The announcement comes as a prelude to the participation of Adriana Cisneros, CEO of Cisneros Organization at the conference “Leading Business Change” as part of the Festival of Media LatAm. The appointment formalizes the creation of a corporate division which covers all business and incursions of the Cisneros Organization in the digital world, including advertising networks both mobile and online, Adsmovil and RedMas. “In addition to assuming the leadership of Interactive Cisneros,   Read more...

Zodiak Americas announced the rebrand of Zodiak USA as Zodiak Los Angeles and the appointment of Tony Yates as Chief Executive Officer of the new entity. Zodiak Los Angeles will be the new Los Angeles non-scripted production based in the West, where Yates will oversee a program listing that includes; “Secret Millionaire” (ABC), “Celebrity Wife Swap” (ABC) and “Killer Karaoke” (truTV). The executive will report directly to Jonny Slow, Chief Executive Officer of   Read more...

The Cisneros Organization announced the appointment of Jonathan Blum as chairman of Cisneros Media, its new corporate division covering media and entertainment companies, focused on aligning business strategies and promote greater synergy between their companies. Jonathan will report directly to Adriana Cisneros, CEO of the Cisneros Organization. “Since assuming the position of CEO of Venevision in 2011, Jonathan exceeded the assigned responsibilities, providing a new and innovative perspective to the production,   Read more...

The Sequoia Group division specializes in outsourcing for television networks and technical solutions for producing houses, has reinforced its structure with the establishment of the new company Drago Broadcast Service (DBS). The aim is to promote mundoplus.tv to a greater presence in the audiovisual sector. To the new company are incorporated Jesus Martin, Juan Pedro Rodriguez de la Osa and David Gonzalez, coming from Vertice Audiovisual Services and the latter from Video Report.  Participating as stock holders in   Read more...

Alicia Dayan is now the Vice President and Director of TBS veryfunny, INFINITO and truTV. Joined the company in 2000, developed and led the implementation of the programming strategies that contributed to effective repositioning of Infinito, signal being consolidated into the group of the 20 most watched cable channels in the region. Also, the executive knew  how to lead in record time the programming team and TBS veryfunny operations, signal which has   Read more...

Turner Broadcasting System Latin America promoted Gretchen Colon to Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales, in the area since 2003, as SVP, was able to reach sales volume multiplied by 12. So confirmed Juan Carlos Urdaneta, president of Turner Latin America. “The advertising sales business is a key engine for our region, and much of the credit to our continuing success is due to Gretchen. She has proven to be   Read more...

She assumes the role of CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Cisneros after seven years at the company, the previous three as the company’s Vice Chairman and Director of Strategy.. As CEO she will focus on four strategic pillars:  Consolidate new methods of distributing content and continue to be a leader as an integrated multiplatform production company, spearheading the development of original content for Hispanic markets. Diversify risk with the creation   Read more...

  Following the resignation of Nicolas Eyzaguirre after a year in office, Channel 13 – controlled by Andronico Luksic – announced that Rodrigo Terré Fontbona, currently Vice President, will assume the presidency of the television. This shift in the channel is given in a difficult context for broadcast TV, as advertising revenues fell by 5% (in Chilean pesos) for 2012, while pay TV revenues grew between 15% and 20 %.   Read more...

  As part of changes to the executive structure and in order to increase its relevance in the market for pay TV in Latin America, Chello Latin America announced new appointments to its sales team. Paez-Pumar Mauro as CCO (Chief Commercial Officer), will be responsible for all affiliate sales efforts in the region. Previously, he worked as VP of sales and marketing in Castalia Communications, and in different divisions of   Read more...

Nathan Hart Promoted to Oversee Domestic Growth Strategy NEEDHAM, MA and LA CROSSE, WI.  Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has promoted Nathan Hart to President; it was announced today by Michael Rosenblatt, Chairman, President and CEO of EBHE’s parent, Echo Bridge Entertainment. In his new position, Hart will oversee all financial, sales, operations and acquisitions decisions and will work to maximize the future growth of the company. “Nate has made enormous   Read more...