In what can only be described as an odd pairing, TV network Univision has announced the acquisition of website “The Onion.” Okay, it’s more accurate to say that they are acquiring 40% ownership of “The Onion,” which (apparently) is the controlling stake in the humor website. I don’t read “The Onion,” but my brother-in-law is […]
16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Nominees
The Latin Recording Academy recently announced the nominees for the 16th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards™. Below is part of the list of nominees, via Wikipedia. Check to see if your favorites are part of the list. Leonel García Natalia Lafourcade led the list, with six and five nominations respectively. With four nominations each were Juan Luis Guerra and […]
TV Find: Sesame Street comes to Univision in “Planeta U”
The Cookie Monster, named Comegalletas, is coming to Univision in “Planeta U,” a new 30-minute Spanish-language show. This will be the first Spanish-language show produced by Sesame Street for US audiences. Announced by Univision, “Starting August 1st, Kids Will Laugh, Play and Learn with Elmo, Rosita, Cookie Monster And Friends During The ‘Planeta U‘ Saturday Morning Children’s […]
Premios Lo Nuestro Winners
Univision’s Premios Lo Nuestro 2014 was held recently. As usual, I missed it (I’m just not fond of awards shows). Apparently, it was a great show. Among the many winners was Prince Royce, who took home the award for Artist of the Year. Here are a few of the other winners (find the full list […]
Houston Media Moves & News: Vicente Arenas, Maria Corrales, and Jose Grinan
Two Houston TV news reporters are making jumps that are worth noting this week: Maria Corrales is moving from KXLN-45 (Univision) to KRIV-26 (fox). She’s crossing over from a Spanish-language station, where she is a reporter/producer) to an English-language station as a multimedia journalist. Vicente Arenas is moving from the local KHOU-11 (CBS) to CBS […]
Univision wins the ratings game
Houston’s Univision 45 is the station with the most adults ages 18-49 and 25-54 watching “primetime line-up, early evening and late local news than any other broadcast station in Houston, regardless of language,” reports Mike McGuff. Earlier this year, Univision 45 reportedly took first place in the May 2013 ratings for the Weekday 5 pm newcast as […]