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Univision acquires satire news outlet “The Onion”

January 27, 2016 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Sandra Fernandez, The Onion, Univision

16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Nominees

September 30, 2015 by Sandra Fernandez 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Latin Grammy, Sandra Fernandez, television, TV, Univision

TV Find: Sesame Street comes to Univision in “Planeta U”

August 1, 2015 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog Tagged With: Sandra Fernandez, Sesame Amigos, Sesame Street, television, TV, Univision, videos

Premios Lo Nuestro Winners

February 24, 2014 by Sandra Fernandez 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Awards, Premios Lo Nuestro, Prince Royce, Sandra Fernandez, Univision

Houston Media Moves & News: Vicente Arenas, Maria Corrales, and Jose Grinan

February 21, 2014 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Fox 26 News, Maria Corrales, Mike McGuff, Sandra Fernandez, television, TV, Univision, Vicente Arenas

Univision wins the ratings game

July 29, 2013 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: media, Sandra Fernandez, television, TV, Univision

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