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2017

15th Annual Hispanic Television Summit, New York, October 19th

Randy Falco: Driving our next growth phase

US Hispanic OTT mini-guide

Production market

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VIPS Miguel Somoza

Celebrating bicultural legacy “As an American born in Manhattan, a descendant of a Latin American family, I have moved between both cultures throughout my life, and the Hispanic market is something natural to me at a professional level. I am passionate about being able to work for the Spanish-speaking audience in the United States, so it gives me great satisfaction that the first Sabbatical titles that will be on the air on Univision are Kids’ Planet and The World is Yours. I was educated in both languages and I am educating my children the same way,” comments Miguel Somoza, CEO of Sabbatical Entertainment.

Marcello Coltro

A strategist for a five-channel portfolio NBCUniversal International Networks Latin America appointed Marcello Coltro as SVP, Marketing, PR, Creative & Digital. Responsible for the company’s five-network portfolio operating in the region –Universal Channel, Studio Universal, Syfy, E! Entertainment and Telemundo Internacional. Coltro will report to Klaudia Bermúdez-Key, SVP and GM of NBCUniversal International Networks, Latin America. “I am excited about the possibility of working with the talented team to build upon the impressive strength of the five-network portfolio across the region,” said Coltro. With over twenty years of management experience in the television and entertainment industry, Coltro has a stellar reputation as a strategist in the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets.

Karen Barroeta

Experience connecting brands with Hispanics NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises appointed Karen Barroeta to SVP, Marketing and Creative for Telemundo Networks reporting to Luis Silberwasser, president of Telemundo and Universo. Barroeta will be part of the network’s core content team and will lead the strategic development and execution of all consumer-marketing initiatives across the company’s platforms, including oversight of the media buying and experiential marketing teams. She will also collaborate with the Telemundo Station Group and the NBCUniversal distribution and affiliate teams. In addition, Barroeta will work closely with Mónica Gil, EVP, Corporate Affairs, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, to jointly develop and oversee all NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises corporate branding and marketing initiatives across the portfolio.

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Christian Gabela

Telling stories “We are focused on telling stories that we can tell authentically and with a level of authority that others might not have. At times, this comes in the form of utilizing our unmatched access to news archives and award-winning journalists from Univision News to source and develop long-form fiction and non-fiction content. The El Chapo series is the first example of this. We also leverage our company’s unique knowledge of Hispanic and young, diverse audiences to generate new story ideas. We are producing content that appeals to the new, rising American mainstream in both English and Spanish,” said Christian Gabela, General Manager for Story House Entertainment.

Zasha Robles

Increasing importance Recently, Spiral placed on Universo the documentary series Motive to Murder. “We have been working in the Hispanic market for years, first with animation and now with documentary contents, but we have also placed series that have had three seasons for Univision in the past. This new agreement with Universo regarding Motive to Murder is a continuation of our strategy for the Hispanic market in the U.S.. The Hispanic market has always been very important and has become much more relevant today because there is already a trend to get involved in what original production is,” comments Zasha Robles, Principal at Spiral International, an Etcetera Group Company.

Francisco Guijón

Focus on digital expansion A+E Networks has appointed Francisco Guijón as Senior Vice President, Americas. The appointment was announced by Edward Sabin, Executive Managing Director, International, A+E Networks, to whom Guijón will report. Based in Miami, he will be responsible for managing the profitability and expansion of A+E’s channels and media assets in Latin America and Canada, including the day-to-day relationships with the company’s partners and businesses in the region. Guijón will also draw on his experience to focus on expanding and executing on A+E’s digital strategy, a primary focus for further growth in the region. The executive joins the company from VTR Chile, where he served as Programming, Content & Ad Sales Director.

Billy Rovzar

Content for YouTube Billy Rovzar, producer and partner of Lemon Studios, assured that they are developing programs especially thought for their YouTube channel, and despite stating that they don’t aim to become YouTubers, he maintains that the platform offers them a perfect space to share their experiences and help train new talents. “It is a way to say what we would have liked to receive at some point, to contribute and return what we have learned. They are mini classes, with topics that our team asks us about, for example, what you can find in a script or how to determine if a production is going all right or not,” he assured.

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Anna Gordon

Increase their presence in U.S. Hispanic “The Hispanic market in the U.S. is of utmost importance for the development of our company. That is why we will continue working to take our best titles to open TV, pay TV and OTTs in Spanish and expanding our presence through CBeebies, a unique multiplatform signal that offers preschool children and their parents contents that educate and entertain in a healthy and safe environment,” expressed Anna Gordon, EVP and Managing Director of BBC Worldwide for Latin America and U.S. Hispanic.

RTVE´s Clan in expansion

María Jesús Pérez

RTVE chose Colombia to be the first country in the region where their children’s channel Clan can be seen. “Colombia is a strategic market for RTVE, with huge growth potential, since it is one of the most dynamic countries in Latin America,” expressed María Jesús Pérez, Channel Sales manager at RTVE. Although Colombia is the first country in Latin America in which RTVE’s channel can be seen, the company mentioned it is already in advanced negotiations with other operators. “We have pre-agreements with important clients in America (the U.S. and Latin America) and with other operators for the incorporation of the channel in their offers,” she ended.

New biopic about Jesus

Francisco “Paco” Cordero

Francisco “Paco” Cordero, CEO of BTF Media, announced that they will make a series on the life of Jesus. “We are going to tell the story of his life as a child, and his family life. We will continue with the methodology we have used with the other biopics we have made. In this case, we will approach the life of a very controversial character like Jesus, because religion is a polemic topic in any country,” said Cordero. BTF Media is developing the scripts of the series that will have global reach. It will be titled Jesus and is planned to be ready by mid-2019.

Herb Scannell

An advocate for the Latino market Herb Scannell has been named CEO of mitú. Scannell brings to the company a track record of successfully launching and scaling some of the most enduring franchises and innovative platforms in youth entertainment. “As the son of a proud Puerto Rican mom, mitú’s promise speaks to me professionally and personally. I have long advocated that the Latino market is underserved.

