Telemundo
Telemundo (Spanish pronunciation: [teleˈmundo]) is an American
Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by Comcast
through the
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal division
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal
Telemundo
Telemundo Enterprises.
It is the second largest provider of Spanish-language content
nationwide behind American competitor Univision, with programming
syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
The channel broadcasts programs and original content aimed at Hispanic
and Latino American audiences in the
United States
United States and worldwide,
consisting of telenovelas, sports, reality television, news
programming, and films — either imported or Spanish-dubbed. In
addition,
Telemundo
Telemundo operates
NBC
NBC Universo, a separate channel directed
towards young Hispanic audiences;[1]
Telemundo
Telemundo Digital Media, which
distributes original programming content across mass media, the
Telemundo
Telemundo and
NBC
NBC Universo websites;
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico telestation WKAQ-TV;
and international distribution arm
Telemundo
Telemundo Internacional.
Telemundo
Telemundo is headquartered in the
Miami
Miami suburb of Hialeah, Florida,
and has 1,900 employees worldwide.[2][3] The majority of Telemundo's
programs are filmed at an operated studio facility in Miami, where 85%
of the network's telenovelas were filmed during 2011.[4] The average
hourly primetime drama costs $70K to produce.[5]
Contents
1 History
1.1 1954–1983
1.1.1 WKAQ-TV
1.2 NetSpan
1.2.1 1984–1987
1.3 Telemundo
1.3.1 1988–1997
1.3.2 1997–2001
1.3.3 2001–2009
1.3.4 2011–present
2 Programming
2.1 English subtitles
2.2 News programming
2.3 Sports
2.4 Children's programming
2.5 Specials
3 Stations
4 Related services
4.1 Current sister channels
4.1.1 Universo
4.1.2
Telemundo
Telemundo Puerto Rico
4.1.3 TeleXitos
4.2 Video-on-demand services
4.2.1
Telemundo
Telemundo Now
4.3
Telemundo
Telemundo HD
5 Controversies
5.1 SAG-AFTRA
5.2 2016 presidential election
6 International broadcasts
6.1 Mexico
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
1954–1983[edit]
WKAQ-TV[edit]
Main article: WKAQ-TV
The
Telemundo
Telemundo brand traces back to the sign-on of
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV (channel 2)
in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 28, 1954, which was founded by
Ángel Ramos – owner of Puerto Rico's main newspaper at the time, El
Mundo, and the U.S. territory's first radio station, WKAQ (also known
as "Radio El Mundo"). Ramos wanted to maintain a consistent branding
for his media properties based around the "mundo" theme (the Spanish
word for "world"), and chose to brand his new television property as
"Telemundo" (in effect, translating to "Teleworld" or "World TV").
Ramos had tried to obtain a television station license as early as the
mid-1940s; however, because of a freeze imposed by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) that suspended the filing and approval
of broadcast license applications for new television stations in the
United States
United States and its territories due to World War II, he had to wait
until 1954 to obtain the license.[6]
In its early years, Ramos maintained continuity between his radio and
television stations by signing an exclusive deal with the most
well-known and influential actor/comedian/producer in Puerto Rico,
Ramón Rivero – better known as Diplo – whose comedy show El
Tremendo Hotel ("The Tremendous Hotel"), which was broadcast on WKAQ
radio, was the most popular radio program in Puerto Rican broadcasting
history. Rivero produced the first comedy/variety series for WKAQ-TV,
"La Taberna India", and La Farándula Corona on YouTube, which helped
to catapult the television station to the top of the ratings.
During the 1970s and 1980s, WKAQ-TV, then branded as "
Telemundo
Telemundo Canal
2" ("
Telemundo
Telemundo Channel 2"), had become a major producer of
telenovelas. The station was also known for its "fingers" logo – a
bold number "2" with the silhouette of two upright fingers inside the
number – and referred to itself as "El canal de los dedos" ("The
Channel of the Fingers"). On April 14, 1983, Ramos sold
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV to
John Blair & Co.[citation needed]
NetSpan[edit]
1984–1987[edit]
In 1984, the owners of
WNJU
WNJU (channel 47) in Linden, New Jersey
(serving the New York City area) and
KSTS
KSTS (channel 48) in San Jose,
California formed NetSpan, the second Spanish-language television
network in the continental
United States
United States (behind the
longer-established Spanish International Network, the forerunner to
Univision). These stations joined
KVEA
KVEA (channel 52) in Los Angeles,
run by its general manager and part-owner Joe Wallach, in 1985.[7] The
following year, KVEA's part-owner, Reliance Group Holdings, acquired
the
Telemundo
Telemundo brand when it purchased John Blair & Co., which also
owned
WSCV (channel 51) in Fort Lauderdale–Miami-
West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach in
addition to WKAQ-TV. In late 1986, Reliance also purchased WNJU.
In 1987, Reliance Capital Group executives Saul Steinberg and Henry
Silverman merged all these stations into the
Telemundo
Telemundo Group.[8] The
new corporation quickly went public, and in 1987, Reliance decided to
rebrand NetSpan as Telemundo. Later that year, it purchased additional
stations in San Francisco,
Houston
Houston (KTMD, channel 47) and San Antonio
(KVDA, channel 60).
Telemundo[edit]
1988–1997[edit]
Historic
Telemundo
Telemundo logos.
Between 1988 and 1993,
Telemundo
Telemundo acquired or affiliated with
television stations in
Texas
Texas (
KFWD
KFWD channel 52, in Dallas–Fort Worth,
now a
MundoMax
MundoMax affiliate),
New Mexico
New Mexico (
KTEL-CD channel 47, in
Albuquerque),
Arizona
Arizona (
KHRR
KHRR channel 40, in Tucson) and Washington,
D.C. (W64BW, channel 64; now
WZDC-CD on channel 25).
In May 1992,
Telemundo
Telemundo underwent another management change, appointing
former
Univision
Univision president Joaquin Blaya – who resigned from that
network after discovering in an FCC filing for A. Jerrold Perenchio's
purchase of the network from
Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards that
Univision
Univision would
increase its reliance on programming from
Televisa
Televisa and
Venevision
Venevision to
levels that resulted in him concluding that there would be fewer
opportunities for the addition of local programs on Univision's
stations, and was subsequently joined by four other Univision
executives – to head the network.[9]
The following year in 1993,
Telemundo
Telemundo underwent an extensive
rebranding, introducing the signature framed "T" letter logo (which
has been used by the network since that point in various design
elements), and a promotional campaign using the slogan "Arriba,
Telemundo, Arriba" ("Upwards, Telemundo, Upwards"). The network also
began to produce its own original telenovelas, the first of which to
premiere were
Angélica, mi vida ("Angelica, My Life"), Marielena,
Guadalupe, Señora Tentación ("Lady Temptation") and Tres Destinos
("Three Destinations"). International distributors soon approached the
network for the syndication rights to air these programs on television
networks in other countries. Telemundo's effort faced an initial
setback when Mexico's leading broadcaster, Televisa, purchased
production company Capitalvision, which had been producing the
telenovelas in conjunction with the network. Parent company Telemundo
Group experienced major financial challenges during this time, filing
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1994, due to a debt load of
more than $300 million that the company owed to its creditors.
In an effort to boost its tepid ratings and quell complaints from
advocacy organizations such as the National Hispanic Media Coalition
that criticized both networks for not featuring content relatable to
American Latinos,
Telemundo
Telemundo outlined a new strategy to better compete
against
Univision
Univision by increasing production of domestically produced
programs. In 1995, under the direction of executive vice president of
programming Harry Abraham Castillo,
Telemundo
Telemundo opened its first network
studio on the West Coast. Housed at
Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, the
network began daily production of three shows on the lot that year: La
Hora Lunática ("The Crazy Hour"), a daytime talk-variety show hosted
by
Los Angeles
Los Angeles radio personality Humberto Luna, comedians Mario
Ramírez Reyes "El Comodín" and Hugo Armando, and producer Jackie
Torres;
El y Ella
El y Ella ("He and She"), a daily talk show focusing on
gender-related issues that was created and produced by Gigi Graciette,
who co-hosted the program with Antonio Farré; and Dando y Dando
("Giving and Giving"), an audience and viewer participation game show
hosted by Rafael Sigler.[10]
The first wave of major changes to
Telemundo
Telemundo came on August 11, 1997,
when the network revamped its prime time schedule by cutting an hour
of its prime time telenovela lineup; concurrently, local newscasts on
the network's owned-and-operated and affiliate stations were moved an
hour earlier to 10:00 p.m. (or 9:00, depending on the time zone)
– placing them directly against late-evening newscasts on Fox, WB,
UPN
UPN and independent stations in many markets – followed by a
late-evening national newscast produced by cable news channel CBS
Telenoticias; movies were also added during the 8:00 to
10:00 p.m. Eastern time slot on certain weeknights to help
bolster its late newscasts.[11]
1997–2001[edit]
On November 25, 1997,
Liberty Media
Liberty Media and
Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment
purchased a majority interest in
Telemundo
Telemundo from Reliance Capital Group
for $539 million, beating out a bid made days earlier by an investment
group led by
Telemundo
Telemundo Group chairman Leon Black, who had already
owned 40.3% of the network through Apollo Global Management and
remained a minority partner in
Telemundo
Telemundo Group through the
purchase;[12][13] under the deal, Liberty acquired a 40% interest and
Sony (which made its entry into domestic broadcasting ownership with
the deal) acquired a 35% stake in Telemundo, with the remaining
interest held by investment firms Apollo Global Management and Bastion
Capital Fund. On November 25, 1997, several investors who held shares
in
Telemundo
Telemundo Group filed an injunction to block the sale in a Delaware
Chancery Court, in order to investigate whether executives were
shortchanging shareholders in accepting the offer; that request, as
well as a separate injunction request by
Univision
Univision Communications,
were later rejected.[14]
After the sale received FCC approval on July 31, 1998,[15] Sony and
Liberty formed a holding company that was operated as a 50/50 joint
venture between both companies,
Telemundo
Telemundo Communications Group. Helmed
by yet another management team under the leadership of former CBS
entertainment president Peter Tortorici as president and CEO and Nely
Galán as president of entertainment,
Telemundo
Telemundo explored avenues to
attract the bilingual market.[16] The network then launched an image
campaign using the slogan "Lo mejor de los dos Mundos" ("The Best of
Both Worlds"), with several billboard ads being erected in cities such
as
Miami
Miami and San Francisco as part of the campaign, heralding a "new
era" for Telemundo.
Tortorici dramatically overhauled Telemundo's schedule in an effort to
boost its viewership among American
Spanish language
Spanish language audiences, as its
total audience share had slid from more than 40% early in the decade
to less than 20% (and only a 13% share during prime time) by 1998.
