked for eight years. Conroy took on additional duties at AOL last April, when John Burbank...
+Vote!
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Here's CEO Randy Falco's memo. A big loss or don't-let-door-hit-you-in-ass? AOLers, please weigh in below. Dear AOL colleague, I'm writing to tell you that Kevin Conroy has accepted a position as President of Interactive Media at Univision. I want to thank Kevin for all he's done on behalf of AOL during his time here, particularly over the past two years. I'm proud to have worked with Kevin and happy...
+Vote!
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | yesterday
* U.S.: Univision could lose millions of dollars in ad revenue from programs like prime-time telenovelas should it be defeated in a royalties trial with Mexican media giant Televisa. * Guatemala: Rescue workers have called off their search efforts for victims of a large landslide that killed at least 35 people . * Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez stopped a three-year program that supplied cheap heating...
+Vote!
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A dispute between Televisa and Univision over a 25-year programming agreement could reshape the Hispanic media landscape in the U.S.
+Vote!
Portfolio.com: The Tech Observer (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
A new tune for iTunes: new prices and DRM-free. [Portfolio.com] Macworld coverage via Brad Stone of the New York Times who is there in case you are not. [ Bits ] AOL's Kevin Conroy has left to join Univision. [ SAI ] Not satisfied with fake Facebook pages and Twitter posts, hackers have moved on to create fake celebrity profiles on LinkedIn. [ Cnet ] Related Links Twitter Tops List of Fastest Growing...
+Vote!
HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Univision could lose many of its lucrative telenovelas just when the Spanish network is strapped for cash due to the credit crisisDecember 29, 2008By Ronald GroverTwo years ago, Egyptian-born entrepreneur Haim Saban waltzed off with one of the world's hottest...
+Vote!
Woman gunned down for her donovan. (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Oh, and then there s that minute TV ad buy the campaign will air tonight at pm ET on NBC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC, Univision, BET, and TV One. Not sure who to believe on taxes Try this. Burst out in applause and rose to its feet. They are among the dominant landmarks in a city that councilwoman Dianne Woodruff says looks like a big ugly strip mall from one end to the other. Palin tried to shift the focus to...
+Vote!
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Filed under: Industry , Misc , Cable , New content We've known for years that Charter Communications isn't what you'd call a " stellar " cable operator, but we had no idea things were looking this dire for the outfit. According to a new report surfacing at Reuters , the St. Louis-based MSO is currently holding a net debt of around $21 billion, and it has purportedly said that it may need to "go into...
+Vote!
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
He's the unbuttered toast of the town. The day after he appeared on the cover of the Daily News, weight-loss success story Ernesto Suncar was fielding calls from "Good Morning America," CBS News, Telemundo and Univision.
+Vote!
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
First it was WISH (Channel 8), then Univision. Now, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and 16 other channels may go black for 125,000 Bright House Networks subscribers in Indiana.