Within a generation, Latinos are projected to represent the majority of youth in the U.S., and the most influential and sought-after audience in entertainment. So when the chance to run the fastest growing digital media company in the sector came up, I was very excited to join the team,” Scannell said.

PRODU HISPANIC TV SUMMIT 2017: Portada: Cine Nostalgia / Cine Estelar • 2: RCN • 3: Atresmedia Interacional • 8-9: Mexicanal • 13: Zee Mundo • 15:Azteca América • 19:Condista • 23:SOMOS Distribution • 25:PRODU • Contraportada: UNIVISION

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Marcos Santana

Expanding world-class sports portfolio NBCUniversal/Telemundo and América Móvil jointly submitted the Mexican Football Federation bids for the Mexico National Team media rights, one for the United States, and the other for the rest of the world, for two World Cup cycles. The bids include rights to all men’s and women’s Mexico National Team divisions. The proposal submitted for the U.S. market includes the rights across all media platforms, while the other includes global digital media rights, excluding the U.S. “We are committed to continue expanding our world-class sports portfolio, in addition to our exclusive U.S. Spanish-language television rights to the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games,” said Marcos Santana, President, Telemundo International.

Antonio Briceño

Five years of beIN SPORTS Antonio Briceño, Deputy Managing Director of beIN SPORTS North America qualifies as “very positive” the balance of the first five years of the signal, which has managed to become a reference point for premium sports lovers, and especially for soccer fans, since this continues to be the Hispanic community´s favorite sport. “It has been a great achievement to position the channel as a leader on weekends, when we have consistently won in ratings during the day, despite being an unknown brand and practically not having Mexican products. Since the channel was launched in 2012, we have increased our coverage, reaching today more than 18 million users with our signal in Spanish,” he added.

Marlon Quintero

Investing in creativity Marlon Quintero, General Director of CIC Media, Producer and content creator, expressed that right now the most important thing is to invest in creativity. “It is necessary to give creatives the notion and to introduce them to what is happening around the world, because this is the key to generate ideas derived from technologies or with new methodologies, for example, for us it is very important for the industry to be trained.” CIC created an alliance with Sabbatical Entertainment to jointly work creative topics and projects. Some of the shows are Qué Cool, El Mundo Es Tuyo and Planeta de Niños; the entertainment programs (L)Over; and the vignettes Inspiring Beauty.

Javier López

Innovating Two months after relaunching its site, Zee Mundo, the Bollywood productions channel, launched for the first time a complete film on streaming before its broadcast on linear TV. It is titled Tanu y Manu Se Casan. “The idea is for us to be able to offer people the possibility of watching and enjoying what a Bollywood product is, and for those who don’t have it, to ask their operator for it,” said Javier López, General Manager of the channel.

The signal was launched in Latin America in markets like Mexico, Central America, Peru, Dominican Republic and it is also available in U.S. Hispanic.

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Spotlight

Su Nombre Es Raees

Zee Mundo has an exclusive launch for its first anniversary

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eeping up with the latest Rolando Figueroa in Bollywood, Zee Mundo, channel that is celebrating one year of operations, will premiere in the month of November Su Nombre es Raees, a successful 2017 film featuring Shah Rukh Khan, one of the top 10 best paid actors worldwide (according to Forbes 2017). The film is entirely dubbed into Spanish.

The movie, successfully launched in US movie theaters in January this year, was produced in 2016. The plot is set in the 1980´s, when there was liquor smuggling. A young man of humble origins takes this bad path and creates a liquor empire.

In addition, Zee Mundo introduced limited and geo-target online streaming video as of late September to promote the channel with great success. “This was a strategic measure based on non-subscriber requests via social media with a current reach of over 7 million,” explained Rolando Figueroa, Head of MarComm & Digital, Zee Mundo.

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Cloak & Dagger

¡HOLA! TV celebrates its fourth anniversary

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he signal ¡HOLA! TV has Marcos Pérez been in the US Hispanic market for four years. It recently entered the Sling TV grid to reach 1.2 million subscribers in the US and Puerto Rico. Aside from Sling TV, the channel is already on DIRECTV, Atlantic Broadband, YipTV and Wherever TV. This distribution will increase at the end of 2017 when they add new agreements that are currently in conversations, expressed Marcos Pérez, General Manager of ¡HOLA! TV. “At a global scale, we have more than 21 million homes in the American continent. They have been small steps, but continuous ones throughout the four years of the channel´s history,” highlighted Pérez.

Facing 2018, the signal continues to bet on its original contents. “Especiales ¡HOLA! TV was born with a modest spirit: to try to make a compilation of the best red carpet moments. We have gradually developed this franchise and realize there are many more things to do with it. One of the things we want to do is develop El Clóset De…In September we have El Clóset de Letizia and in October El Clóset de Kate” he explained.

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Spotlight

Sinvergüenza pero Honrado

Cine Nostalgia and Cine Estelar: The largest portfolio of Mexican movies

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his season Cine Nostalgia Carlos Vasallo launches a space of thematic vignettes with a fresh, entertaining and educational format, that capitalizes more than 30 collections from the culture and history of Mexico and Mexican cinema. “We started with the Vignettes de Cine Mexicano and Vignettes de la Historia de México” commented Carlos Vasallo, President and CEO of Cine Nostalgia and Cine Estelar.

Regarding the balance between the two signals, he expressed that they are very well positioned with more than 5 thousand titles of Mexican movies, a portfolio that continues to grow and with ratings that are consistent year after year. He commented that the investments in the last two years to convert their movie portfolio into HD places them in a superiority position regarding competitiveness.

Vasallo added that the channels are in optimal position to offer their movie content to the current multiplatform that is emerging right now, including OTT and Mobile. “We are in discussions with our affiliates regarding new product offers. In addition, through Carlos Vasallo Productions, we continue to produce new films, more documentaries, series and special content exclusive to our channels.”

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Somos TV´s channels aiming at OTT

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iendoMovies, channel Luis Villanueva that recently celebrated 11 years of presence in US Hispanic and Semillitas have positive expectations for the growth their launch on OTT platforms will generate.

“We are in conversations with several companies we will announce in due time. Semillitas is growing in distribution in Central America, where increasingly more companies integrate them to their packages of channels,” commented Luis Villanueva, CEO of Somos Group.