This "new era" broke from the conventional Spanish-language
programming model, the changes made for the 1998–99 lineup included
the complete removal of telenovelas from its prime time schedule,
citing the inferior quality of the South American serial dramas that
it had been acquiring compared to the Mexican serials from Televisa
that were carried by Univision.[17] The revamped evening lineup that
premiered on September 28, 1998 included several new sitcoms,
traditional scripted dramas and game shows with higher production
values, including several scripted shows that were remakes of English
language series owned by
Columbia TriStar Television
Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony
Pictures Television), to position the network as a younger-skewing
alternative to
Univision
Univision more acculturated to assimilated American
Latinos. Among them were Angeles ("Angels"), a remake of Charlie's
Angels; Un Angel en la Casa ("An Angel in the House"), a sitcom
loosely based on Who's the Boss?; Solo en America ("Living in
America"), a remake of One Day at a Time. Also added to the lineup
were updated
Spanish language
Spanish language versions of The Dating Game, The
Newlywed Game and Candid Camera; and the police procedural Reyes y Rey
("Kings and King"). The network's existing prime time novelas were
relegated to a three-hour block on weekday mornings, while movies were
added in prime time on Tuesday and Thursday nights as part of the
showcase "Cinemundo", featuring dubbed versions of recent American
film releases (many of which were sourced from the Sony movie
library).[18]
In addition, to better take advantage of the region's pool of writers
and directors, Tortorici decided to migrate Telemundo's main base of
operations – transferring its programming and management divisions
– from
Hialeah, Florida
Hialeah, Florida to a new facility in Santa Monica,
California in December of that year, resulting in the hiring or
transfer of approximately 45 employees; more than 300 other employees
continued to be based at its Hialeah offices.[19] The changes proved
to be disastrous as Telemundo's ratings for the overhauled prime time
lineup sharply fell by 42% to an 8% audience share among Latino
households against the telenovela-dominated lineup programmed by
Univision
Univision (which held a roughly 91% share) in that slot by the
February 1999 sweeps period; the network was even forced to air
numerous commercials for free as part of contractual makegoods to
advertisers, resulting in a loss of more than $1 million in potential
revenue.[20]
After Tortoricci resigned from the network in July 1999, Telemundo
tapped former
Universal Television
Universal Television president Jim McNamara as its
president and chief executive officer, and Alan Sokol as chief
operating officer to helm its operations.[21] Their programming
strategy reverted to a more traditional approach to Spanish-language
television than the mainstream concept implemented by Tortoricci. The
new team struck a programming agreement with
TV Azteca
TV Azteca for the U.S.
rights to the Mexican broadcaster's novelas and other programming, and
restored a two-hour block of telenovelas originating from Mexico,
Colombia
.jpg/500px-Colombia-_Lindsay_Croisdale-Appleby_(8591837687).jpg)
Colombia and
Brazil
Brazil – later expanded to three hours with the shift
of its late local and national newscasts to the traditional 11:00 (or
10:00) p.m. time slot in 2000 – as part of its Monday through Friday
prime time slate which resulted in the cancellation of Angeles and
Reyes el Rey. Reality, entertainment and newsmagazine programs were
also added to the schedule, while prime time movies were relegated to
weekend evenings.[22]
In September 1999,
Telemundo
Telemundo began transferring the bulk of its
programming and marketing operations from its Santa Monica
headquarters and consolidated all operations of the network at its
offices in Hialeah. Most of the network's management staff migrated to
the Hialeah facility including McNamara, Sokol and Galan, either on a
temporary or long-term basis, with most other staff being given the
option of either accepting the relocation offer or resigning from the
network; some positions based at the Santa Monica facility were
eliminated entirely, with around a dozen workers remaining at the West
Coast office.[19]
During McNamara's tenure,
Telemundo
Telemundo premiered shows such as Laura en
América ("Laura in America"), a "conflict talk" show hosted by
Peruvian lawyer Laura Bozzo; the telenovelas Yo Soy Betty, La Fea
("Ugly Betty", or literally translated as "I Am Betty, the Ugly"),
starring Ana Maria Orozco; and a novela adaptation of the Brazilian
comedy film Xica, starring Tais Araujo;
A Oscuras Pero Encendidos ("In
the Dark, but Turned On"), a talk show hosted by Paul Bouche; a game
show Números Rojos ("Red Numbers"), hosted by Wilmer Ramirez; and the
Argentine children's program Agrandaditos. It also acquired the rights
to broadcast a weekly series from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
on Saturday nights. The network also entered into a co-production
agreement with
Columbia TriStar International Television
.jpg/400px-Sony_Pictures_Television_(production_logo).jpg)
Columbia TriStar International Television (now Sony
Pictures Television International) to produce original telenovelas for
Mexican audiences.[22][23][24] The network also launched Protagonistas
("Protagonists"), a staged, unscripted reality series that followed a
group of 16 aspiring actors living together in a
Miami
Miami television
studio for several weeks, for the opportunity to win a role on one of
the network's telenovelas.[25]
2001–2009[edit]
Telemundo's former logo used from 1999 to December 7, 2012.
In the summer of 2001, Sony, Liberty and Reliance announced that they
would sell
Telemundo
Telemundo Communications Group. Companies that expressed
interest in acquiring the network included Viacom, the Hispanic
Broadcasting Corporation,
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company and
AOL
AOL Time Warner;
NBC
NBC subsequently entered into negotiations to acquire the network and
its related properties.[26][27]
On October 11, 2001,
NBC
NBC (which itself would merge with Vivendi
Universal a year-and-a-half later to become the present-day NBC
Universal) purchased
Telemundo
Telemundo Communications Group from Sony and
Liberty Media
Liberty Media for $1.98 billion (increasing to $2.7 billion by the
sale's closure) and the assumption of $700 million in debt, in an
equal cash and stock split by
NBC
NBC parent General Electric. Upon the
announcement, many media industry experts thought that
NBC
NBC overpaid
for Telemundo, given the network's lower Hispanic audience reach
(attracting about 20% of all Hispanic viewers in the United States,
while
Univision
Univision had a reach of about 80%). Jim McNamara and Alan Sokol
remained at the helm of the network after the acquisition was
finalized on April 12, 2002.[26][27]
Under NBC,
Telemundo
Telemundo brought greater emphasis to original programming
and product placement, while the network's owned-and-operated stations
in larger markets began producing their own early morning newscasts in
an effort to become more competitive in their respective markets; the
Telemundo
Telemundo "T" logo also received an overhaul, replacing the sphere
with a curved outline which similarly represented a globe. Telemundo's
main competitor, Univision, continued to beat the network in the
ratings, although not in all time periods. In 2004, Telemundo
Communications Group formed
Telemundo
Telemundo Television Studios (now known as
simply
Telemundo
Telemundo Studios) in Miami, as part of its expansion of
original programming through the acquisition of RTI Colombia's
interest in their joint venture Telemundo-RTI, subsequently signing an
agreement to acquire the operational assets of its international
distributor, Tepuy International (now
Telemundo
Telemundo International); the
network spent $100 million per year on programming producing during
the mid-2000s.[2]
After the
NBC
NBC Universal merger,
Telemundo
Telemundo ceased importing telenovelas
from
Latin America
.svg/500px-Latin_America_(orthographic_projection).svg.png)
Latin America and start producing its own dramas, either
independently or through co-production arrangements with other
production companies. To that end,
Telemundo
Telemundo partnered with
Colombian-based producer RTI
Colombia
Colombia and Mexican production company
Argos Comunicación. In an effort for its telenovelas – which follow
the Mexican model – to be recognized by U.S. and Latin American
audiences,
Telemundo
Telemundo hired well-known actors and actresses from
Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela,
Argentina
Argentina and
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico to star in its
dramas; over time,
Telemundo
Telemundo also began to hire American-born Hispanic
actors and actresses who are fluent Spanish speakers. In 2005,
McNamara retired as CEO of the network; he was replaced by Don Browne,
who had previously served as president and general manager of NBC's
Miami
Miami O&O (and
WSCV sister station) WTVJ.
In March 2007,
NBC
NBC Universal announced that it would restructure
Telemundo's entertainment division in an effort to narrow Univision's
ratings dominance.[28] The company also announced its intention to
sell the original
Telemundo
Telemundo station in Puerto Rico, WKAQ-TV, and
Spanish independent station
KWHY
KWHY (channel 22, now a MundoMax
affiliate) in
Los Angeles
Los Angeles in order to help finance its acquisition of
Oxygen Media. On December 21, 2007,
NBC
NBC Universal announced that it
would no longer seek a buyer for WKAQ-TV, indicating that Telemundo
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico would remain within the
NBC
NBC corporate umbrella.[29]
2011–present[edit]
In 2010,
Comcast
Comcast announced that it would acquire a 51% majority stake
in
NBC
NBC Universal for $6.5 billion; the deal was completed on January
28, 2011, with
Comcast
Comcast acquiring control of
Telemundo
Telemundo as part of the
deal.[30][31][32] In October 2011,
Emilio Romano
Emilio Romano was appointed as
president of Telemundo, a role he would handle until his abrupt
resignation from the network in October 2013.[33]
On May 14, 2012,
Telemundo
Telemundo announced that it would launch a new
branding campaign that would include the debut of a new slogan and
on-air identity, including the replacement of its framed "T" logo (a
variant of the 1992-era design that had been introduced by the network
in 1999), with a new logo featuring two partial red spheres forming
the "T", described to "capture the duality of Telemundo’s audience,
balancing the strong connection to their Latin roots with their
contemporary mindset of living in the U.S." The new logo and graphics
package debuted on-air on December 8 of that year.[34] Telemundo
achieved ratings success during 2012, with the telenovela series Rosa
Diamante ("Diamond Rose"; a remake of Enrique Torres' Perla Negra) and
the Caracol TV-produced Pablo Escobar. That year,
Telemundo
Telemundo debuted
the "social novela" Secreteando on Facebook, with comments made on
other social media websites.[35]
During the 2000s,
Univision
Univision also lost several key on-air personalities
to Telemundo, including longtime weekend news anchor Maria Antonieta
Collins (who left to host the morning program Cada Dia), Primer
Impacto anchor
María Celeste Arrarás
.jpg/440px-Maria_Celeste_Arraras_at_2017_MIFF_(cropped).jpg)
María Celeste Arrarás (who became the host of a
similarly formatted newsmagazine, Al Rojo Vivo) and sports announcers
Andrés Cantor (known to many Americans for his exuberant announcement
of "Goal!" during football matches[36]) and Norberto Longo. By the
middle of the decade,
Univision
Univision overtook
UPN
UPN and
The WB
The WB – which shut
down in September 2006 and were replaced by The CW, which Univision
also outranks – as the fifth highest-rated network in total
viewership; since then, it also sometimes posts higher viewership in
the key age demographics of Adults 18–34 and Adults 18–49.
Other key on-air personalities that joined
Telemundo
Telemundo from
Univision
Univision or
Televisa
Televisa in the 2000s are Lucero, Pedro Fernandez, Kate del Castillo,
Aracely Arámbula, Raúl González, Blanca Soto, Laura Flores, Ana
María Canseco, Cristina Saralegui.
