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Mexican Televisa Attacked by Drug Cartels

1:04 pm By la Macha · New York City| mexico · Comments Off

15 Jan 2009

The news from Mexico’s “war on drugs” just keeps getting worse and worse. Now along with the beheadings, regular kidnappings, and other attacks, comes attacks on the media:

Editors at Televisa, the world’s most popular Spanish language network, were having a lively news meeting in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey when they heard a series of pops followed by a thunderous explosion. Running outside, the editors realized the top breaking news item had come straight to them. The pops were bullets sprayed from Kalashnikov automatic rifles directly into the facade of their offices. The blast was from a fragmentation grenade. Next to the debris was a message scrawled onto cardboard. “Stop just broadcasting us. Also broadcast the narco politicians,” it said.

Considering that Mexico already stands as one of the most dangerous countries for media to work in, it’s a little frightening to think that even mainstream media is being targeted. As of now, I have not found an English translation of a response from Calderon on these attacks–if his response is anything like it in the past–it will equal out to some growling and thumping on the chest before he goes back to sleep.

Televisa to Sell Univision Shares

1:22 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · TV| business · Comments Off

28 Feb 2007

Mexican media megacompany Televisa isn’t happy with Univision’s new choice of chief executive.

Broadcasting Media Partners Inc., the investor group that is buying Univision, announced on Tuesday that Joe Uva will become chief executive of Univision on April 1. Broadcasting Media Partners said it expects the acquisition to close in March.

Televisa and Univision have been at odds with each other over internet distribution rights and a program license agreement. The latest beef between the two stems from a rejected bid from Televisa to acquire Univision.

Via / Forbes

Legendary actor, director of “La Fea más bella” dead

5:49 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Movies| TV| mexico · Comments Off

10 Jan 2007

The cast and crew of the Mexican version of Ugly Betty, Televisa’s La Fea más bella, is mourning the death of their director, actor Sergio Jiménez, who

…died of an apparent heart attack, television producer Rosy Ocampo said Wednesday. He was 69.

Jiménez had been working as a director on the TV soap opera “La fea más bella.”

Ocampo, who was in charge of the production, told Televisa that Jiménez´s body was found in his apartment after he did not show up for the show´s Wednesday taping, the first such session scheduled after the holiday season.

“People close to him went to look for him at his apartment and upon noticing that (the door) was locked, that his car was parked outside and that it had been several days since he had gone out, it was decided to go to the district attorney´s office” to notify them of the unusual circumstances, Ocampo said. He also said that prosecutors “finally entered his house and found that he had died, apparently while he was watching television.”

Jiménez is perhaps best known for his role as “El Gato” in the legendary Mexican film Los Caifanes (image above).

Univision.com has a piece on how the Mexican entertainment world is reacting.

Mexican daily La Jornada eulogizes Jimenéz, saying Sergio came from a time when “actors were real actors”.

Via / ElUniversal.com.mx

Famed Mexican TV star dead

4:59 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| TV| mexico · Comments Off

27 Nov 2006

As reviled as he was loved, it’s an undeniable fact that Raul Velasco, host of the famed Mexican variety show Siempre en Domingo was an important figure in Mexican popular culture. Some say he’s guilty of destroying Mexican popular culture. His death Sunday marks the end of an era for Mexican television and for many 20-30-40-somethings who first saw their favorite Mexican stars make their debut on Siempre en Domingo:

Raul Velasco, who hosted one of Mexico’s most popular and enduring television programs, “Siempre en Domingo,” died Sunday at his home in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, his network said. He was 73.

Velasco, whose variety show has been compared to “The Ed Sullivan Show,” was credited with launching many of Mexico’s biggest pop stars to fame by having them appear on his show, which was broadcast from 1969-1998.

Univision will sell for more than 12 billion

12:08 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · business · 3 Comments

27 Jun 2006

For all those who still doubt whether the Latino market in the U.S. is lucrative, I point you to this piece of news. Univision, the leading Spanish language in the United States is preparing to be purchased by a group of investors at a whopping 12.3 billion dollars.

Univision Communications Inc.’s board has agreed to sell the nation’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster for $12.3 billion in cash to a consortium of investors, the parties involved in the sale announced early Tuesday.

The figure agreed upon late Monday equals $36.25 a share, according to a news release on the sale. That’s a 13 percent premium to Univision’s closing stock price on Monday. The group of investors will also assume about $1.4 billion in debt.

The investors have won out after a struggle for the property with Mexico’s TV giant Televisa.

The group said of the newly acquired media property:

“Univision is truly a one-of-a-kind property,” the acquiring group said in a joint statement. “It is an outstanding media brand with exceptional positions in the fastest-growing markets in the country, world-class assets, strong management, popular programming and unmatched ratings.”

Via / Yahoo! Entertainment

Laura moving to Televisa?

1:39 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| TV · Comments Off

15 May 2006

Is displaced Peruvian talk show host Laura Bozzo moving to Televisa after being booted from Telemundo? That’s what Marketing y Medios is reporting:

After six years as Telemundo’s leading lady of daytime talk, Laura Bozzo will step away from the NBC Universal-owned network and into daypart programming at competitor Grupo Televisa, according to sources. While not completely unexpected, Bozzo decided last week to stop production of TV talk show Laura en América in July, when her contract expires.

M y M also quoted an expert who said that Laura’s departure may actually be good for Telemundo’s business, as big advertisers had previously refused to run on the network due to the content of Bozzo’s shows.

Via / Marketing y Medios

Cristina la revista gets the ax

6:06 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Magazines| Marketing| Media · 1 Comment

30 Nov 2005

Cristina Saralegui — the Cuban talk show queen that mainstream media likes to call “the Hispanic Oprah — has been building her niche media empire since the Latino market was just that: a niche. So it seems strange that now, with such a boom in Latino marketing and an increased demand for content to support advertising, her magazine, “Cristina”, is getting the ax:

Still, experts said they were surprised by the decision, given the growth in the market.

Samir Husni, a professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi who tracks the industry, said the magazine should have been able to survive.

“We have not seen the tip of the iceberg yet,” he said. “At any given newsstand, even at the non-Hispanic areas, we have five to 10 titles in Spanish. There’s no saturation yet.”

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