He highlighted that they are very satisfied with the results they have achieved. They have a truly privileged position in the Latino packages where they are placed. “ViendoMovies has saturated the market in terms of their presence in cable, satellite, and telcos companies and we are now looking with great interest at the increasing availability of linear channels on OTT platforms.”

Regarding Semillitas, he said they have had great international acceptance, which stimulates their growth outside traditional territories.

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Spotlight

Diomedes

Mundo CNET

HITN ready for multi-screen

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n the last few months, HITN has Guillermo Sierra deepened its original production strategy, strengthening its purchased contents and is preparing for its authenticated OTT platform that will have a premium window for exclusive contents.

Guillermo Sierra, the channel´s Head of Television and Digital Services, mentions that the recent original productions include: Mundo CNET (30’) space devoted to technology, conducted by Poncho de Anda, En Foco with Neida Sandoval (26x30’), the three hour Vida y Salud block with the doctor Aliza, the Tu Planeta block, made in alliance with Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) and Voces, a co-production with HispanoPost.

These are short films that highlight personalities from diverse fields who are making a difference in the Hispanic community.

HITN additionally relaunched the channel’s website with the help of Maximiliano Vaccaro, Director of Digital Services, for it to be the channel´s second screen. “We have already started to have differentiated content, such as the Pope´s visit live from Colombia,” mentioned Sierra.

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NTN24 expands reach in DIRECTV

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CN International´s signal Julián Giraldo NTN24 recently expanded its distribution in US Hispanic by entering DIRECTV’s package Optimo.

“We have had a contract with DIRECTV for NTN24 for several years, but we were in a plan that covers half of their subscribers. This jump to the Optimo package allows us to reach their entire subscriber base. This is clearly a reflection of the acceptance our channel has among Hispanics and supports the effort we make to inform and cater to our community in the US,” expressed with satisfaction Julián Giraldo, EVP, RCN International.

DIRECTV currently distributes the channels NTN24 and RCN´s Nuestra Tele. Another announcement was the entry of RCN Novelas for the first time to a US cable operator grid: Altice USA, in the Optimum package as of October. “RCN Novelas only had presence in the US through OTT, now we are also in cable. Altice USA is the first operator in this market to have our three channels: NTN24, Nuestra Tele and now RCN Novelas” he added.

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Spotlight

Rhyme Time

English Club TV: An educational alternative

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nglish Club TV (ECTV) Group Figures of Speech offers 12 products, including the English Club TV channels (SD, HD, Kids). The content is educational (70%) and entertaining (30%). The channel is produced in the United Kingdom. In North and Latin America it is available via Hispasat 30 W-5 satellite.

The channel provides its partners with all kinds of rights, including OTT, Mobile, DTH, IPTV, Web TV and terrestrial television. They also provide catch-up TV rights.

The signal will launch two brand-new projects: Figures of Speech (a program for those who want to learn English idioms) and Rhyme Time (a show that will help viewers to learn 3 new words in just 2 minutes in an interesting and interactive way).

Also, the network keeps pace with the times, providing leading educational technologies to more than 400 providers and 30,000 viewers from all over the world. Last year, ECTV launched new educational programs and almost 60 world-renowned blockbusters, and also created an application for its current and future B2B partners.

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Venevisión expanding presence in the US

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isneros Media Distribution Jonathan Blum (CMD) launched its channel Venevisión on DIRECTV’s Hispanic tier. The signal showcases the best variety of shows from Cisneros Media studios, including live shows like Portadas and Súper Sábado Sensacional, and daily recorded shows such as Cartas del Corazón.

“The channel’s content diversity appeals to a diverse multicultural audience. Cisneros has been defining Hispanic television trends for over twenty years in the United States with franchises like Quién Tiene La Razón, and Casos de Familia in addition to top-rated telenovelas like Eva Luna and series such as Ruta 35. We are planning to invest and expand Venevisión as our main media outlet in the U.S.,” stated Jonathan Blum, President of Cisneros Media.

The network will air the most recent drama genres from telenovelas to series, and will premiere Entre Tu Amor y Mi Amor - for the first time in the US - followed by innovative formats like the serienovela Para Verte Mejor.

The channel will also show the Miss Venezuela pageant and #HTM – Hazlo Tú Mism@, a short-form content developed by Internet influencers.

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Personality

Randy Falco President and CEO of Univision Communications Inc.

We are focused on driving our next phase of growth by leveraging emerging technologies Maribel Ramos-Weiner PRODU Describe the moment that UCI is currently going through UCI has transformed into a multiplatform media powerhouse that reaches more than one million unduplicated consumers on a monthly basis. Our flagship Univision Network is set to close the broadcast season as the no. 1 Spanish-language network for the 25th consecutive time – maintaining our position as the undisputed entertainment choice for Hispanic America. Furthermore, UCI networks deliver the largest unduplicated audience on Spanish-language TV in both primetime and total day, and has an unduplicated audience of 76% not reached on any of the top 10 English-language networks.

PRODU How is UCI positioned to deal with the challenges posed by changes in viewing and consumption habits?

UCI offers its own direct-to-consumer service, Univision NOW, which offers linear broadcasts of Univision and

In the future Falco hopes UCI grows beyond traditional content, expanding the digital footprint under the Fusion Media Group. He expressed that digital business grows rapidly and has become a key component of the advertising portfolio, reaching almost 10% of its advertising dollars

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Profile Under his leadership, UCI has expanded to reach an estimated 108 million average monthly unduplicated media consumers across its media portfolio, which includes 12 broadcast and cable networks; 123 local television and radio stations, as well as numerous digital platforms, mobile apps and content creation facilities across the United States

UniMás, a broad VOD library of our content as well as originals not seen on our air. We believe it’s essential to offer our product directly to consumers who only want to pay for the brands and networks they choose to watch.

Additionally, as our viewers further embrace SVOD services like Netflix and live streaming services such as Sling TV, they will find their favorite UCI content there, too.

PRODU UCI is evaluating/considering an IPO or selling the company outright. How is that process progressing?

Our ownership group continues to evaluate all options, including a public offering.

PRODU Looking to the future, what are the next steps for UCI, to continue being competitive?