Continuing the momentum in 2013 were telenovelas
La Patrona
La Patrona ("The
Return") and
El Señor de los Cielos
El Señor de los Cielos ("The Lord of the Skies"),[37]
and the musical competition series
La Voz Kids
La Voz Kids ("The Voice Kids"; a
Spanish language
Spanish language adaptation of The Voice franchise featuring children
as contestants), hosted by
Daisy Fuentes
Daisy Fuentes and Jorge Bernal, featuring
musical coaches Paulina Rubio,
Prince Royce
Prince Royce and Roberto Tapia. With
the debut of
El Señor de los Cielos
El Señor de los Cielos that spring,
Telemundo
Telemundo also
launched the "Super Series" format, a slate of action-oriented
telenovelas – which usually air during the final hour of the
network's prime time novela block – designed as a reinvention of the
genre using the multiple-season continuity model common with English
language drama series, shorter episode runs (between 60 and 80
episodes per season, compared to traditional single-season novelas,
which produce between 100 and 200 episodes on average) and the
incorporation of storylines more relatable to American audiences.[38]
These programs helped
Telemundo
Telemundo decrease its ratings gap in the key
demographic of Adults 18-49, decreasing the gap between the two
networks by 54% between 2010 and 2015, with
Telemundo
Telemundo even beating
Univision
Univision four times during the 2014–2015 television season on
nights when the former aired sports events and specials; the network
also narrowed the ratings differentials with
Univision
Univision in total prime
time viewership from a gap of 1.2 million viewers in July 2013 to
238,000 in July 2015.[38]
Telemundo
Telemundo also began improving its ratings
during the 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) hour, following its
transition from traditional novelas to the "Super Series" format, with
El Señor de los Cielos
El Señor de los Cielos posting some of the network's highest
viewership for an entertainment program, when its second-season finale
in 2014 drew 3.2 million total viewers.[37]
On May 13, 2014, during the network's 2014–15 upfront presentation
at
Frederick P. Rose Hall
Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, Luis Silberwasser was
named president of
Telemundo
Telemundo Network, LLC, maintaining overall
responsibilities for the
Telemundo
Telemundo network and production division
Telemundo
Telemundo Studios.[39]
On July 21, 2015,
Telemundo
Telemundo beat
Univision
Univision for the first time in a
singular-night demographic, averaging 969,000 viewers and a .76 rating
in the demographic (26K more viewers and a .2 higher share than the
943K and .74 earned by Univision's prime-time schedule); El Senor de
los Cielos 3 ("Lord of the Skies 3") also beat the Televisa-produced
novela Yo No Creo En los Hombres ("I Don't Trust Men Anymore") on
Univision
Univision in the demographic during the 10:00 p.m. hour, with a
1.4 rating (over the 0.7 rating earned by Yo No Creo En Hombres) and
was the most-watched television program among Adults 18-49 during the
hour that evening. For the week of July 20–24,
Telemundo
Telemundo came within
40,000 viewers of beating
Univision
Univision in prime time viewership.[38]
Overall, the network ended the 2014–15 season posting its highest
average total prime time viewership against
Univision
Univision with 1.46M, a
23% increase in total viewership yearly, compared to Univision's 2.29M
and decrease of 21% yearly.[40][41]
Programming[edit]
Main articles:
List of programs broadcast by Telemundo
List of programs broadcast by Telemundo and List of
telenovelas of Telemundo
As of 2015[update],
Telemundo
Telemundo operates on a 147½-hour network
programming schedule. Its base programming feed provides various types
of general entertainment programming weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to
2:00 a.m., Saturdays from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. (the first three
hours of which are occupied by the children's programming block,
MiTelemundo, which features programs compliant with FCC educational
programming requirements), and Sundays from 11:00 to 1:00 a.m.
Eastern and Pacific Time. A separate block of feature films (and
occasionally, other entertainment programs) also airs overnights on
Monday through Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:00 a.m., Thursdays and
Fridays from 3:00 to 5:00 a.m., and weekends from 2:00 a.m.
to 6:00 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. All remaining time periods
are filled with infomercials.
While Telemundo's owned-and-operated stations and affiliates largely
rely on Telemundo's master schedule to fill their broadcast day, many
of its stations also produce their own local programming (which may
pre-empt certain programs within the base network schedule), usually
in the form of newscasts and public affairs programs (production of
local infotainment programming, and leasing of brokered programs such
as direct response and religious content, is at the station's
discretion). Many
Telemundo
Telemundo stations usually air limited local news
programming, which are commonly reserved for early and late evening
timeslots on Monday through Friday nights; some
Telemundo
Telemundo stations may
also air newscasts on weekday mornings (these are mainly limited to
the network's O&Os in larger markets) and/or on weekend evenings.
The majority of Telemundo's programming consists of first-run
telenovelas and series, many of which are produced by the network
itself through its
Telemundo Studios unit; however, some shows
broadcasts by the network are produced by outside companies (including
Caracol Television and Promofilm). Telemundo's schedule does not
incorporate situation comedies, although some comedy series have aired
on the network in the past, particularly during the 1990s and early
2000s. Variety shows – a common format in Spanish language
television in the U.S. and other countries – have had a limited
presence on Telemundo's lineup in recent years; with
La Voz Kids
La Voz Kids being
the only such show appearing on the network as of July 2013. Two
additional variety series debuted in 2015: Si Se Puede, an adaptation
of the Armoza Formats celebrity talent competition franchise I Can Do
That, and ¡Qué Noche! con Angelica y Raul ("What a Night! with
Angelica and Raul"), a family-oriented series using the traditional
Saturday evening variety program model that was created to fill part
of the void opened up by the cancellation of Univision's Sabado
Gigante.[38][42]
From 2010 to 2013,
Telemundo
Telemundo utilized an off-time scheduling format
for its prime time programming (similar to the "Turner Time" format
used by TBS from 1981 to 2000), in which programs that aired
weeknights from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific Time)
started on a three-minute delay – resulting from intentional
overruns of the network's 7:00 p.m. program (Caso Cerrado:
Edićion Estelar ("Case Closed:
Special
Special Edition")) into the
8:00 p.m. timeslot. As a result, until this format was
discontinued, conventional "top-and-bottom" start times were not
restored until the evening's final prime time program aired at
10:00 p.m. (Eastern and Pacific), allowing late local newscasts
seen on some
Telemundo
Telemundo stations to start at 11:00 p.m. (or
10:00 p.m. in the Central and Mountain Time Zones).
Daytime programming on weekdays features a mix of consisting of
repeats of past Telemundo-produced telenovelas and acquired serials
(which are re-edited as extended 90-minute and two-hour episodes)
during the late morning and early afternoon hours, while newsmagazine,
reality and court series (such as
Caso Cerrado ("Case Closed") and
Suelta La Sopa ("Tell Me What You Know")[43]) making up its afternoon
programming. The network also regularly airs Spanish-dubbed
English-language films (primarily those produced by American film
studios such as Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures and
Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment) that make up much of the
network's weekend afternoon and prime time lineup, as well as films
natively produced in Spanish (imported from various Latin American
countries) that it usually airs daily during the overnight hours; the
network also airs films in place of regularly scheduled programming on
select national holidays (such as
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving and Christmas).
English subtitles[edit]
On-screen bug used on programs captioned in Spanish and English.
Telemundo
Telemundo provides English subtitles via closed captioning primarily
on weekdays from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time,
during the network's prime time lineup. The subtitles are transmitted
over the CC3 caption channel in standard definition and the CS2
caption channel available on most digital tuners in high definition.
The network produces the translations in-house, and intends them to
attract Hispanic viewers who may not be fluent in Spanish as well as
other non-Spanish speakers.[44][45] Programs that include English
captions are identified on-air by a special digital on-screen graphic
seen at the start of each episode, denoting the specific caption
channels in which viewers can receive subtitles in either Spanish or
English (see right).
Telemundo
Telemundo was the first Spanish-language network in the United States
to incorporate English captions during its programming, beginning with
the premieres of La Cenicienta ("Cinderella") and Amor Descarado
("Barefaced Love") on September 8, 2003;[45] this generated a small,
loyal fan base among English-speaking viewers.[46] The subtitles were
briefly discontinued without notice on October 14, 2008, citing budget
cuts made by
NBC
NBC Universal and the network's switch from analog to
digital broadcasts; representatives for
Telemundo
Telemundo also cited the need
to concentrate resources on its core Spanish-speaking audience.
However, the network soon reversed its decision due to demand by
viewers in favor of the English subtitles,[46] which returned on all
prime time novelas on March 30, 2009. The use of English captions was
later adopted by Univision, which began airing them on its evening
programming (primarily with its weeknight telenovelas, along with
select weekend prime time series) on January 30, 2012, and (in the
same manner as Telemundo) transmits them over the CC3 caption
channel;[45] Azteca also transmits English language captions on
certain programs.
Programs that include English-language captions during their original
broadcast may also include them in repeat broadcasts airing outside of
the network's prime time schedule after the program's original run on
the network or, since 2012, as part of the network's late-night novela
repeat block. Some programs (notably the defunct long-running erotic
anthology
Decisiones
Decisiones ("Decisions"), which the network now airs only in
reruns), only include English captions in certain episodes, depending
on when they were produced. Programs that use English captions are
primarily consist of telenovelas, though a few shows outside the genre
(such as the prime time court show Caso Cerrado: Edición Especial)
are also transcribed in both languages. Availability of English
subtitles is limited to the technical capacity of the local station,
cable or satellite provider, or other outlet to disseminate them over
the network feed.
News programming[edit]
Main article: Noticias Telemundo
The network operates a news division,
Noticias Telemundo ("Telemundo
News"), which produces a half-hour early evening flagship newscast,
Noticiero Telemundo, that has aired daily for most of its run
(
Telemundo
Telemundo also produced a secondary newscast, Noticiero Telemundo
Internacional, until 2011, which aired in place of late local
newscasts on affiliates without their own news department or which
opted to preempt regularly scheduled local newscasts on certain
holidays). It also produces the morning news and lifestyle program Un
Nuevo Día ("A New Day"), the late afternoon newsmagazine series Al
Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste ("Red Hot Live with Maria Celeste") and
the
Sunday morning talk show Enfoque ("In Focus"); the network
previously produced weekend editions of Al Rojo Vivo and Noticiero
Telemundo
Telemundo until 2007, which were replaced with feature films and
reality-based series; the latter returned to a daily broadcast with
the restoration of Saturday and Sunday editions on September 4, 2014.
The beginnings of the news division trace back to 1987, when the
network debuted its first news program Noticiero Telemundo-HBC
("Telemundo-HBC News"), through an outsourcing agreement with the
Miami-based Hispanic-American Broadcasting Corporation. The following
year,
Telemundo
Telemundo outsourced news production to CNN, which produced
Noticiero Telemundo
Noticiero Telemundo
CNN
CNN ("
Telemundo
Telemundo
CNN
CNN News"), consisting of two
Atlanta-based daily newscasts that were anchored by
Jorge Gestoso and
María Elvira Salazar.[47] When Salazar accepted a position as a
reporter for Noticiero
Univision
Univision in Miami, Chilean former Miss
Universe
Cecilia Bolocco
-2.jpg)
Cecilia Bolocco joined Gestoso on the
Telemundo
Telemundo newscast. The
final incarnation produced in
Atlanta
Atlanta was co-anchored by Patricia
Janiot. Following the sale of its cable news channel Telenoticias to
CBS
CBS Cable in late 1996,
Telemundo
Telemundo entered into a content partnership
with the channel to produce early-evening and prime time newscasts
that would air on the broadcast network.
