Posted by Elena del Valle on January 12, 2006
Eric Schaefer, vice president sales and marketing Comcast Greater Chicago Region
Los Angeles (January 9, 2006) – Sí TV, the first English-language Latino cable network, launched its programming on Comcast Chicago. The launch rounded off a successful 2005 for Sí TV, which launched in several major markets including New York City, New York and surrounding areas; Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas, Nevada; Detroit, Michigan; Fresno, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; West Palm Beach, Florida; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Bakersfield, California.
“We are thrilled to be a part of the broad-based digital offering Comcast Chicago provides its customers,” says Rori Peters, Sí TV’s senior vice president of affiliate relations. “The folks at Comcast Chicago are progressive and committed to serving the full breadth of their community. While Sí TV is enjoyed by people of all backgrounds, we applaud the fact that they are particularly responsive to their Hispanic and multicultural customers.”
“Comcast is committed to delivering programming that reflects the diverse interests of our customer base,” said Eric Schaefer, vice president of sales and marketing for the Greater Chicago Region. “We are delighted to launch Si TV’s extensive original programming to our broadest digital customer base in the city of Chicago.”
Sí TV executives recognized the importance of reaching the English-speaking Hispanic market that they believe drives 59 percent of the total Hispanic purchasing power in the U.S. and demonstrates strong demand for current and future video and broadband services, such as VOD (video on demand), high speed internet and DVRs. Sí TV is an English-language, Latino network featuring hip and culturally-relevant programming targeting the growing young Latino and multi-cultural TV audience. Voted by Multichannel News as one of the 2005 Top 10 Next Networks, Sí TV is available nationwide. The network has forged affiliation agreements with Comcast Cable, Adelphia, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Echostar. Investors in the network include Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), SYNCOM Funds, Columbia Capital, Rho Ventures, DND Capital Partners, EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), Llano Partners and company co-founders Jeff Valdez and Barshop Ventures. For more information visit sitv.com.
Comcast Corporation is a leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.5 million cable customers and 7 million high-speed Internet customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content. The Company’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network, G4, AZN Television, TV One and four Comcast SportsNets. Information on the corporation is available at Comcast.
The Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region, regionally located in Schaumburg, Illinois, serves more than 1.9 million customers and employs more than 5,000 people in Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on January 11, 2006
Emilio Azcarraga, president and chief executive officer, Televisa
Photo: Televisa
Las Vegas, NV- Intel Corporation and Grupo Televisa, S.A. (NYSE:TV), one of the largest media companies in the Spanish-speaking world, will joint efforts to provide consumers, for the first time, with a wide choice of on-demand, Internet-delivered Televisa content through Intel(R) Viiv(TM) technology-based PCs. They will provide digital programming that can be viewed and shared in the home on an Intel-based computer and variety of viewing screens and other consumer electronic devices.
The companies expect to work together to enable and verify Televisa’s wide range of popular content for compatibility on the Intel Viiv technology platform. Televisa hopes to make its digital entertainment services available over the Internet from leading manufacturers later in the first quarter of this year.
Intel Viiv technology is designed to make it easy for people to download, view, manage and share digital entertainment on a wide variety of viewing screens and networked devices such as portable media players, digital TVs and routers. As part of the proposed collaboration, Televisa plans to offer a wide range of content for Intel Viiv technology-based PCs, including its soap opera, movies, sports, news and late night shows, as well as music from Televisa’s recently launched Tarabu digital music service, plus future services.
"Today, Televisa programming and content are enjoyed by more than 425 million Hispanic consumers in the Americas and Europe, and with this exciting new collaboration with Intel our distribution reach will grow significantly," said Emilio Azcarraga, Televisa president and chief executive officer. "Making Televisa content compatible with Intel Viiv technology-based PCs will ease the delivery of our programming and services with an enhanced user experience to any customer in the world who has a broadband Internet connection."
Intel will provide Televisa with engineering support, specifications and tools to test and verify that Televisa content services will display properly and work in full-screen formats using a remote control device. This will enable Televisa to offer its Tarabu digital music service and future digital video service featuring Televisa’s rich television programming for viewing on Intel Viiv technology-based PCs.
Kevin Corbett, vice president, Intel Digital Home Group and general manager Content Services Group
Photo: Intel
"Intel’s collaboration with Televisa is a big step toward enabling global broadband access to a rich universe of digital content from the world’s leading media and entertainment companies," said Kevin Corbett, vice president of Intel’s Digital Home Group and general manager of the Content Services Group. "Together we will deliver exciting new on-demand viewing opportunities on Intel Viiv technology-based platforms to Televisa viewers across the world."
Intel, a world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products, and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Intel and Intel Viiv are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Additional information is available at Intel.
Grupo Televisa, S.A. is one of the largest media companies in the Spanish-speaking world, and a major participant in the international entertainment business. It has interests in television production and broadcasting, production of pay television networks, international distribution of television programming, direct-to-home satellite services, publishing and publishing distribution, cable television, radio production and broadcasting, professional sports and live entertainment, feature film production and distribution, and the operation of a horizontal internet portal. Grupo Televisa also owns an unconsolidated equity stake in Univision, a leading Spanish-language media company in the United States.
