Aimed at boosting its Latino audience, Netflix has partnered with Univision to coproduce some new shows for next year. The announcement was made at Univision's upfronts for 2016 in New York, in which the media company presented its programming plans to advertisers.
After a short, intense battle, Univision agreed to temporarily unblock its channels on AT&T's TV service just in time for Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate.
Donald Trump and Univision ended their legal battle on Feb. 11 after months of arbitration over the media company's abrupt decision to cut ties with the former Miss USA and Miss Universe owner last year, following his disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants.
The National Hispanic Media Coalition announced this week it had created a new coalition with a few major Latino media businesses and organizations in an effort to boost Latino diversity in media and technology.
Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio used his official position as majority whip of the Florida House of Representatives to request that state regulators give his ex-con brother-in-law a real estate license in 2002.
Sling TV just announced it has added local live broadcasts from Univision and UniMás to its Spanish-language OTT streaming service, Sling Latino. It's a first for the company and a sign of how it might evolve next.
Univision and Telemundo maybe be the top two networks among first-generation Latinos, however third-generation U.S. Latinos are far more likely to prefer English-language media.