Former
CBS News
CBS News vice president Joe Peyronnin founded Telemundo's news
division in 1999 and served as its executive vice president until
2006. Additional news programs were created in the wake of the
September 11, 2001 attacks: Hoy en el Mundo ("Today in the World") on
ABC News, anchored by Marian de la Fuente and Jose Diaz-Balart,
debuted to inform viewers of national and international events. This
program and its companion show En la Madrugada ("In Early Morning")
were cancelled due to the much heralded arrival of Maria Antonieta
Collins from Univision. Cada Dia with Maria Antonieta ("Every Day with
Maria Antonieta") replaced these shows in September 2006; Collins
continued to host the program along with the much recycled Diaz-Balart
– who anchored the network's morning news program Noticiero
Telemundo: Madrugada ("
Telemundo
Telemundo News: Early Morning"), later to be
anchored by Ana Patricia Candiani – as co-host. Cada Dia was
cancelled in May 2008, after Collins announced that she would leave
Telemundo
Telemundo when her contract expired in August of that year return to
news anchoring and as a result of low ratings for the program;[48] it
was replaced by a new morning show called ¡Levántate! ("Get Up"),
another hybrid news and lifestyle format, which was broadcast out of
the studios of WKAQ-TV, and initially produced by
Telemundo
Telemundo Puerto
Rico. The hybrid program, which was retitled
Un Nuevo Día
.jpg)
Un Nuevo Día in July
2012, originally included local participation of the network's Miami
owned-and-operated station
WSCV from its studios in the suburb of
Miramar, Florida, and bureaus located in New York City, Los Angeles
and Mexico City. The show was later revamped, dropping the local
cut-ins and relocating its production operations to Telemundo's
headquarters in
Hialeah, Florida
Hialeah, Florida in February 2011.[49][50][51]
Sports[edit]
Main article:
Telemundo
Telemundo Deportes
The network also maintains a sports division,
Telemundo
Telemundo Deportes,
which superseded the network-operated division Deportes
Telemundo
Telemundo when
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal created the current division within its
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Group
in May 2015.[52] The division, which is responsible for the production
of sports content on
Telemundo
Telemundo and
NBC
NBC Universo, produces association
football matches for the network from Liga MX, as well as CONCACAF
Champions League tournament events (including Olympic qualifying
matches). Through broadcasting agreements with
NBC
NBC Sports, Telemundo
also holds the Spanish-language broadcast rights to the Summer and
Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games and Spanish play-by-rights to association
football matches from the Premier League. The network also produces
Boxeo Telemundo, a weekly late-night boxing series that airs on most
Friday nights (except during the summer) showcasing fights from
up-and-coming boxing talents.
In 2014, Deportes
Telemundo
Telemundo acquired the
Spanish language
Spanish language rights to
broadcast the
FIFA
FIFA Men's and Women's World Cup for a reported $600
million. The deal, which began with the 2015 Women's World Cup and
runs through 2026, includes rights to associated FIFA-sanctioned
tournaments (including the
FIFA
FIFA U-17 and U-20 World Cups, and the FIFA
Beach Soccer World Cup), which will be telecast on
Telemundo
Telemundo and NBC
Universo.[38][39]
In addition, the division also produces three weekly sports-related
talk and magazine programs for Telemundo: flagship sports
highlight/discussion program Titulares
Telemundo
Telemundo ("Telemundo
Headlines"), which airs on Saturday and Sunday evenings (and is
offered to
Telemundo
Telemundo stations on a half-hour tape delay to accommodate
local late-evening newscasts); the male-oriented Sunday afternoon
sports/lifestyle program
Ritmo Deportivo ("Rhythm Sports"; which
debuted in 2003, and briefly aired on Saturdays from September 2013 to
April 2015); and the late-night sports talk show Titulares y Mas
("Headlines and More"; which originally aired on Thursday and Friday
nights until 2014, when it expanded into a five-night-a-week
broadcast).
Children's programming[edit]
Main articles:
Qubo
Qubo and
NBC
NBC Kids
For much of its history, the bulk of NetSpan/Telemundo's children's
programming has been derived of mainly live-action and animated
programming from American and international producers, with most
consisting of dubbed versions of series natively produced in English.
In September 1995,
Telemundo
Telemundo launched a Saturday morning program
block,
Telemundo
Telemundo Infantil ("
Telemundo
Telemundo Kids"), which was developed via
input from viewers on what they wanted to be featured in a children's
show.[10]
On September 15, 1998,
Telemundo
Telemundo entered into a programming agreement
with
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon to carry the cable channel's programming as part of a
morning children's program block, "
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon en Telemundo"
("
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon on Telemundo"). The block, which debuted on November 9,
1998, consisted of Spanish dubs of Nickelodeon's animated series aimed
at older children and preschool-oriented programs aired by the
channel's Nick Jr. block (such as Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hey
Arnold!,
Rocko's Modern Life
Rocko's Modern Life and Blue's Clues); the block ran on
weekdays until September 5, 2000, when it was relegated to Saturday
and Sunday mornings in order to make room for Hoy En El Mundo (lit.
"Today in the World" or "In the World Today"); Nickelodeon's contract
with
Telemundo
Telemundo ended in November 2001, following the network's
acquisition by NBC.[53][54]
In 2005,
Telemundo
Telemundo launched a weekend morning block called "Telemundo
Kids". The two most watched shows were
Dora The Explorer
Dora The Explorer and Jacob
Two-Two. Both of these shows were very popular. This also marks the
first time the first time that both of these 2 shows were dubbed in
Spanish, and the first time that Jacob Two-Two aired in the United
States. The block lasted until September 16, 2006. However, out of all
the shows that aired in the
Telemundo
Telemundo Kids block, Jacob Two-Two
continued to air on
Telemundo
Telemundo (it was just transferred to the Qubo
block).
On September 16, 2006,
Telemundo
Telemundo debuted a weekend morning block aimed
at younger children as part of the
Qubo
Qubo endeavor, which was formed
through a partnership between
NBC
NBC Universal, Ion Media Networks,
Teletoon, Nelvana, Scholastic Media,
Classic Media
Classic Media and its subsidiary
Big Idea Productions. It felt a little bit similar to the Telemundo
Kids block since Jacob Two-Two also aired on the
Qubo
Qubo block. The Qubo
block featured Spanish dubs of programs seen on its companion blocks
on NBC, Ion Television, and its companion 24/7 network (alternatively
known as
Qubo
Qubo Channel), with Telemundo's
Qubo
Qubo block airing on Saturday
and Sunday mornings in 90-minute blocks.[55]
On March 28, 2012,
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal announced an agreement with sister
cable channel PBS Kids Sprout (now Sprout, which was integrated into
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal through its 2011 acquisition by the channel's existing
part-owner Comcast) to produce and program new weekend morning
preschool blocks for
NBC
NBC and Telemundo. The block, MiTelemundo,
premiered on July 7, 2012 and also airs Saturday and Sunday mornings;
as with its predecessors, it consists of Spanish dubbed versions of
programs seen on its sister broadcast network's Saturday morning
block,
NBC
NBC Kids, which debuted on the same date.[56][57][58][59][60]
With
NBC
NBC Kids being replaced with Litton Entertainment's The More You
Know
E/I block on
NBC
NBC by September 25, 2016, Mi
Telemundo
Telemundo retained on
television; while the same programming from the former
NBC
NBC Kids block
initially remained on MiTelemundo, Litton would ultimately start
providing Spanish-language programming for
Telemundo
Telemundo as well starting
on January 6, 2018, coinciding with the move to airing the block
solely on Saturdays, retaining the Mi
Telemundo
Telemundo name.[61][62]
Specials[edit]
Telemundo
Telemundo holds the broadcast rights to several annual specials and
award show telecasts. From 2003 to 2014, the network held the Spanish
language rights to two of the three pageants organized by the Miss
Universe Organization: the
Miss Universe
Miss Universe and
Miss USA
Miss USA pageants,
through NBC's existing contractual agreement for the pageant. Although
parent
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal held half-ownership in the organization at the
time, the rights were obtained by
Univision
Univision Communications in February
2015 with the intent to move the
Miss Universe
Miss Universe and
Miss USA
Miss USA telecasts
to
UniMás
UniMás (
Univision
Univision later terminated the contract that July
following now-former part-owner Donald Trump's remarks in his speech
declaring his Republican Presidential campaign disparaging Mexicans
immigrating into the
United States
United States as being mostly made up of those
involved in criminal activity, later culminating in Trump's sale of
the
Miss Universe
Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG in September 2015, after
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal sold its interest).[63][64][65][66][67][68]
Since 1999,
Telemundo
Telemundo has served as the official U.S. broadcaster of
the
Billboard Latin Music Awards ("Premios Billboard a la Música
Latina"), an offshoot of the
Billboard Music Awards
.jpg/226px-Drake_at_Bun-B_Concert_2011_(1).jpg)
Billboard Music Awards honoring songs
from Latin music artists during the previous year that are chosen by
viewer voting.[69] In 2012, the network also debuted Premios Tu Mundo
("Your World Awards"), a viewer-decided awards show honoring the
achievements of Hispanics and Latinos in media, maintaining a format
similar to the
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Awards with categories pertaining to
television, film, music, fashion and sports.[70][71]
In October 2015, through a licensing agreement with Dick Clark
Productions signed in July 2014,
Telemundo
Telemundo became the originating
broadcaster of the
Latin American Music Awards ("Premios de la Música
Latinoamericana"), a Latin music-focused version of the American Music
Awards.[72][73]
Stations[edit]
Main articles:
List of Telemundo affiliates (table), List of Telemundo
affiliates (by U.S. state), and
NBC
NBC Owned Television Stations
As of October 2017[update],
Telemundo
Telemundo has 19 owned-and-operated
stations, and current and pending affiliation agreements with 70
additional television stations encompassing 49 states, the District of
Columbia and the U.S. possession of Puerto Rico;[74][75] this makes
Telemundo
Telemundo the largest American
Spanish language
Spanish language broadcast television
network by total number of affiliates. The network has an estimated
national reach of 61% of all households in the
United States
United States (or
190,605,981 Americans with at least one television set).
While
Telemundo
Telemundo does not have any over-the-air stations in a few major
markets with relatively sizeable populations of Hispanic and Latino
residents, most notably
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri (which receives only
rimshot coverage from affiliate KNPG-LD3 in the adjacent St. Joseph
market), Cleveland, Ohio and Raleigh, North Carolina, it conversely
maintains affiliations in several markets where
Univision
Univision currently
does not have over-the-air availability, including New Orleans
(KGLA-DT),
Indianapolis
Indianapolis (WDNI-CD)[76] Boise (KKJB) and Richmond
(WZTD-LD).
