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Telemundo International to launch channel in Africa

Posted on 04 July 2013. Tags: ,

Starting Monday, August 12, Telemundo telenovelas will be seen in Africa.  The Telemundo channel in Africa, part of the Universal Networks International portfolio, will reach 48 countries throughout the continent on a digital pay-TV satellite platform.

The African launch is a major milestone for the channel. It’s the first time the pay-TV Telemundo branded service will be available outside of Latin America.

"La Patrona" is one of Telemundos original telenovelas, starring Christian Back, Araceli Arámbula and Jorge Pila.

“La Patrona” is one of Telemundo’s original telenovelas, starring Christian Back, Araceli Arámbula and Jorge Luis Pila.

With the tag line “Telemundo – Feel the Passion,” the channel will exclusively air telenovelas adapted for the African market with full dubbing of Spanish-language programming in English for South African and Sub-Saharan countries, and full dubbing in Portuguese for Angola and Mozambique.

Telemundo becomes the fifth channel brand from Universal Networks International to launch in Africa.  Others are Universal Channel, E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network, and movies channel Studio Universal. NBCUniversal News Group also operates CNBC channels across the continent.

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I'm an Emmy award-winning journalist, who's worked as an on-air reporter in Spanish and English-language television news. I've worked for Univision, Telemundo, CNN en Español and Los Angeles Fox and UPN stations before diving into a convergence model at the San Jose Mercury News. I was president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists from 2004 to 2006, and inducted into the Hall of Fame in August of 2016. As an online news manager, I was West Coast Web Editor for impreMedia and Managing Editor of IntersectionsSouthLA.org. In addition to running Media Moves, which I founded in June of 2007, I'm a regular contributor to Forbes and also do freelance work as writer, reporter and producer.
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