Technological advancements in our industry are creating exciting new opportunities. We are enhancing and building new partnerships to serve our audience in innovative new ways.

Whether it’s a co-production made available on various platforms via a strategic windowing strategy or bringing our services directly to the consumer on more of the devices they choose, we have many creative avenues on which to

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compete and serve our audience, advertisers and distribution partners.

PRODU How are you prepared to cater to the Latino who prefers English as a first language?

We are focused on driving our next phase of growth by leveraging emerging technologies.

That includes expanding the company’s digital footprint under the Fusion Media Group. In the first half of 2017, our portfolio of digital assets reached nearly 95 million monthly “uniques” making us a leader among digital players. Our portfolio generated nearly a billion monthly page views and over 600 million video views. As our digital business continues to grow at a relatively fast pace, it is becoming a more significant component of our overall advertising portfolio, approaching nearly 10% of our advertising dollars.

PRODU What is the strategy to offer shorter and more attractive content than the traditional novela?

The nature of any programmer or broadcaster is to evolve, have a close pulse on what the audience seeks and be nimble to deliver on that. Telenovelas have long been at the center of UCI’s audience engagement story and the company’s new, shorter and more contemporary formats have been designed to match modern viewer preferences and the telenovela-watching experience of today.

PRODU The programming product more

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Falco has worked in the media business for more than 40 years and he says the affinity, connection and trust the audience has with the Univision brand is unequaled

closely aligned with Televisa under the guidance of Isaac Lee –how is that working for you?

Televisa’s commitment to treat the U.S. as a primary market when developing scripted content better aligns the programming development pipeline for both companies. Some examples of this alignment are Vino El Amor, one of the top performing novelas over the past 12 months, which was followed by La Doble vida de Estela Carrillo. Estela’s premiere drew an audience that was 33% higher than our ratings in that slot over the previous four weeks and had higher ratings than our last 13 novela launches.

PRODU The battle for ratings in primetime—Univision no longer wins every time.

What are you doing about it?

At UCI, we are innovating and we are not afraid to experiment. We think about media today holistically – there is no other portfolio that

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reaches Hispanics today like the Univision portfolio. We are diversifying our content as we adapt to changing consumption habits and engage the new American mainstream in the U.S. PRODU How is Univision Deportes performing?

With Univision Deportes, we have become the undisputed home of soccer in the U.S. As of 2017, we have the rights to at least 17 out of the 18 Liga MX teams, the most-watched soccer league in the U.S. regardless of language. Of the 10 most-watched soccer matches in the U.S. in the first quarter of this year, regardless of language, all 10 were aired on the Univision network. We recently acquired the Spanish-language rights to the UEFA Champions League starting this broadcast season, giving us the rights to one of the most important European club soccer tournaments in the world.

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Opinion

By Joe Schramm

Managing Partner & President / Schramm Marketing Group and Fantástico

15th Annual Hispanic Television Summit analyzes trends in Hispanic TV & video

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his Summit is the only annual conference that focuses solely on the business aspects of television for Hispanic viewers, worldwide. It is now the longest running, and most popular, annual event of its kind. It’s where “deals get done” and the business of Hispanic TV and video happen! That’s why nearly 500 executives register each year to “stay-up-to-date,” and “stay-connected.”

Attendees represent distribution, production, marketing, investment, research, advertising sales, and more.

It’s the only place in the TV and video business where executives in the general market intersect with those in the Hispanic market. Whether a “new comer” or “long time expert” in the Hispanic market, all attendees gain something unique and valuable.

Speakers and panelists include leading celebrities and on-air talent, who are joined by top business executives from programmers, and pay TV providers, as well as major advertisers and their agencies, all in a lively, and fun, but fast-paced environment.

This year, the Summit will focus on the

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latest trends and revenue opportunities in media spending, audience viewership, content production and options for distributing video. Here’s what’s new this year...

Advertising - The theme focuses on trends affecting the US$1.5 trillion Hispanic consumer power. Television and digital video provide advertisers the most popular tactic for reaching this dynamic audience. At the Summit, nearly 90% of all TV and video advertising spend in the Hispanic market is represented by speakers, panelists and award recipients from the leading media agencies and advertisers. For example, Publicis’ multicultural head, Lisa Torres will talk about changes in Hispanic consumer behavior and how this is affecting TV viewing and media planning.

World Cup – World Cup is THE biggest live event for Hispanic viewers.

Telemundo will proudly unveil plans for their first-time coverage of FIFA World Cup in 2018, with the four top executives responsible for the live telecast from Russia.

Cable TV - Trends in Attracting, Retaining and Serving Hispanic Viewers and cable TV subscribers is the topic of a keynote

The Summit will focus on the latest trends and revenue opportunities in media spending, audience viewership, content production and options for distributing video”

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interview with Javier García, SVP and GM of Multicultural Services at Comcast.

Awards Luncheon - Enjoy the ever-popular luncheon and awards ceremony where one of Spanish-language TV’s most popular, hot male leads, Rafael Amaya, star of El Señor de los Cielos, will be honored along with Altice USA and leading media executive, Gonzalo Del Fa, President of GroupM Multicultural.

Trends in Content, Marketing & OTT Distribution - Other sessions include a focus on trends in developing video content, and marketing promotions designed to attract viewers, including You Tube celebrity Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram. Another session addresses opportunities for digital distribution on the fast-growing segment of over-the-top options.

Correspondents Discuss Politics And Latino Viewers - The closing session features a discussion about the impact of politics on Latinos with top Latino journalists: Juan Williams, co-host of The Five on Fox News Channel; Sunny Hostin of ABC’s The View and ABC News, Juan Carlos López, senior political anchor for CNN en Español, and Adrián Carrasquillo, White House correspondent for BuzzFeed.

Lively Hosts – Segments of the day will be hosted by on-air talent including Jessica Formoso, Reporter, FOX 5 NY; Rebeka Smyth, Correspondent, Noticias Telemundo; and Yisel Tejeda, Investigative Reporter, Noticias Univisión 41.

Networking - And, the conference finishes with a real party, the closing reception has a quinceañera theme with a Bollywood twist!