Telemundo
Telemundo maintains affiliations with low-power stations
(broadcasting either in analog or digital) in a few markets, such as
Orlando (WTMO-CD),
Milwaukee
Milwaukee (WYTU-LD), Tampa (WRMD-CD), Albuquerque
(
KTEL-CD and its repeater K46GY) and
Minneapolis
Minneapolis (KMBD-LD). In some
markets, including the former two mentioned, these stations also
maintain digital simulcasts on a subchannel of a full-power television
station, usually (though not in all cases) one that is owned or
managed with the
Telemundo
Telemundo outlet.
The network also maintains a sizeable number of subchannel-only
affiliations, consisting of a mix of stations in cities located within
and outside of the 50 largest Nielsen-designated markets; the largest
Telemundo
Telemundo subchannel affiliate by market size is
WKTB-CD in Norcross,
Georgia (serving the
Atlanta
Atlanta market), which carries the network on its
second digital subchannel. In other areas of the U.S., Telemundo
provides a national cable network feed that is distributed directly to
cable, satellite and
IPTV
IPTV providers as an alternative method of
distribution in markets without either the availability or the demand
for a locally based owned-and-operated or affiliate station.
Currently outside of the network's core O&O group, News-Press
& Gazette Company is the largest operator of
Telemundo
Telemundo stations by
numerical total, owning or providing services to eight primary
affiliates (all but one of which are simulcast on subchannels of the
group's Big Four network stations) and four additional subchannel-only
affiliates);
ZGS Communications is the largest operator of Telemundo
stations in terms of overall market reach, owning ten
Telemundo-affiliated stations (including affiliates in larger markets
such as Tampa, Orlando, Boston, Hartford and Washington, D.C.)
Related services[edit]
Current sister channels[edit]
Universo[edit]
Main article: Universo (TV network)
Universo is an American digital cable and satellite television network
that is aimed at Latinos between the ages of 18 and 49, featuring a
mix of sports, scripted and reality series and music programming
(including programs that originated on
Telemundo
Telemundo and other
NBCUniversal-owned cable networks). It was originally launched on
October 10, 1993 as GEMS Television, under the ownership by Empresas
1BC, featuring programs aimed at Latino females. The network was as
GEMS Television by former owner and later co-owned with Cox
Communications the following year.
Telemundo
Telemundo parents
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media
purchased GEMS in 2001, and relaunched it as mun2 (a portmanteau pun
of
Telemundo
Telemundo and "dos", the Spanish word for "2", though intended to
reflect the "two worlds" that Latino Americans live in), a network
featuring a mix of Spanish and English language programs (including
some Spanish-dubbed versions of American programs and series
incorporating
Spanish language
Spanish language subtitles) aimed at adults ages 18 to
49.[77] On December 24, 2014,
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal announced that mun2 would
be rebranded as
NBC
NBC Universo – shifting it under the
NBC
NBC umbrella
– on February 1, 2015, to coincide with its Spanish-language
broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX.[77]
Telemundo
Telemundo Puerto Rico[edit]
Main article:
Telemundo
Telemundo
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (TV channel)
Telemundo
Telemundo
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is a digital cable and satellite network that
originally launched in December 1994 as Telenoticias, a
Spanish-language cable news channel originally serving Latin America
(and broadcasting in Spanish and Portuguese) that was developed by
Telemundo
Telemundo in partnership with Grupo Clarín (owner of Argentina-based
broadcaster Artear), Spain-based Antena 3 and Reuters.[78] Due to
struggles in obtaining sufficient viewership and disagreements between
its co-owners, the partnership sold Telenoticias to
CBS
CBS – which
rebranded the network as "
CBS
CBS Telenoticias" – in June 1996; with
that sale, the network expanded across the Americas, with distribution
in 22 countries. In 1998,
CBS
CBS later sold Telenoticias back to
Telemundo
Telemundo parents
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media,[79]
which subsequently relaunched the network as the bilingual
entertainment channel
Telemundo
Telemundo Internacional in 2000. In 2006, the
channel was reformatted as
Telemundo
Telemundo Puerto Rico, becoming a national
superstation feed of San Juan O&O WKAQ-TV.
TeleXitos[edit]
Main article: TeleXitos
TeleXitos
TeleXitos is a digital multicast network that was originally launched
by the network's parent division
Telemundo
Telemundo Television Group in January
2012 as Exitos TV. In its original format, the network primarily
featured reruns of telenovelas previously aired on Telemundo, and was
exclusive to Telemundo's owned-and-operated stations.[80] The network
adopted its current name on December 1, 2014, when it was relaunched
with a new focus toward Spanish-dubbed reruns of action and adventure
series as well as feature films sourced primarily from the content
library of corporate sister
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Television Distribution, in
addition to featuring select programs from other distributors.[81]
Video-on-demand services[edit]
Telemundo
Telemundo maintains several video on demand services for delayed
viewing of the network's programming, including its TV Everywhere
service
Telemundo
Telemundo Now; a traditional VOD service called
Telemundo
Telemundo on
Demand, which is carried on most traditional cable and
IPTV
IPTV providers
(and like the video-on-demand television services provided by the
other U.S. broadcast networks, disallows fast forwarding of accessed
content); and via
Hulu
Hulu and iTunes through content deals with those
services. Through its ownership by Comcast, the network's programming
is also available through Xfinity on Demand.[82] Catalogged episodes
of past telenovelas seen on the network are also available on
DramaFever, a streaming service that had originally exclusively
focused on television shows and movies imported from various Asian
countries, through a distribution deal signed on December 13,
2013.[83]
Telemundo
Telemundo Now[edit]
On October 22, 2013,
Telemundo
Telemundo launched "
Telemundo
Telemundo Now", a
multi-platform streaming service (which derived its name from that of
a similar
TV Everywhere
TV Everywhere service operated by sister network Bravo,
"Bravo Now"), originally encompassing a dedicated streaming portal at
TelemundoNow.com and a mobile app for smartphones and tablet computers
supporting the iOS and Android platforms. Recent full-length episodes
of the network's shows as well as specials are usually made available
on
Telemundo
Telemundo Now (as well as
Telemundo
Telemundo on Demand) the day after their
original broadcast to authenticated subscribers of participating pay
television providers (such as Comcast, AT&T U-verse, Optimum,
Charter Communications, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish Network,
Mediacom,
Suddenlink Communications
.png/440px-Altice_logo_(new).png)
Suddenlink Communications and Verizon FiOS) using an ISP
account via an authenticated user login. The service also offers
special features like "Mi Lista," viewers can catalogue their favorite
shows for fast access and easily resume play to pick up right where
they left off.[84][85][86]
Telemundo
Telemundo HD[edit]
Telemundo's master feed is transmitted in
1080i
.jpg)
1080i high definition, the
native resolution format for NBCUniversal's U.S. television
properties. However, twelve Telemundo-affiliated stations (including a
standard definition simulcast of San Francisco O&O
KSTS
KSTS that is
carried on a subchannel of sister station KNTV) transmit the network's
programming in
720p
720p HD, while 31 other affiliates owned by various
companies carry the network feed in
480i
480i standard definition[74]
either due to technical considerations for affiliates of other major
networks that carry
Telemundo
Telemundo programming on a digital subchannel or
because a primary feed
Telemundo
Telemundo affiliate has not yet upgraded their
transmission equipment to allow content to be presented in HD.
Telemundo
Telemundo became the first national Spanish-language broadcaster in
the U.S. to provide its prime time programming in high definition
through the network and its local stations (nine years after the major
English language broadcast networks began their conversion to HD) with
the launch of its simulcast feed,
Telemundo
Telemundo HD, on April 23, 2009,
with that year's edition of the
Billboard Latin Music Awards as its
inaugural HD broadcast. Concurrently, Telemundo's owned-and-operated
television stations in nine markets (New York City, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Las Vegas,
and San Juan) became the first to begin broadcasting the network's
programming in HD; the remaining O&Os upgraded their digital
signals to allow the transmission of high definition content over the
next twelve months, while its affiliated stations gradually followed
suit over a four-year period. The network's scripted prime time
telenovelas became the first regularly scheduled
Telemundo
Telemundo shows to
upgrade to the format, beginning with Mas Sabe El Diablo ("Falling
Angel"), which premiered in September 2009.[87]
All of the network's first-run entertainment and sports programming,
as well as specials and select acquired programs, have been presented
in HD since 2012 (with the current exception of archived programs that
were made prior to 2009 – such as dubbed versions of Criss Angel
Mindfreak and
World's Most Amazing Videos
World's Most Amazing Videos ("Videos Más Asombrosos del
Mundo") – and were originally produced in 4:3 standard definition,
as well as most older Mexican-produced feature films). The weekend
morning Mi
Telemundo
Telemundo
E/I block has also been broadcast in HD since its
debut in July 2012.
As of September 1, 2016, Telemundo, along with its competitor,
Univision, has not have its presentation converted to a 16:9
presentation (except for sports events), and continues to broadcast in
a 4:3 presentation. On October 27, 2016, Al Rojo Vivo became the first
program to be presented in a 16:9 format, beginning Telemundo's
transition to such presentation.
Controversies[edit]
SAG-AFTRA[edit]
On February 9, 2016,
NBC
NBC Universal, Telemundo's parent company, faced
claims by
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA of operating under a double standard between its
Spanish-language and English-language talent at
NBC
NBC and Telemundo. In
their response, the network released a statement claiming they are
“committed to making
Telemundo
Telemundo a great place to work for our
employees and will continue to invest in them to ensure their salaries
and working conditions are competitive with the rest of the
broadcasting industry in accordance with market size and station
revenues.”
A few days later on February 13, 2016
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA came back and added
that
Telemundo
Telemundo had been treating its employees like “second-class
professionals” given that many actors do not receive basic workplace
guarantees that
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA contracts provide, such as fair pay, water
breaks, health insurance and residuals. At that time, Telemundo
president Luis Silberwasser responded saying that
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA asked for
recognition of the union as the bargaining agent for employees —
rather than seeking a vote by employees. However,
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA claimed
that intimidation tactics had been taking place within the network to
keep employees from unionizing and that they believe “there is no
such thing as a ‘fair vote’ when workers are afraid for their
careers and livelihoods, and live with the fear of retaliation if they
are seen as actively wanting to unionize.
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA wants to ensure
full protection for workplace democracy and performers’ rights to
choose through a truly fair process.”[88]
In August 2016,
Telemundo
Telemundo once again found itself up against the union
when the network refused to air an ad placed by
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA detailing
the unfair wage gap and lack of benefits
Telemundo
Telemundo employees face as
opposed to unionized performers at NBCUniversal. The ad was set to air
during the network’s premiere people’s choice awards Premios Tu
Mundo but was never placed into rotation. A
Telemundo
Telemundo spokesperson
responded saying, “After legal review, we have concluded the ad did
not pass legal standards for issue-based advertisement.” Meanwhile,
other Spanish-language networks such as MegaTV and
Estrella TV
Estrella TV aired
the ad nationwide.[89]
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA continued to stand its ground, stating that "Telemundo's
decision to censor 30 seconds of truthful commentary about its working
conditions shows just how averse it is to having a transparent
discussion about its refusal to fairly compensate Spanish-speaking
performers."[89]
2016 presidential election[edit]
On May 28, 2016, filmmaker Andrew Marcus caught a cameraman from
Telemundo
Telemundo filming a #NeverTrump protest in San Diego. According to the
filmmaker, the protest was staged. L. Brent Bozell III, the president
of
Media Research Center
Media Research Center responded by demanding
Telemundo
Telemundo to apologize
to
Donald Trump
Donald Trump and to fire the crew involved with the incident.
