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Iris Award (Uruguay)
The Iris Awards ( es, Premios Iris), created by the newspaper ''El País'', are given for achievements in Uruguayan radio, television and social networks. History The first edition of the awards was in 1983, although they were not given again until 1995. Since then they have been delivered annually. There are more than 30 categories, among which the Golden Iris ( es, Premio Iris de Oro) is most prominent. The awards are given by the newspaper ''El País'' and disseminated by its entertainment supplement ''Sábado Show''. The trophy's shape is based on a human figure holding an eye with a square iris. Depending on the profession of the person who won it, a different silhouette appears under the figure's feet – a film reel, musical note, etc. Since 2010, the ceremony has been broadcast live on television throughout Uruguay. Currently some categories can be voted on by the public. Television broadcast Golden Iris Award Other awards 2016 The following categories were awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El País (Uruguay)
''El País'' is a Uruguayan newspaper, first published on September 14, 1918, and distributed nationwide. It previously belonged to the same media group as the television channel Teledoce. Its website is ranked 6th in Uruguay according to Alexa. Its circulation is verified by the Argentine institution IVC. History Established in Montevideo, ''El País'' was originally edited by Leonel Aguirre, Eduardo Rodríguez Larreta and Washington Beltrán Barbat. Begun as a political newspaper devoted to the National Party, it later developed into a general interest newspaper. For decades, ''El País'' has been among the leading written media in Uruguay, with a circulation of 65,000 on weekdays and 100,000 on Sundays. Its editorial focus is on the social, political and economic news of Uruguay, as well as the Mercosur regional trade alliance. Awards From 1991 to 2012 ''El País'' had been awarding the prize "El País King of European Soccer" for the best footballer in Europe. The fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whisky (film)
''Whisky'' is a Uruguayan tragicomedy film directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll and released in 2004. The film stars Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, Ana Katz, and Daniel Hendler. It has sparse dialogue and the three principal actors play very rigid roles depicting little emotion. It was premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival where it won the ''Un Certain Regard'' and FIPRESCI Awards. It was Juan Pablo Rebella's last film as he died in 2006, two years after the release of the film. Plot Jacobo, an owner of a sock factory, lives his life with routine and isolation. When his brother, Herman, comes to visit him for a wedding, Jacobo turns to his head-supervisor of the factory, Marta, to help him. Jacobo asks Marta to pretend to be his wife to impress and convince his brother that he is part of a loving, healthy marriage. In the days awaiting Herman's arrival, Jacobo and Marta re-decorate and clean Jacobo's apartment, take pictures together to place arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Petinatti
Freddy Nieuchowicz Abramovich (born 30 March 1968), also known as Orlando Petinatti, is a Uruguayan radio personality, businessman, and television presenter. He is renowned for hosting the radio program ''Malos Pensamientos'', which has been broadcast since 1991 and the program with the largest audience on radio in Uruguay. Early life Petinatti was born in Montevideo, on March 30, 1968, to Aída Abramovich and Bernardo Nieuchowicz. His family is Jewish and descends from Lithuanian Jewish immigrants on his mother's side and Polish Jews on his father's side. He grew up in the Palermo neighborhood, and attended the Jewish Yavne Institute, where his parents worked, and was a member of the basketball team of the Hebraica Macabi. Career Radio His beginning in the media were in El Dorado FM 100.3, in 1987 on the radio program ''El Subterráneo'' hosted by Daniel Figares, where he played a comic character who interrupted the normal broadcast of the program. In 1991 he created the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punto Penal
Channel 10 (legally known as SAETA TV Canal 10) is a Uruguayan free-to-air television channel based in Montevideo, founded in 1956 by Raul Fontaina as the first TV broadcaster in the country and the fourth in Latin America. SAETA ("Arrow") is a backronym for "Anonymous Society of Television Broadcasting and Appendants" (''Sociedad Anónima Emisora de Televisión y Anexos''). The channel is owned by Grupo Fontaina - De Feo. Programming Current ; Original programming * Informativo Carve (radio news) * Subrayado (news) * Got Talent Uruguay (talent show) * Arriba gente (magazine) * La mañana en casa (magazine) * La tarde en casa (magazine) * Puglia invita (interviews) * Consentidas (interviews) * Vida y obra (interviews) * Día cero (documentaries) * La peluquería de don Mateo (entertainment) * Polémica en el bar (talk show) * Punto Penal (sports magazine) * Mejor con música (music) * ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (quiz show) * Got Talent Uruguay (talent show) * La Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed by a game show host, host, sharing the rules of the program as well as commentating and narrating where necessary. The history of game shows dates back to the invention of television as a medium. On most game shows, contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles, typically to win either money or prizes. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor. History 1930s–1950s Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The first television game show, ''Spelling Bee (game show), Spelling Bee'', as well as the first radio game show, ''Information Please'', were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MasterChef (Uruguayan TV Series)
''MasterChef Uruguay'' is an Uruguayan competitive cooking game show based on the original British series of the same name, open to amateur and home chefs. Broadcast by Channel 10, debuted on April 3, 2017, it is presented by Diego González. Sergio Puglia, Laurent Lainé and Lucía Soria served as judges for the first three seasons, while in the fourth one, Ximena Torres replaced Soria. Format The winner plays for a prize that includes chef training from Crandon Institute, a trip to Girona to go to learn for 3 days at El Celler de Can Roca, and UYU$200,000 in cash. The competition takes place in the ''MasterChef'' soundstage located in La Aguada, Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ... which includes a supermarket, a restaurant, and a large kitchen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Rodríguez (television Presenter)