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Portfolio

Univision and Netflix El Chapo

El Chapo (12x60’) is the first co-production between Netflix and Story House Entertainment. Season two kicks off with El Chapo’s first prison break and goes on to reveal the critical role corrupt government officials play in aiding El Chapo’s rise over his rival cartel bosses. Viewers will also begin to see how his quest to become the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, the most powerful criminal organization in the world, impacts the lives of those closest to him–including his family. The series stars Marco de la O. Second Season Original

Telemundo El Señor de los Cielos

El Señor de los Cielos (82x60’) is back with an explosive season. Aurelio Casillas (Rafael Amaya) has withdrawn from his business matters to live the relation with his latest lover. Although authorities think he is dead, Aurelio knows that he must soon start the war with Victor, his nephew, whom, together with emerging organizations led by him, has engulfed Mexico in chaos. Paradoxically, Aurelio and his new allies could save the country from destruction. It is produced by Argos Comunicación and Telemundo Studios.

Fifth Season

Atreseries El Incidente

The psychological thriller El Incidente (8x60’) tells the story of a small village, Valle del Cer, where an event, apparently caused by nature, makes things change and never be the same again, generating consequences that will increase, with a mystery the people of the village must solve. The series is directed by Iñaki Peñafiel, Norberto López Amado and Alberto Ruiz Rojo. Stars Marta Etura, Pepa Aniorte, Bárbara Lennie, among others.

First Season Original

Mexicanal Liga Mexicana De Jaripeo Profesional

HITN Mundo CNET

¡HOLA! TV El Clóset de…

Mexicanal Producciones presents the first season of Liga Mexicana De Jaripeo Profesional (14x24’).

The director, Alexander Castilla and the producers, Antonio Gonzales and Demian Torres Bohl will bring for the first time a professional league that will dispute the champion of this extreme but traditional sport of Jaripeo. Mexicanal will host the best athletes from all over Mexico to decide who will be the chosen one to take the big prize home.

This 30-minute show explores the universe of technology and its evolution to learn more about what people currently use, to remember what they left behind and to discover what is to come. The show is produced by Laura Masnatta and hosted by Poncho de Anda, along with the contributions of the editors of CNET en Español. In addition, Mundo CNET presents stories of Latinos who have made their mark on globally renowned companies.

For all the fans of style, ¡HOLA! TV will go inside the closets of the most relevant personalities in the fashion industry. El Clóset de… will discover what Queen Letizia’s closet is like. The show will be a comfortable place for celebrities to open up about their style and personal life for their fans, showing the most classy but serious side of the industry.

First Season Original

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Portfolio

Azteca America La Isla

La Isla (64x60’), an adaptation of Caracol Television’s successful entertainment format El Desafío, is a reality show that takes a group of contestants, who are competing for a valuable prize, into an unknown terrain on the coast of Central America and the Antilles. These warriors must overcome the most strenuous tests of physical endurance, cope with living only with each other in isolation, and withstand the unrelenting forces of nature.

Sixth Season

Cinelatino El Desconocido

Cinelatino´s first original series, El Desconocido: La Historia del Cholo Adrián (5x60’), is the fictional story of “El Cholo” Adrián, right-hand man to the infamous drug lord, “El Chato” Guzmán, who heads Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel. The series is directed by Gonzalo Gonzales, and stars Guillermo Iván, Estrella Solís, Mario Zaragoza, Scarlet Gruber, Ivonne Montero, and José Ángel Bichir, among others.

New Original

Zee Mundo Jodha Akbar

This drama (96x45’) tells the story of the naïve princess Jodha Bai. An innocent lady who is part of one the most powerful families in India. This will lead her to accept the political path of an arranged marriage, and she will be set up with an older and controlling man, Mugal emperor Akbar. This marriage for convenience will bring to light a group of secret mysteries behind the powerful families, while Jodha struggles to find her freedom.

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Univision Caer en Tentación

Estrella TV Rica Famosa Latina

Azteca America Vis a Vis: Encarcelada

Caer en Tentación (97x60’) is the exciting story of two couples who, victims of fate, dare to live out a forbidden love.

Produced in Mexico by Giselle González for Televisa, the plot presents the secret love of these lovers in the past, and the wrenching suffering of those who were betrayed in the present. Both stories are intertwined with the police intrigue of a crime that opens up multiple queries.

Rica Famosa Latina is the only “housewives” reality series in Spanish-language television. The series promises to continue serving real life drama while following this new group of successful Latinas and the glamorous lives they lead. Returning cast members Niurka Marcos, Luzelba Mansour, and Sandra Vidal are joined in this new season by two Venezuelan actresses, Mimí Lazo and Scarlet Ortiz, as well as Guatemalan born TV personality Ninette Ríos and Panamanian model Patricia de León.

Tells the story of Macarena (Maggie Civantosas), a young naïve girl who, out of love for her boss, commits several manipulation and misappropriation of accounts in the company where she works.

She is caught, accused and arrested.

There, she will have to face the emotional shock of going to jail and the complicated relations among the prisoners. The series is produced by Grupo Imagina

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Production

Cinelatino: Developing and 10 palabras máx exploring our own projects

La Hora de Salvador Romero

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I believe that small production companies will play a relevant role in the creation of new original material,” Jim McNamara, Vice Chairman of Hemisphere Media Group, expresses hopefully.

McNamara bets on the big impact shorter productions will have on the future of the industry, even when he has stated how the biggest corporations, such as Netflix or Hulu, still dominate most of the makings for TV and cable.

However, when a product has a solid foundation, such as a powerful script or an international cast, it can become an interesting project to develop. “It’s necessary to begin with a good idea; it can be ours, from Cinelatino or with an outsider, either a production company or scriptwriter. We are currently developing and exploring our own projects, but we can also consider the possibility of producing others ideas. After an idea has appealed to the international industry, it is necessary to make a budget and a plan to cover all the needs. The next step is to negotiate with the production company how much we can invest in the idea, so we can then start the project,” the executive said.

Hemisphere Media Group is also collaborating in the creation of three different fiction projects: Expedientes Criminales, produced

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Expedientes Criminales

Jim McNamara Vice Chairman of Hemisphere Media Group

with Guacamaya Films from Honduras; the film for TV La Hora de Salvador Romero; and La Ruta del Diablo.