Meanwhile, Ken Oliver-Méndez, the director of MRC Latino, described
that the incident as a "self-inflicted wound on Telemundo's
credibility."
Telemundo
Telemundo responded to Oliver-Méndez by claiming that
"the integrity of the broadcast was not compromised since the material
was not used by the Network news team."
Telemundo
Telemundo also claimed that
the network is "known for its balance and accuracy,” and that it
“did not, nor would it ask any full-time or temporary worker to
stage events.”[90][91]
International broadcasts[edit]
Mexico[edit]
Telemundo
Telemundo programming is available in Mexico through affiliates in
markets located within proximity to the Mexico–
United States
United States border
(such as owned-and-operated stations KHRR/Tucson,
Arizona
Arizona and KTLM/Rio
Grande City; and affiliates KESE-LP-KECY-DT4/Yuma, KTDO/El Paso,
KNSD/San Diego, and KGNS-DT3/Laredo), whose signals are readily
receivable over-the-air in border areas of northern Mexico.
On March 18, 2008, Grupo
Televisa
Televisa and
NBC
NBC Universal announced a
ten-year multiplatform agreement that would allow 1,000 hours of
Telemundo
Telemundo programming, including news; entertainment; specials and
sports, to be broadcast over both Televisa's free-to-air channels, as
well as its co-owned cable provider
SKY México
SKY México starting that April.
The deal also included plans to launch a
Telemundo
Telemundo channel that would
be operated as a joint venture between both companies; the Mexican
cable-satellite version of the network launched in August 2009. NBC
Universal had considered launching a Mexican version of
Telemundo
Telemundo as
early as 2005, which led to a legal battle between it and TV Azteca
over allegations that Azteca "engaged in the wrongful use of force" to
shut down production of the Telemundo-produced reality singing
competition series Quinceañera: Mama Quiero Ser Artista ("Sweet 15:
Mom, I Want to Be an Artist") in Mexico and a news story featured on
an Azteca news program that accused then-
NBC
NBC Universal parent General
Electric and Grupo Casa Saba of fraud and corporate corruption with
the intent to torpedo the approval of a license application by
Telemundo
Telemundo and Grupo Xtra to operate a television network in
Mexico.[92][93]
See also[edit]
Miami
Miami portal
Companies portal
Hispanic and Latino American portal
List of Spanish-language television networks in the United States
List of
United States
United States television networks
References[edit]
^ "Breaking News - In Landmark Move,
NBC
NBC
Universal Television
Universal Television Group
Signs Development Deal With Galan Entertainment For Production Of
Telenovelas In English Across Its Many Networks". The Futon Critic
(Press release). February 27, 2006 – via
NBC
NBC Universal Television
Group.
^ a b Meg James (July 26, 2007). "
NBC
NBC tacks on
Telemundo
Telemundo oversight to
Gaspin's tasks".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved May
14, 2010.
^ "Legal corporate english". Telemundo. Retrieved February 3,
2009.
^ Zachary S. Fagenson (June 23, 2011). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Plans To Tape 1100
Hours Of Telenovelas In Miami".
Miami
Miami Today.
^ Cynthia Littleton (July 30, 2013). "How to Build a Better
Telenovela". Variety. Penske Media Corporation.
^ "Corporate Information". Telemundo. Retrieved February 3,
2009.
^ Felix Gutierrez (June 1, 1986). "Spanish Media in L.A. on Upswing".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved October 14,
2014.
^ "TELEMUNDO - The Museum of Broadcast Communications". Museum of
Broadcast Communications. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
^ Claudia Puig (May 27, 1992). "
Univision
Univision President Bolts to Rival
Telemundo".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ a b Claudia Puig (June 3, 1995). "New Focus for
Telemundo
Telemundo Network".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ Kevin Baxter (July 19, 1997). "Telemundo, KVEA-TV Will Revamp
Nighttime Schedule".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Marla Matzer (November 25, 1997). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Agrees to Be Acquired
by Sony, Liberty".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ "COMPANY TOWN : Group Bids for Rest of Telemundo". Los Angeles
Times. Times Mirror Company. Bloomberg News. November 20, 1997.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo Holders Sue to Stop Sale".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times
Mirror Company. Bloomberg News. November 26, 1997. Retrieved November
7, 2015.
^ "BRIEFLY / COMPANY TOWN ANNEX: FCC Approves Sale of Telemundo". Los
Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Bloomberg News. August 1, 1998.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Sallie Hofmeister (August 14, 1998). "Company Town: New Executives
Tapped to Head
Telemundo
Telemundo Network".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror
Company. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Kevin Baxter (September 21, 1998). "Spanish-Language Networks Seek
Wider Niche".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ Kevin Baxter (June 20, 1998). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Changes Format to
U.S.-Style Dramas, Sitcoms".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ a b Kevin Baxter (August 25, 1999). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Moves Operations to
Florida".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved November
7, 2015.
^ Kevin Baxter (March 5, 1999). "After Lineup Change, Telemundo
Plunges in the February Ratings".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror
Company. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Kevin Baxter (July 8, 1999). "Low-Rated
Telemundo
Telemundo Gets New CEO". Los
Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ a b Kevin Baxter (May 18, 1999). "Ailing
Telemundo
Telemundo Seeks Cure by
Adopting Proven Format".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Mary Sutter (May 16, 2000). "
Telemundo
Telemundo sets fall sked". Variety.
Cahners Business Information. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
^ Dana Calvo (May 16, 2000). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Has a New Game Plan". Los
Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Dana Calvo (May 15, 2001). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Takes a Cue From 'Survivor'".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ a b "
NBC
NBC speaks Spanish".
CNN
CNN Money. Time Warner. October 11, 2001.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ a b Meg James (October 12, 2001). "
NBC
NBC to Acquire
Telemundo
Telemundo Network
for $1.98 Billion".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo divisions to be revamped". Variety. Reed Business
Information. March 21, 2007.
^
WKAQ-TV
WKAQ-TV "Telenoticias a las 5:00 P.M." in a short message by Don
Browne (NBC/
Telemundo
Telemundo Network president).
^ "Comcast,
NBC
NBC U Merger a Done Deal". Variety. Reed Business
Information. January 29, 2011.
^ "Comcast-NBCU Deal Done: $30B Later,
Comcast
Comcast Is Proud Owner of the
Peacock". The Wrap. The Wrap Media, LLC. January 29, 2011.
^ "
Comcast
Comcast Takes Over
NBC
NBC Universal After Long Review". ABC News. The
Walt Disney Company. January 29, 2011.
^ Alex Ben Block (October 4, 2013). "
Emilio Romano
Emilio Romano Suddenly Departs
Telemundo". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media.
^ Veronica Villafañe (May 14, 2012). "
Telemundo
Telemundo unveils new logo,
rebrands network". Media Moves.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo Pitches Power of Homegrown Programming". Broadcasting
& Cable. NewBay Media. May 6, 2013. p. 14. Missing or
empty url= (help)
^ Alan Siegel (October 10, 2013). "In the U.S., Soccer Has a
Distinctive Voice, and It Belongs to Andrés Cantor". Tablet.
Nextbook. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ a b John Consoli (April 21, 2015). "MBPT Spotlight: Telemundo
Marketing Effort Aims to Draw Young Viewers to 'Super Series'".
Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ a b c d e Rene Rodriguez. "Telemundo: revitalized and stronger than
ever".
Miami
Miami Herald. The McClatchy Company. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ a b "
Telemundo
Telemundo Slate Includes New Novelas, Musical Competition
Series & More". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. May 13,
2014. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Rick Kissell (July 22, 2015). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Notches Ratings Milestone
in Beating
Univision
Univision for the Night". Variety. Penske Media
Corporation. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo closes historic gap on
Univision
Univision thanks to its bloody
'narco-novelas'". Fox News Latino. Fox News Network, LLC. Associated
Press. October 28, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Veronica Villafañe (November 6, 2015). "
Telemundo
Telemundo premieres
Saturday night variety show". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo anuncia nuevo programa "Suelta la sopa"". Diario Las
Américas. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
^ Allan Johnson (September 14, 2003). "In subtitles it's `Ooh-la-la'".
Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ a b c "Commentary:
Telemundo
Telemundo will use English captions".
Quickstart.clari.net. United Press International. September 7, 2003.
Retrieved April 27, 2010.
^ a b "Telenovelas: Doña Barbara And "The Picture In My Head"".
Telenovelas-carolina.Blogspot.com. August 5, 2008. Retrieved April 27,
2010.
^ Victor Valle (March 24, 1988). "Cable News Network Agrees to Produce
a Spanish Newscast".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ In an interview in "People En Espanol".
^ Veronica Villafañe (November 10, 2010). "
Telemundo
Telemundo moves morning
show to Miami". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Veronica Villafañe (February 25, 2011). "
Telemundo
Telemundo revamps morning
show". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Veronica Villafañe (July 12, 2012). "
Telemundo
Telemundo rebrands morning
show, actress debuts as co-host". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ "Upfronts 2015:
NBC
NBC Deportes Ramps Up". Multichannel News. NewBay
Media. May 16, 2015.
^ "Telemundo,
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon in pact". Advertising Age. Crain
Communications. September 15, 1998. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Richard Katz (October 23, 1998). "
Telemundo
Telemundo deal: Nick in Spanish".
Variety. Cahners Business Information. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ Ed Robertson (August 24, 2006). "Qubo, for English- and
Spanish-speaking youngsters". Media Life Magazine. Retrieved November
7, 2015.
^ "
NBC
NBC Will Launch
NBC
NBC Kids, a New Saturday Morning Preschool Block
Programmed by Sprout®, Saturday, July 7".
MarketWatch
MarketWatch (Press
release). March 28, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ Jon Weisman (March 28, 2012). "
NBC
NBC to launch Saturday kids block".
Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ Lindsay Rubino (March 28, 2012). "NBC, With Assist From Sprout, to
Launch Saturday Morning Preschool Block". Multichannel News. NewBay
Media. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ Nellie Andreeva (March 28, 2012). "
NBC
NBC Launches Preschool Saturday
Block Programmed By Sprout". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation.
Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo anuncia nuevo bloque infantil "Mi Telemundo!"". Primera
Hora. GFR Media LLC. October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 8,
2015.
