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Univision, which touts 7.5 million unique monthly visitors to its sites, today held its first Hispanic Digital Content NewFront presentation in New York City. During the event, Kevin Conroy, Univision’s President of Digital and Enterprise Development, unveiled plans for new original digital content and announced the company will launch Flama, a new digital destination with culturally relevant content for Hispanic [...]

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Telemundo Media is zeebox’s first Hispanic partner. zeebox, a social networking and social television platform available for mobile devices, provides contextual information second-by-second as people watch TV. The partnership kicks off tonight with the 2013 “Latin Billboard Awards,” which will air at 7 pm ET/6pm CT. Fans that download the free zeebox app will have access to exclusive second-screen experiences starting [...]

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A group of television broadcasters is appealing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s ruling that startup company Aereo wasn’t infringing any copyrights. Univision, Fox and PBS have filed a petition for an “en banc” review of the Aereo case.  They argue that Aereo is a subscription retransmission service that allows paid subscribers the ability to see [...]

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DISH has made an unsolicited surprise $25.5 billion bid to buy Sprint.  The Dish bid comes 6 months after Japan’s SoftBank Corp. made a $20.1 billion offer for Sprint. DISH network is the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider. Sprint is the country’s number-three wireless carrier. The Sprint bid would also give DISH access to wireless broadband provider Clearwire. [...]

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We’re just one week away from the kick-off to Hispanicize, slated to be the biggest Hispanic social media, journalism, marketing, film, music event – what its founder, Manny Ruiz, hopes to turn into the Latino South by Southwest. Today, the conference organizers launched an app to help attendees navigate through all the sessions and events that [...]

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Two bilingual freelance multimedia reporters are the winners of the Media Moves/Hispanicize journalist contest. Melissa Gonzalo @meligonzo, from Los Angeles, is the grand prize winner.  In addition to round trip airfare to Miami and a two-night hotel stay, Melissa will also get a free registration to attend the 2013 conference, courtesy of Hispanicize. Carolina Cruz [...]

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Hispanicize 2013 is just three weeks away.  The event has grown way beyond its initial scope of a conference to connect bloggers and marketers.  Last year, its founder, Manny Ruiz, added a film festival.  And this year, he’s expanded the event to include a music festival and a journalism track. Also this year, Media Moves [...]

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Univision Communications has signed a multi-year agreement DIRECTV adding carriage of Univision’s new cable networks. DIRECTV will launch Univision Deportes Network, Univision tlnovelas, and ForoTV, in addition to carrying Univision’s owned and operated broadcast stations, the network feeds for Univision and UniMás and Galavisión. DIRECTV customers will also have access to thousands of hours of Univision’s content [...]

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Earlier this week, Media Moves teamed up with Hispanicize founder Manny Ruiz to create a contest for journalists interested in the ever-growing opportunities in the digital media space. The winner will receive a round trip ticket to Miami, a two-night hotel stay and a free registration to attend the Hispanicize 2013 conference in Miami, which takes [...]

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Hispanicize 2013 (www.HispanicizeEvent.com), the biggest Latino social media, journalism, marketing, film, music conference is taking place next month in Miami Beach from April 9-13th. As the media industry evolves, so must the the journalist that wants to remain relevant. That’s why Media Moves has teamed up with Hispanicize, creating a contest to send one journalist to the 2013 conference. [...]

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