“We are trying to focus on creating original production. We are trying to come out with around 10 to 15 movies a year. Nevertheless, we have been extremely successful with our shows, such as El Desconocido and now with Expedientes Criminales.”

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Mexicanal Producciones: 10 palabras máx Producing 100 hours by 2018

Fuerza Necaxa

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exicanal Producciones is currently making several of their own productions in Mexico: the docureality Fuerza Necaxa, second season (in production, 14x30’); the sports competition Liga Mexicana de Jaripeo Profesional (LMJP), second season (in production, 13x30’); the musical magazines Café Nostalgia and La Marimba (both on the air, with new episodes in production).

“With public companies we have made co-productions such as the program Contigo Paisano, and are looking for similar alliances in the US and Europe. We are in negotiations with Mexican artists to produce a docureality of their tours and behind-the-cameras of their lives on and off the stage. By 2018 we expect to have produced at least 100 hours,” explain Luis Torres Bohl, founder and President of Mexicanal and Demian Torres-Bohl, Executive Producer of Mexicanal Producciones.

To produce with international quality they leverage on their pay TV channel Mexicanal. “Our own productions are conceived to license third parties. This model allow us to have an income flow to produce at an international level. In

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Demian Torres-Bohl, Executive Producer of Mexicanal Producciones and Luis Torres Bohl, founder and President of Mexicanal

this effort, we create and buy programming, always of a high level and quality for our audience and our distributors, which at the same time allows us to generate advertising income,” they comment.

They announced the launch of an entirely free application to promote more online, MX CAN content, available for iOS and Androide. Additionally, in October they will launch an OTT platform.

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CIERRE: 30 de noviembre de 2017

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Production

Somos Productions joins 10 palabras máx the new interdisciplinary wave

Hasta Que Te Conocí

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omos Productions is an independent production company working with international quality to expand their horizons to other borders “The thirst for episodic content has influenced even traditional genres such as the telenovela, which has had to adapt its stories to broaden audiences, maintaining at the same time the central focus on a romantic theme,” says Mary Black, VP and Executive Producer of Somos Productions.

The request for valuable production has led Somos Productions to expand to other platforms, even international ones, joining the tendency of TV Everywhere. The executive establishes how they always work with the best technology around and although they have their own spaces they also collaborate with other groups. Since Somos Productions has shown their versatility through the years now they are working two upcoming projects, each one of fifteen episodes with the idea of biopics or series.

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“This new turn in the genre has created a positive impact, since quality of production is being demanded. The success of the new series has open the doors to

other styles such as biopics, literary adaptations, historic fiction or whatever it takes to entertain or maintain our audience ‘hooked’ to our work,” Black added.

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Univision Studios: 10 palabras máx Mira Quién Baila is back

Mira Quién Baila

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Adrián Santucho Executive VP of Entertainment and Content at Univision Studios

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drián Santucho, Executive VP of Entertainment and Content at Univision Studios, unbolts about the fifth season of Mira Quién Baila.

“We are working with a group of international choreographers and a jury full of experts that has never been seen,” the executive announced.

In addition, he has been working on the final announcements for Teleton 2017, which for the first time will be broadcast in October and not December, as usual.

Santucho has already been at Univision nine months. “The first nine months have been amazing, much more than I expected at a personal level. We often team up as a work machine and are generating many changes that are sometimes uncomfortable or intangible, but I think that in the mid-term they will render results. The team we’ve made with Lourdes Díaz, my boss, the president of Entertainment, has been essential.

We are covering many flanks that are necessary to get to the next level,” he ended.

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Who’s who

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Thema America A Canal+ Group company, Thema America is a content distributor for US and Latin America pay TV operators. With offices in Miami, Thema America also offers multicultural television packaging and marketing services to cable, MSO, DTH, IPTV, OTT and mobile platform operators in the Americas based upon the company’s valuable local and regional market expertise. Thema America delivers programming that is both timely and culturally distinct with a roster of channels including the new, extreme sports PXSports, motorsport.

Patrick Rivet

CEO Throughout his 15 years in the industry, Rivet has held positions at TV5 MONDE and satellite provider Arqiva in Paris. Most recently, Rivet served as Thema’s SVP of Distribution where he is credited with multiple carriage deals and the successful creation of multi-cultural channel bouquets. Based in Miami, Rivet oversees operations in the U.S. and Latin America – including an office in Mexico City and a network of agents – and is responsible for bringing content from the Canal+ Group to the Americas.

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tv, in addition to Latin American Sports (LAS) and AYM Sports; general entertainment channels Canal 22 Mexico, Canal Once, CB Tu Televisión Michoacán, and Telemicro Internacional; as well as MEZZO Live HD, a channel dedicated to jazz, classical music, and dance performances. These channels are distributed to the leading pay TV platforms in the US such as DIRECTV, Xfinity, Spectrum, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, and RCN, as well as Megacable, and UNE in Latin America. www.thematv.com.

Luis Fonseca

Francheska Sánchez

Sales Director

Marketing Director

A former HBO Latin America Group executive, Fonseca brings a wealth of pay TV experience to his post at Thema America, where he is charged with cultivating and expanding the company’s existing portfolio of Hispanic channels in the U.S. as well as securing new growth opportunities for THEMA America’s roster of third-party, European thematic channels and networks in Latin America.

With over 10 years of experience in communications and marketing, Sánchez is responsible for managing affiliate marketing programs and brand campaigns for all the channels within the company’s portfolio, as well as overseeing corporate communications and media relations. Sanchez has previously held strategic business development and marketing roles at various international communications agencies and brings to THEMA America extensive knowledge in the Pay TV industry garnered during her years at HBO Latin America Group.