^ Desk, TV News. "
Telemundo
Telemundo Kicks Off 2018 with New 'Mi Telemundo'
Programming Block". Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ "Litton Entertainment &
Telemundo
Telemundo Kick Off 2018 with the new "Mi
Telemundo" Kids Programming Block Premiering Jan. 6". Litton
Entertainment. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ Jin Rutenberg (June 22, 2002). "Three Beauty Pageants Leaving CBS
for NBC". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ "
NBC
NBC Buys Rights to Three Pageants".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Tribune
Publishing. Bloomberg News. June 25, 2002. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ Veronica Villafañe (January 29, 2015). "
Miss Universe
Miss Universe leaves
Telemundo
Telemundo for
Univision
Univision deal". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ Armando Tinoco (January 28, 2015). "
Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2015 Moves To
Univision
Univision As
Telemundo
Telemundo Loses Rights To Air Beauty Pageant". Latin
Times. IBT Media. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^
Frazier Moore
.jpg/440px-Tina_Fey_and_Frazier_Moore,_June_2008_(2).jpg)
Frazier Moore (June 25, 2015). "
Univision
Univision Dropping
Miss USA
Miss USA Pageant
Over Trump Comments". ABC News. The Walt Disney Company. Associated
Press.
^ Lisa Gutierrez (June 25, 2015). "
Univision
Univision cuts ties with Miss
Universe over Donald Trump's 'insulting remarks about Mexican
immigrants'". Kansas City Star. The McClatchy Company. Associated
Press. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ "Production of Telemundo's Latin Music Award Extravaganza Gets
Bigger and Better". Hispanic PR Wire. April 25, 2003.
^ Carolina Moreno (August 31, 2012). "Tu Mundo Awards: Telenovela
Stars Light Up The Blue Carpet At Telemundo's New Awards Show". The
Huffington Post. AOL. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo Media's First-Ever "Premios Tu Mundo" to Air Live Tonight
At 8PM/ET".
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal (Press release). August 31, 2012. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ Alex Ben Block (July 30, 2014). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Will Produce a
Spanish-Language
American Music Awards
American Music Awards in 2015". Billboard. Prometheus
Global Media. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Jessica Lucia Roiz (September 2, 2015). "Latin American Music Awards
2015:
Telemundo
Telemundo Announces Hispanic Version Of AMAs To Debut This
Fall". Latin Times. IBT Media. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ a b "Stations for Network - Telemundo". RabbitEars. Retrieved
November 7, 2015.
^ "Network Profile: Telemundo". Station Index. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ "WDNI to Become First Local Spanish-Language Station in
Indianapolis". TVSpy. Mediabistro Holdings. March 6, 2013.
^ a b Cynthia Littleton (November 4, 2014). "Spanish-Language Cabler
Mun2 to Relaunch as
NBC
NBC Universo". Variety. Penske Media Corporation.
Retrieved December 25, 2014.
^ "Company Town Annex".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times. Times Mirror Company.
January 26, 1994. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Mary Sutter (February 2, 2000). "
Telemundo
Telemundo buys CBS/Telenoticias".
Daily Variety. p. 4.
^ "Exitos TV Independent Programming 1st Quarter Report". Comcast
(Press release). October 28, 2013.
^ Diana Marszalek (December 1, 2014). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Stations Debut
Classic TV Diginet". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved January
26, 2015.
^ Erik Sass (March 7, 2011). "
Comcast
Comcast Launches Xfinity
Spanish-Language VOD". MediaDailyNews. MediaPost Communications.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Todd Spangler (December 13, 2013). "NBCU's
Telemundo
Telemundo Sets Streaming
Deal for Telenovelas with
DramaFever
DramaFever (Exclusive)". Variety. Penske
Media Corporation. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Amanda Kondolojy (October 22, 2013). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Now App Offers TV
Everywhere".
TV by the Numbers
TV by the Numbers (Press release).
Zap2It
Zap2It (Tribune
Digital Ventures). Retrieved November 7, 2015 – via Telemundo.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo Media Kicks Off
TV Everywhere
TV Everywhere Via App". Online Media
Daily. MediaPost Communications. October 22, 2013. Retrieved November
7, 2015.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo Media Launches TV Everywhere". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck
Media. October 22, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ Richard Lawler (April 2, 2009). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Goes HD". Engadget. AOL.
Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ McNary, Dave (13 February 2016). "SAG-AFTRA,
Telemundo
Telemundo Unionization
Battle Heats Up". Variety. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^ a b Handel, Jonathan (29 August 2016). "
Telemundo
Telemundo Refuses to Air
SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA Ad About Language Equity". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30
August 2016.
^ Chapman, Michael (1 June 2016). "Bozell to Telemundo: Immediately
Apologize to Trump and Fire All Involved in
San Diego
San Diego Staging
Incident". CNS News. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ Reisman, Sam. "Conservative Media Watchdog Accuses
Telemundo
Telemundo of
Staging the News — So Did They?". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 3 June
2016.
^ "
Telemundo
Telemundo Files Claim to Counter Azteca's Suit".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times.
Times Mirror Company. Reuters. October 6, 2006. Retrieved November 7,
2015.
^ "GE accuses Mexico's TV firms of
Telemundo
Telemundo plot".
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times.
Times Mirror Company. Reuters. December 12, 2006. Retrieved November
7, 2015.
External links[edit]
Official website
Crossover - Telemundo's bilingual website
Telemundo
Telemundo International
Telemundo
Telemundo (from the
Museum of Broadcast Communications website)
Club De Noveleras (Bilingual)
lo mejor de lo mejor (Bilingual)
v
t
e
NBCUniversal
A subsidiary of Comcast
Corporate
officials
Board of Directors
Steve Burke (CEO)
Brian L. Roberts
Jeffrey R. Immelt
Keith Sherin
Executives
Dick Ebersol
Robert Greenblatt
Bonnie Hammer
Ted Harbert
Ronald Meyer
Universal Filmed
Entertainment Group
Amblin Partners[nu 1]
Back Lot Music
Carnival Films
Chiller Films
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Classics
Big Idea Entertainment
Bullwinkle StudiosJV
Harvey Entertainment
DreamWorks Channel
Oriental DreamWorks[nu 2]
DreamWorks New Media
AwesomenessTV[nu 3]
Big Frame
Fandango (70%)
Focus Features
Gramercy Pictures
Illumination Entertainment
Illumination Mac Guff
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
United International Pictures[nu 4]
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Playback
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Working Title Films
Universal Parks
& Resorts
United States
Universal Studios Hollywood
CityWalk
Universal Orlando
Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Studios Florida
Universal's Islands of Adventure
CityWalk
International
Universal Studios Japan
Universal Studios Singapore
Universal Studios Beijing
NBCU Cable
Entertainment
Universal Cable Productions
Craftsy
Craftsy (major stake)
Networks
Syfy
USA Network
Lifestyle Group
Bravo
E!
Oxygen
Universal Kids
NBCU Digital
Hulu[nu 5]
Movieclips
NBCU Telemundo
Enterprises
NBC
NBC Universo
Telemundo
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Studios
Telemundo
Telemundo TV Studios
Telemundo
Telemundo Deportesw/
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Group
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Group
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Ventures
Alli
Golf Channel
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Digital
GolfNow
NBC
NBC Sports
NBCSN
Olympic Channel
part owner
MLB Network
NHL Network
NBC
NBC Sports
Regional Networks
Bay Area (45%)
Boston
California
Chicago (20%)
Northwest
Philadelphia
Washington
SNY (8%)
NBCUniversal
News Group
NBC
NBC News
NBCNews.com
The Weather Channel[nu 6]
MSNBC
Peacock Productions
C
NBC
NBC global channels
CNBC
C
NBC
NBC Africa (licensee)
C
NBC
NBC Asia
C
NBC
NBC Europe
C
NBC
NBC Latin America
C
NBC
NBC World
C
NBC
NBC Europe branches
Class C
NBC
NBC (20%)
C
NBC
NBC Africa (licensee)
C
NBC
NBC Arabiya
CNBC-e
C
NBC
NBC Nordic
C
NBC
NBC Asia branches
CNBC-TV18
C
NBC
NBC Australia
C
NBC
NBC Awaaz
C
NBC
NBC Hong Kong
C
NBC
NBC Pakistan
C
NBC
NBC Singapore
Nikkei CNBC
SBS-CNBC
NBCUniversal
International
Networks
13th Street Universal
Australia
Benelux
France
Germany
Spain
Bravo New Zealand
Euronews[nu 7]
Syfy
Syfy Universal
Asia
Australia
Benelux
France
Germany
Italy[nu 8]
Latin America
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
United Kingdom
Diva Universal
Asia
Italy
Romania
Movies 24
Studio Universal
Latin America
Universal Channel
Asia
Australia
Germany
Greece
Japan
Poland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Style Network
Australia
E!
Asia
Australia
Europe
NBC
NBC Entertainment
NBC
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation Television
Stamford Media Center
Universal Television
NBC
NBC Broadcasting
Affiliate Relations
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Television Distribution
NBCU Owned
TV Stations
O&Os
NBC
NBC Owned
TV Stations
KNBC
KNSD
KNTV
KXAS-TV
WBTS-LD
WBTS-LD & WYCN-CD
WCAU
WMAQ-TV
WNBC
WRC-TV
WTVJ
WVIT
WVIT Other properties:
Cozi TV
K15CU-D
LXTV
New England Cable News
Telemundo
Station Group
KBLR
KDEN-TV
KEJT-LP
KHRR
KNSD-DT20
KNSO[nu 9]
KSTS
KTAZ
KTDO
KTLM
KTMD
KVDA
KVEA
KXTX-TV
WKAQ-TV
WNEU
WNJU
WRDM-CD/WDMR-LP[nu 10]
WRIW-CD
WRMD-CD
WSCV
WSNS-TV
WTMO-CD
WWSI
WWDT-CD
WZTD-LD
WZDC-CD[nu 10] Other properties:
TeleXitos
Independent station
WZGS-CD
Other assets:
EMKA, Ltd.
International Media Distribution
PictureBox Films
Former/Defunct
properties
and predecessors:
Castle Films
Chapman Entertainment
Chiller
CIC Video
Cloo
Comcast
Comcast Network
Esquire Network
FilmDistrict
G4
Good Machine
Gramercy Pictures
Harvey Films/Harvey Comics
ITC Entertainment
Interscope Communications
Kitty Films
Miss Universe[nu 11]
Multimedia Entertainment
MCA Inc.
NBC
NBC Weather Plus
October Films
Pacific Data Images
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Propaganda Films
Seagram
Seagram Company Ltd.
Shift
Seeso
Total Television
United Productions of America
Universal HD
ZGS Communications
^ Co-owned with The Amblin Group, Participant Media, Reliance
Entertainment,
Entertainment One
Entertainment One and Alibaba Pictures.
^ Co-owned with China Media Capital,
Shanghai Media Group
Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai
Alliance Investment.
^ Co-owned with
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications and Verizon Communications.
^ 50%, with Viacom's Paramount Pictures.
^ Co-owned with 21st Century Fox,
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company and Time
Warner.
^ Co-owned with
The Blackstone Group
.svg/440px-The_Blackstone_Group_logo_(2).svg.png)
The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.
^ Co-owned with Media Globe Networks and European public broadcasters.
^ Co-owned with Mediaset.
^ The station is owned by NBCUniversal, but is controlled by Serestar
Communications.
^ a b Operated by
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal under a local marketing agreement.