Victoria Rodríguez Arralde (born December 5, 1972) is an Uruguayan actress, presenter, artist, translator and television figure. She is known for hosting ''Esta Boca es mía,'' a talk show broadcast by Canal 12, since 2008. Biography Rodríguez attended Ivy Thomas Memorial School and then John XXIII Institute. In 1993 she began her activity as a television figure, hosting ''Oxígeno'' and later the program ''Los Viajes del Doce.'' In 2009 she debuted as an actress, playing the Uruguayan poet Juana de Ibarborou. That year he began to lead the new debate program, ''Esta boca es mía'', formed by a panel and where current issues are discussed. She is also a painter. Acting career Theatre Television Accolades Rodríguez has won the Iris Award for Best Female Presenter twice, in 2014 and 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Sonsol
Alberto Sonsol Cohen (November 26, 1957 – March 25, 2021) was a Uruguayan sports journalist, sportscaster and television presenter. Biography Alberto Sonsol Cohen was born in ''barrio'' Palermo, Montevideo to David Sonsol and Leonor Cohen. Coming from a Jewish family, Sonsol attended Liceo Yavne. In January 1984, he emigrated to Israel, where he worked as a waiter in an Argentine restaurant in Tel Aviv. However, the same year he returned to Uruguay to work as a sports journalist. On March 12, 2021, it was announced that he had contracted COVID-19. On March 16, he was hospitalized at the British Hospital of Montevideo, after a low level of oxygen was detected in his blood, and four days later he was transferred to the ICU due to worsening symptoms. He died on March 25, 2021, at the age of 63. He was buried on April 2 in the Israelite Cemetery of La Paz. Due to the restrictions due to the pandemic, a funeral was not held, but a funeral procession was held from Club Atlético A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximiliano De La Cruz
Maximiliano Ricardo de la Cruz Reffino (born March 11, 1976) is a Uruguayan television host, actor and comedian. Personal life Maximiliano Ricardo de la Cruz Reffino was born on March 11, 1976, the son of Hada Helena Reffino and Argentine Uruguayan actor, comedian, presenter and producer Cacho de la Cruz. He has two children: Candelaria (born 2001) and Santino (born 2017). Career He began his career in the media in the early 1990s presenting ''El Club de las Tortugas Ninja'' on Teledoce with Paola Bianco. Then they both hosted ''Maxidibujos'' on National Television, and ''Maxanimados'' again on Teledoce, which brought them national recognition. At the age of 18 he joined the comedy show ''Plop!'', which was a spin-off of the well-known show ''Telecataplúm''. In 2001 he joined the cast of ''El Show del Mediodía'', remaining in it until it went off the air in 2008. In the 2000s, he hosted other successful programs aired on Teledoce, such as ''Telemental'', and the Uruguaya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CX 8 Radio Sarandí
CX or Cx may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong airline (IATA code CX) * Cemex, a Mexican building materials supply company (New York Stock Exchange symbol "CX") * Connex Melbourne, a former Australian train operator * Fuji TV, or CX, a Japanese television network Science and technology Biology and medicine * Circumflex artery (other), multiple arteries of the human body * Phosgene oxime, a chemical warfare agent Computing * An interface in IP Multimedia Subsystems, using the diameter protocol, between Home Subscriber Server and Application Server * CX register, a general-purpose 16-bit X86 register * C++/CX (component extensions), a language extension for C++ compilers from Microsoft that enables C++ programmers to write programs for the Windows Runtime (WinRT) Other uses in science and technology * CX (noise reduction), a noise reduction system, most notably used for the analog audio tracks of LaserDiscs * Cx, an abbreviation for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Fernández
Claudia Fabiana Fernández Viera (born June 22, 1976) is a Uruguayan award-winning television presenter, fashion model, actress and businesswoman. Born in Punta de Rieles – Bella Italia, Montevideo she began her career as a model in her teens and participated in numerous advertising campaigns. In the late 1990s, she began working on television, on the show ''Dale que Podés.'' She also participated in the reality show ''Bailando por un Sueño'', and in the talk show '' Animales Sueltos'', both in Argentina. Early and personal life Claudia Fabiana Fernández Viera was born in '' barrio'' Punta de Rieles – Bella Italia, Montevideo on June 22, 1976. She was raised by her father Fernando Fernández, and her paternal-grandparents, Irma and Juan Antonio Fernández. She has four siblings: Mariana, Fernando, Adriana and Karina. Fernández attended Colegio Sagrado Corazón De Jesús - Liceo Vedruna. Fernández is a Roman Catholic. She married Argentine businessman Leonel Delmé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bendita TV (Uruguay)
Channel 10 (legally known as SAETA TV Canal 10) is a Uruguayan free-to-air television channel based in Montevideo, founded in 1956 by Raul Fontaina as the first TV broadcaster in the country and the fourth in Latin America. SAETA ("Arrow") is a backronym for "Anonymous Society of Television Broadcasting and Appendants" (''Sociedad Anónima Emisora de Televisión y Anexos''). The channel is owned by Grupo Fontaina - De Feo. Programming Current ; Original programming * Informativo Carve (radio news) * Subrayado (news) * Got Talent Uruguay (talent show) * Arriba gente (magazine) * La mañana en casa (magazine) * La tarde en casa (magazine) * Puglia invita (interviews) * Consentidas (interviews) * Vida y obra (interviews) * Día cero (documentaries) * La peluquería de don Mateo (entertainment) * Polémica en el bar (talk show) * Punto Penal (sports magazine) * Mejor con música (music) * ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (quiz show) * Got Talent Uruguay (talent show) * La Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