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COMPANIES

FLIX LATINO

www.flixlatino.com 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1250, Coconut Grove, Fl, 33133, USA T+ 1-786-220-0280 Foundation: 2015

Luis Villanueva President and CEO

Luis Guillermo Villanueva COO

José Antonio Espinal VP Business Development

HITN

HULU

www.hitn.tv 63 Flushing Avenue Building #292, Suite #211, Brooklyn, NY 11205 – 1078 T +1-646-731-3520 Foundation: 1981

www.hulu.com/latino 2500 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA T +1-310-571-4700 Foundation: 2008

Guillermo Sierra Head of Television & Digital Services

Mike Hopkins Chief Executive Officer

Elaine PauL Chief Financial Officer

Joel Stillerman Chief Content Officer

Tian Lim Chief Technology Officer

Kelly Campbell Chief Marketing Officer

Peter Naylor SVP Sales

Jim O’ Gorman SVP Talent & Organization

Ben Smith SVP Head of Experience

Chadwick Ho SVP and General Counsel

Craig Erwich SVP Head of Content

Gaude Lydia Páez VP Head of Corporate Communications

Tim Connolly SVP Head of Distribution

Eric Turpin General Manager HITN TV

Erika Vogt Director of Programming & Acquisitions

Maximiliano Vaccaro Director Digital Services

OLYMPUSAT

PANTAYA

www.pantaya.com 2700 Colorado Ave, 4th Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA T +1-310-449-9200

www.olympusat.com 477 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 306, West Palm Beach, FL 33401, USA T +1-561-684-5657 Foundation: 1997

Chuck Mohler President of Olympusat Holdings

Tom Mohler CEO of Olympusat Holdings

Aurora Bacquerie VP of Channels Relations

Paul Presburger CEO

Jasmine Rezai VP Marketing

Edward Allen COO

Mario Almeida VP Acquisitions, Programming, Digital Marketing

Carlos López VP Marketing and Communications

Joshua Castillo VP Original Productions

Jesús Piñango Director of TV Content Strategy

Colleen Glyn EVP & General Counsel

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SLING TV

605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, USA T +1-212-455-5200 www.corporate.univision.com www.univisionnow.com Foundation: 2015

www.slinglatino.com www.sling.com 9601 S Meridian Blvd, Englewood, CO 80112, USA T +1-888-358-8893 Foundation: 2015

2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1250, Coconut Grove, Fl, 33133, USA T+ 1-786-220-0280 Foundation: 2015

Luis Villanueva President and CEO

UNIVISIONNOW

Luis Guillermo Villanueva COO

José Antonio Espinal VP Business Development

VIVOPLAY

Erik Carlson President and Chief Operating Officer

Vivek Khemka Chief Technology Officer

John Swieringa Executive Vice President, Operations

Tonia O’Connor Chief Revenue Officer, Univision Communications Inc.

Eric Ratchman EVP, Content Distribution, Univision Communications Inc.

Warren Schlicting Executive Vice President of Marketing, Programming and Media Sales

Ben Weinberger SVP and Chief Product Officer

Jimshade Chauhari Vice President Product Marketing and Management

Friday Abernethy SVP, Content Distribution, Univision Communications Inc.

Scott Levine SVP, Product & Technology, Distribution, Univision Communications Inc.

Sruta Vootukuru Vice President, Business Development and Operations

Izabela Slowikowska Vice President, International Programming

José Romero General Manager, Spanish-language Marketing

YIPTV

400 Ponce De Leon, Coral Gables, Florida 33147, USA T +1-305 215 4086 Foundation: 2014

www.yiptv.com 3300 S Dixie Hwy, Suite 1-186, West Palm Beach FL 33401, USA T +1-561-914-8655 Foundation: 2012

Carlos Hulett Guinand President / CEO

Carlos Zuloaga Director

Nelson Hulett Guinand VP Marketing / CMO

Michael Tribolet CEO

Chuck Gaspari Co-Founder & General Counsel

Sekar Desamangalam VP Business Development

Jennifer Wenzelmann VP Finance / CFO

Fabiola Paravisini Content Manager

Joelbis Rosas Image and Marketing Manager

Victor Iasprizza VP Content Acquisition

Louis Holder Chief Technical Advisor

Mark Holodnak Chief Financial Officer

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Jennifer Ball EVP Marketing and Content Partnerships, Distribution, Univision Communications Inc.

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UNIVISION NOW

Univision creating experiences across multiple touch points Content remains king and creating quality content that spans platforms or that is specific to a platform is key to their strategy

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With the explosion of content choice and disaggregation exacerbated by technology for better or for better – better for the industry as it opens opportunities for new players and innovation, and better for consumers– Univision is at the forefront creating experiences across multiple touch points for U.S. audiences,” expressed Eric Ratchman, EVP of Content Distribution, Univision Communications Inc. He highlights that key to their strategy is fostering their own platforms, including their direct to consumer on demand and live video service, Univision Now, as well as partnering with the players that represent the new wave of TV consumption – Netflix, FuboTV, Sling, DIRECTV Now, Facebook and several others.

Eric Ratchman EVP of Content Distribution, Univision Communications Inc.

“We know audiences are engaging on-the-go, on mobile, on social – having platforms such as Univision Now is key to ensure audiences can watch the live broadcast of our networks as well as hundreds of hours of the best Spanish-language programming,” he mentioned.

He also said that content remains king and creating quality content that spans platforms or that is specific to a platform is key to their strategy. “With Netflix, we partnered to have Story House entertainment co-produce El Chapo series, which aired on the Univision Network. It was later available on Netflix and had content extensions with the production of a Facebook Live aftershow.”

Addionally, he said that, as part of a multiplatform strategic partnership, El Rey and go90 will launch two unscripted series and five feature films, Explosion Jones debuted on go90 and Rebel without a Crew will begin production this fall. The series will air on El Rey Network following their run on go90. Racthman mentioned that the platform´s tech partner is Neulion.

Mi Marido Tiene Familia

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VIVOPLAY

VIVOplay producing more than 40 hours of original content daily The platform has integrated the most relevant broadcasters in the region, becoming a content hub for the best of Latin America

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VIVOplay is today the first 100% Hispanic-focused OTT and vMVPD platform, bringing the Hispanic TV experience to the digital ecosystem, offering exclusive premium content, live TV, original productions, news and special events, connecting its users to their countries of origin, interests and content needs,” says Carlos Hulett, CEO of VIVOplay.

The platform has integrated the most relevant broadcasters in the region, achieving the goal of becoming the content hub from the best of Latin America.