^ Co-owned with
The Trump Organization
The Trump Organization before September 2015 sale to
WME/IMG.
v
t
e
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Group
Current programs
Original
Fight Night 36
Football Night in America
Fore Inventors Only
Golf Central
Indy Car 36
Match of the Day
NHL 36
NBC
NBC SportsTalk
NFL Turning Point
NHL Live
NHL Overtime
Pro Football Talk
Sports
Sports Illustrated
Sunday
Sports
Sports Report
Sports
College Football on NBC
College Hockey on NBC
Dew Action
Sports
Sports Tour
Fight Night
Premier
Boxing
Boxing Champions
Formula One on NBC
IndyCar Series on NBC
Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross
NASCAR on NBC
Golf Channel
Golf Channel on NBC
NFL on NBC
Football Night in America
NBC
NBC Sunday Night Football
NHL on NBC
Notre Dame Football on NBC
Olympics on NBC
Premier League
Red Bull Global Rallycross
USA Sevens
USA Rugby League
Tennis on NBC
Thoroughbred Racing on NBC
Tour de France
Other
Men in Blazers
The Dan Patrick Show
National channels
Golf Channel
NBCSN
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Radio
Olympic Channel
minority stake
MLB Network
NHL Network
Universal
Sports
Sports (defunct)
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Regional Networks
Bay Area (45%)
Boston
California
Chicago (20%)
Northwest
Philadelphia
Washington
SNY (8%)
Occasional programming
NBC
NBC Olympics
NBC
NBC Sports
NBC-
Telemundo
Telemundo Deportes
Occasional broadcasters
NBC
Bravo
CNBC
MSNBC
USA Network
(Spanish-language)
Universo
Telemundo
Other properties
Alli Sports
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Digital
GolfNow
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Gold
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Live Extra
Rotoworld
Rotoworld Fantasy Sports
profootballtalk.com
Xfinity Live! Philadelphia
Former programs
AFL on NBC
Baseball Night in America
Bowling on NBC
CFL on NBC
College Basketball on NBC
Gillette Cavalcade of Sports
Hambletonian
The 'Lights
MLB Game of the Week
MLB on NBC
Major League Baseball: An Inside Look
MLS on NBC
NBA on NBC
NBA Showtime
NBC
NBC College Football Game of the Week
Sportsworld
Parent: NBCUniversal
v
t
e
Televisa
Key people
Current
Emilio Azcárraga Jean
Bernardo Gómez Martínez
Alfonso de Angoitia
Former
Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (founder)
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo
Subsidiaries and divisions
Cablemás
Centro de Educación Artística
Pantelion Films
Pantelion Films (joint-venture with Lionsgate)
Editorial Televisa
Esmas.com
Fundación Televisa
Izzi Telecom
Noticieros Televisa
SKY México
Televisa
Televisa Consumer Products
Televisa
Televisa Deportes
Televisa
Televisa Home Entertainment
Televisa
Televisa Networks
Televisa
Televisa Radio
Televisa
Televisa Regional
Televisa
Televisa USA
Television services
Broadcast
Las Estrellas
Canal 5
Gala TV
FOROtv
Cable
Bandamax
De Película
De Película
De Película Clásico
Distrito Comedia
Golden
Golden Edge
Golden Premier
Ritmoson Latino
Televisa
Televisa Deportes Network
TeleHit
Telemundo
Telemundo Internacional (joint-venture with NBCUniversal)
Tiin
TLN Network
TL Novelas
Unicable
UFC Network
Soccer teams
Current
Club América
Former
Club Necaxa
Club San Luis
Other assets
Blim
CJ Grand Shopping (joint-venture with CJ Group)
Estadio Azteca
Teletón México
Televisa
Televisa Cine
Televisa
Televisa Interactive Media
Televisa
Televisa Música
Televisa
Televisa San Ángel
Defunct services
American Network
ECO Noticias
EMI
Televisa
Televisa Music
Category
v
t
e
Spanish-language broadcast television networks in the United States
Major
Azteca América
Estrella TV
Telemundo
UniMás
Univision
Specialty
LATV
LATV (bilingual English/Spanish)
Mega TV
Cine Mexicano
Tele N
MiCasa Network
Mira TV
Multimedios
¡Sorpresa!
TeleXitos
TeLe-Romántica
Tr3́s
Defunct
América CV
Hispanic Television Network
Inmigrante TV
LAT TV
MundoMax
Soi TV
TuVisión
VasalloVision
v
t
e
City of Hialeah
Government
Police Department
Mayors
Martínez (1981–2005)
Robaina (2005–2011)
Hernández (2011–present)
Locations
Centuri Headquarters
Hialeah Park Race Track
Sedano's
Seminola neighborhood
Telemundo
Telemundo Headquarters
Westland Mall
Education
Flamingo
José Martí MAST
Hialeah EA
Hialeah High
Hialeah Middle
HML
Milam
Westland
Transportation
Hialeah Drive
Hialeah Expressway
Hialeah Market
Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
Hialeah metro station
Okeechobee metro station
Transfer metro station
History
Timeline
2013 shooting
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
Mayoral elections
2011
Events
Hialeah Park
stakes races
Bahamas Stakes
Black Helen Handicap
Everglades Stakes
Flamingo Stakes
Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap
Hibiscus Stakes
McLennan Handicap
Widener Handicap
v
t
e
Sports
Sports television in the United States
Broadcast
divisions
English
CBS
CBS Sports
ESPN
ESPN on ABC
Fox Sports
NBC
NBC Sports
Stadium
Turner Sports
Spanish
Azteca Deportes
Telemundo Deportes
Telemundo Deportes (Telemundo/Universo)
Univision
Univision Deportes
National
channels
English
beIN Sports
CBS
CBS
Sports
Sports Network
ESPN
ESPN2
FS1
FS2
NBCSN
Olympic Channel
Spanish
beIN
Sports
Sports en Español
ESPN
ESPN Deportes
Fox Deportes
Univision
Univision Deportes Network
Specialty
channels
College
Big Ten Network
ESPNU
Fox College Sports
Pac-12 Network
SEC Network
Single sport
Cricket TicketO
ESPN
ESPN College Extra
ESPN
ESPN Goal Line & Bases LoadedP
Fox Soccer PlusP
GOL TV
Golf Channel
In DemandP
MAVTV
MLB Network
MLB Extra InningsO
MLB Strike ZoneP
MLS Direct KickO
NBA League PassO
NBA TV
NFL Network
NFL RedZoneP
NFL Sunday TicketO
NHL Network
NHL Center IceO
Tennis Channel
TVG
TVG2
Willow
Ride TV
Outdoors
The Cowboy Channel
Frost Great Outdoors
Outdoor Channel
Sportsman Channel
World Fishing Network
Pursuit Channel
Other
Eleven
Sports
Sports Network
ESPN
ESPN Classic
ESPNews
ESPN
ESPN PPVP
Syndicators
ACC Network
ACC Network (Raycom Sports)
ESPN
ESPN Events
Broadband
CBS
CBS
Sports
Sports HQ
Club WWN
Fox
Sports
Sports Go
FITE TV
Global Wrestling Network
Honor Club
MLB.tv
UFC Fight Pass
Watch
ESPN
ESPN (ESPN3;
ACC Network
ACC Network Extra)
WWE
WWE Network
WWNLive
Video on demand
The Ski Channel
Surf Channel
v
t
e
Regional sports television networks in the United States
AT&T SportsNet
Pittsburgh
Rocky Mountain
Southwest
Root
Sports
Sports Northwest (part-ownership)
Fox
Sports
Sports Networks
Arizona
Detroit
Florida / Sun
Midwest
Indiana
Kansas City
North
Ohio / SportsTime Ohio
Southeast / South
Carolinas
Tennessee
Southwest
Oklahoma
New Orleans
West / Prime Ticket
San Diego
Wisconsin
YES Network
NBC
NBC
Sports
Sports Regional Networks
(Comcast)
Bay Area
Boston
California
Chicago
Northwest
Oregon
Sports
Sports Network
Washington
Philadelphia
Spectrum Sports
(Charter)
Florida
Kansas City
Los Angeles
SportsNet/Deportes
SportsNet LA
SportsNet New York
SportsNet New York (part ownership)
Ohio
Wisconsin
Independents
Altitude Sports
Buckeye Cable Sports
BYUtv
BYUtv Sports
Cox
Sports
Sports TV
FiOS1
Longhorn Network
Mid-Atlantic Sports
Midco Sports
MSG Network
Plus
Western NY
NESN
SportsNet NY
SWX Right Now
v
t
e
Defunct television sports networks in the United States
National
America One
American
Sports
Sports Classics
American
Sports
Sports Network
Back9Network
Baseball Network
Big 12 Network
CNN
CNN SI
ESPN
ESPN 3D
Football Network
Fox Soccer
Lorimar
Sports
Sports Network
Mizlou
NASCAR Hot Pass
NewSport
One World Sports
ONTV
SEC TV
Speed
SportsChannel America
Sports
Sports Network
Universal
Sports
Sports Network
Regional
4SD
Carolinas SE
Cox Sports
Empire
Hawkvision
MountainWest
PASS Sports
Prime
PRISM
Royals Sports
SportsChannel LA
Sportsvision
Sports
Sports Time
Victory
Out-of-market
ESPN
ESPN Full Court
ESPN
ESPN GamePlan
Mega March Madness
O. Out-of-market sports packages
P. Premium channel
v
t
e
Telemundo
Telemundo programming (current and upcoming)
Dramas
La Reina del Sur (since 2011)
El Señor de los Cielos
El Señor de los Cielos (since 2013)
Señora Acero
Señora Acero (since 2014)
Sin senos sí hay paraíso
Sin senos sí hay paraíso (since 2016)
Milagros de Navidad
Milagros de Navidad (since 2017)
Reglas del juego (since 2017)
José José, el príncipe de la canción
José José, el príncipe de la canción (since 2018)
Marido en alquiler
Marido en alquiler (since 2018)
Al otro lado del muro
Al otro lado del muro (since 2018)
Enemigo íntimo
Enemigo íntimo (since 2018)
La sombra de Helena (since 2018)
Talk
Talk and reality shows
12 Corazones
12 Corazones (since 2005)
Al Rojo Vivo (since 2002)
Caso Cerrado (since 2001)
Videos Asombrosos (since 2008)
Don Francisco te invita
Don Francisco te invita (since 2016)
News and public affairs
Noticias Telemundo (since 1999)
Un Nuevo Día
Un Nuevo Día (since 2008)
Sports
Copa
FIFA
FIFA de la Confederaciones (since 2017)
Copa Mundial de la Femnina (since 2015)
Hockey
Telemundo
Telemundo (since 2015)
Futbol de
Premier League
Premier League (since 2013)
Juegos Olimpicos por
Telemundo
Telemundo (since 2004)
Music and variety programming
Nitido (since 2005)
Children's programming
LazyTown
LazyTown (since 2012)
Noodle and Doodle
Noodle and Doodle (since 2012)
Raggs
Raggs (since 2012)
Award show
Billboard Latin Music Awards
Premios Tu Mundo
Latin American Music Awards
Upcoming
FIF