Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) has appointed Jessica Rodríguez to the newly-created role of President and Chief Operating Officer of UCI Networks, effective immediately. She’ll continue to serve in her existing role as Chief Marketing Officer of UCI. She’ll now report to Isaac Lee, UCI and Grupo Televisa’s Chief Content Officer, as well as UCI President […]
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Carriage dispute leads to Univision blackout on Verizon FiOS
Univision is accusing Verizon of pulling its signal from its cable service FiOS and mobile platforms “entirely without warning,” leaving 4.7 million of its customers “without access to the news, information and entertainment they rely on.” The blackout started at 5 pm EST on October 16, 2017, just when Univision’s carriage deal with Verizon was […]
Rivals Telemundo and Univision join forces to simulcast disaster relief concert
For the first time in Spanish-language television history, Telemundo and Univision are joining forces to simultaneously broadcast a special benefit concert. The rival networks have teamed up with superstars Jennifer Lopez and ex-husband Marc Anthony for “One Voice: Somos Live! A Concert For Disaster Relief” to help provide food, shelter, medicine, power and communications to the […]
Univision Atlanta anchor Ramírez adds EP duties
Starting September 1, Emmy-award winning anchor Amanda Ramírez will also be Executive Producer for Noticias 34 Atlanta. The announcement follows Gianncarlo Cifuentes’ promotion to Univision Regional News Director. A native of Puerto Rico, Ramírez has been the station’s 6 and 11 pm anchor since the newscast’s debut in 2011. She previously spent 5 years as […]
Tartak moves from NBCU International to Univision
Vanessa Tartak has joined Univision as Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy. Based in Miami, she reports to Ron Estrada in Washington, DC. She started her new role this week. She arrives to Univision from NBCUniversal International Networks, where she was most recently Public Relations Manager for channels including Syfy, E!, Telemundo Internacional and […]
Univision promotes and reassigns Pineda, Yáñez and Santamaría
Univision has promoted three of its executives, changing their leadership roles within the station group, effectively immediately. Ramón Pineda, who joined WXTV-Channel 41 in New York as VP and General Manager in 2005, will move on to a new role as SVP and Regional General Manager of Univision’s southeast stations. He’ll oversee operations in Atlanta, […]