“We already have 25 live feeds that span

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Carlos Hulett CEO of VIVOplay

from Argentina to Mexico. Additionally, we provide an SVOD catalog that includes series, novelas, motion pictures, concerts and news programming. We produce more than 40 hours of original content daily, that you won’t find anywhere else,” he emphasized.

He also said they truly believe original content is a must in this business. “However, there is a lot of worldwide quality content developed and produced in the region. We also integrate them to fill our offer, facing the main goal of being the content hub for the Hispanic community all around the globe,” he adds.

Regarding technology, Hulett comments they have a scalable and full customer-integrated OTT solution that is supported by key players in the industry such as Akamai, Comcast Technology (the platform), and “Smartbox, who is in charge of our front end”.

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PANTAYA

Premium content streaming destination of choice for Hispanics in the US The platform is available through the web, iOS, Android, AppleTV and Roku in the US and Puerto Rico and to Amazon Prime subscribers in the U.S.

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antaYA was formed by Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group in partnership with Pantelion Films. It provides fans of Spanish-language films access to the largest and freshest selection of blockbusters and critically-acclaimed movies spanning all genres, eras and countries of origin, featuring the industry’s biggest stars.

PantaYA’s goal is to become the Spanish-language, premium content streaming destination of choice for Hispanics in the US. The platform is available through the web, iOS, Android, AppleTV and Roku in the US and Puerto Rico and to Amazon Prime subscribers in the US. “There are plans to offer original content on PantaYA in the future. Right now, however, the focus is on our extensive

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Paul Presburger PantaYA’s CEO

premium and exclusive content available through the partnership between Lionsgate, Hemisphere and Pantelion,” expressed Paul Presburger, PantaYA’s CEO. PantaYA’s offerings will draw from a mix of exciting, first-run features and classic library titles from Pantelion, whose catalogue includes No Manches Frida and Instructions Not Included; Lionsgate, with a 16,000-title library that includes Dirty Dancing and Amores Perros; and Hemisphere, which brings strong content representation from Latin America. They also include classics from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

"As the number of screens increases, the options for viewing content will continue to increase. Today, you can engage with content on linear and cable platforms, OTT through mobile devices, connected to TV devices, and even through social networking apps. Pantaya wants to be where our audience is, and we’re committed to offering them the greatest selection of movies with the most flexibility and the easiest access," ended Presburger.

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OTT SOMOS NEXT

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Our strategy is to be present and to offer our high-quality content in all platforms where the audience may find it or may want to access it. Technological advances require that companies such as ours be in tune with all trends, whether the “traditional” or “new” distribution systems and intergenerational habits,” says Luis Guillermo Villanueva, COO, Somos Next.

He mentioned that they will deliver OTT content both to OTT distributors and retailing platforms and directly to their subscribers with the FlixLatino Go application. “We will be expanding the direct-to- consumer distribution focusing on making our content available everywhere the audience demands it,” he added.

Regarding original production for the platform, they have always contemplated producing their own content and that is definitely a synergistic option with other Somos Group’s companies. “As of today, we work within the regular “windowing” strategy and prob-

Making content available everywhere the audience demands it

Luis Guillermo Villanueva COO, Somos Next

ably, at some point, we can make it available on our OTT platforms. In terms of licensing, we license rights for this window in a very flexible way, depending on each platform’s programming strategy and the content’s possibilities for each product,” he explained.

HITN

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Following the path of HITN TV that has a reach of more than 44 million viewers in the US and Puerto Rico, ASPIRA will be distributed through our pay TV operators so that we can reach a faster distribution and serve as many users as possible. Our OTT will be an authenticated freemium service. That means that all our current subscribers will have access to catch-up content once they authenticate with their pay TV operator credentials and, in addition, premium content will be available for a small monthly subscription fee,” explains Maximiliano Vaccaro, Director, Digital Services, HITN about the new service the company is launching.

ASPIRA is available in all platforms including iOS, Android, and AppleTV. In addition, it will be available through the setup boxes of the operators as an SVOD service.

ASPIRA has partnered with Ap-

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HITN to launch ASPIRA

Maximiliano Vaccaro Director, Digital Services, HITN

plicaster, which allows to develop applications for IOS, Android, and Apple TV efficiently and quickly. As for authentication, Adobe Pass is the solution that the industry in the US has chosen.

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OLYMPUSAT

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veryday more viewers are consuming live streaming content through digital devices in the US. The OTT market is projected to grow US$158.4 billion by 2025 from US$36.7 billion in 2015, according to The Insight Partners analysis. The market’s evolution is influenced by the increasing tendency of cord cutting and the diffusion of smart devices across the globe.

“The Spanish-speaking television market is widely underserved in North America, but with Vemox we are changing that scenario. Olympusat has been a pioneer in the television distribution business for twenty years, building a solid user base by offering top-tier Hispanic programming from a variety of networks.

We’re excited to bring personalized OTT multi-screen content to the Hispanic households in the US and give them access to all the content they love,” points out Tom Mohler, CEO of Olympusat Holdings.

Vemox brings personalized OTT multi-screen content for Hispanics

Tom Mohler CEO of Olympusat Holdings

SLING TV

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ling TV is the number one live over-thetop service, based on the number of OTT households, as reported by comScore as of April 2017.

“We expect to continue to see more and more OTT competitors enter the market. As a result, we will continue to see widespread adoption of live OTT pay-TV services and mobile adoption driving the need for high bandwidth access to wireless connections everywhere,” said Erik Carlson, President and COO, Sling TV. Sling TV offers two domestic streaming services that collectively include more than 150 channels and programming content from Disney/ESPN (Sling Orange/single-stream only), Fox (Sling Blue/ multi-stream), NBC (Sling Blue/multi-stream), NFL Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, Pac-12 Networks, HBO®, Showtime, Starz, AMC, A&E, Turner, Scripps, GSN, Hallmark, Viacom, Epix, AXS and Univision. Additionally, it offers a suite of standalone and add-on Spanish-language packages and services tailored to English-dominant, bilingual and Spanish-dominant US households.

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Sling TV: We expect more and more OTT competitors enter the market

Erik Carlson President and COO, Sling TV

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