Posted by Elena del Valle on January 10, 2006
Contra Viento y Marea protagonists Marlene Favela and Sebastian Rulli
Miami, FL — Univision Network’s hit novela “Contra Viento y Marea” (Against All Odds) won the 8 to 9 pm time period among the coveted Adult 18-34 demographic, among all U.S. audiences during its first week of measurement by Nielsen’s national television ratings service, the Nielsen Television Index (NTI). Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN) is a leading U.S. Spanish-language media company. The network’s 9 to 10 pm primetime novela, “Alborada” (The Dawn), ranked third overall in its time period, among Adults 18-34. During the same week, Univision ranked as the fifth most watched television network in the country in primetime among Adults 18-49, closely following FOX.
“We are thrilled with our first week’s performance,” said Alina Falcón, executive vice president and operating manager for the Univision Network. “Our prime time programming continues to deliver record audiences and the results underscore the fact that Univision is a true contender in the ratings race alongside the English language networks by offering its viewers culturally relevant programs they prefer.”
Nielsen Media Research’s National Television Index (NTI) started including the Univision Network as of December 26, 2005 making it the first Spanish language network to join NTI. Univision Communications Inc. is a premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, one of the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television networks in the U.S. reaching as much as 98 percent of U.S. Hispanic Households according to Univision. For more information, visit Univision
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Posted by Elena del Valle on January 9, 2006
Ray Rodriguez, president and chief operating officer, Univision Communications
Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN), a leading Spanish-language media company, and Nielsen Media Research recently announced that they have reached an agreement under which Univision will join Nielsen’s national TV ratings service, the Nielsen Television Index (NTI). Telemundo Communications Group, Inc., another major Spanish language media company, and Nielsen Media Research made a similar announcement shortly after the Univision announcement. Telemundo and Nielsen have entered an agreement to include Telemundo in Nielsen’s National Television Index (NTI). Prior to this announcement, the Telemundo network only subscribed to Nielsen’s National Hispanic Television Index (NHTI), which measures only Hispanic audiences.
Univision was the first Spanish-language television network and Telemundo the second to be included in this service, which provides television ratings for all the major U.S. Networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Previously, the Univision Network solely subscribed to Nielsen’s National Hispanic Television Index (NHTI), which measures only Hispanic audiences. Univision will also continue to subscribe to NHTI.
“This is a historic step for Univision, which firmly plants us among the mainstream broadcasters,” said Ray Rodriguez, president and chief operating officer, Univision Communications. “Univision will finally be measured alongside its main competitors, the major English-language broadcast networks, and for the first time, advertisers and media buyers will be able to see the audience Univision delivers in the national charts. We’re confident that this move will validate Univision’s ability to successfully compete against any network in the country and provide us with a powerful tool to attract marketers that had previously been reluctant to advertise in Spanish.”
As part of the agreement, Univision will maintain its subscription to NHTI until September 2007, when the National People Meter (NPM) sample, upon which NTI is based, will become the sole sample for both English-language and Spanish-language media. The NPM sample, comprised of approximately 10,000 households, is subscribed to by broadcast networks, cable networks, syndicators, advertisers and agencies nationwide.
“We are delighted to welcome Univision as the first Spanish-language NTI network,” said Sara Erichson, senior vice president and general manager of Nielsen’s national services. “As we move toward one comprehensive ratings system, we will continue to work with all of our clients to ensure that the NPM sample appropriately represents the growing U.S. Hispanic population. In the meantime, NHTI is still the largest, most representative national sample of Hispanic audiences currently available.”
“Univision’s audience will now take its rightful place, measured alongside its peer networks’ audiences,” said Ceril Shagrin, senior vice president of Corporate Research, Univision Communications. “We are pleased with the progress Nielsen has made to date and will continue to work with them to further refine the NPM sample. We are confident that with the initiatives Nielsen has in place, the NPM sample of Hispanic audiences will have as representative a sample as NHTI by September 2007 or earlier.”
Univision Communications Inc. is a premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, one of the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98 percent of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86 percent of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, one of the country’s leading Spanish-language cable networks; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, a leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 67 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and four stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50 percent interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, a premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. Univision Communications also has a 50 percent interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27 percent interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information on Univision, visit www.univision.net and for more information for Univision Online, visit www.Univision.com
Don Browne, president, Telemundo
"This agreement is a great step forward. The inclusion of Telemundo in NTI is a sign of the maturation of Spanish language television and a clear recognition of a robust, healthy and growing market. From now on, as marketers target their audiences, they will now have a vehicle that will transparently evaluate audience delivery in Spanish side by side with English language networks," said Don Browne, president, Telemundo. "From a consumer perspective, it’s a great day for the Hispanic consumer, as this agreement acknowledges the power of this audience by providing a more sophisticated tool to track their viewership."
"We are delighted to have Telemundo join our roster of NTI networks." said Sara Erichson. "This is an important moment for Spanish language media and we look forward to working with them."
Telemundo will maintain its current subscription to NHTI until September 2007, when the National People Meter (NPM) sample, upon which NTI is based, will become the sole sample for both English-language and Spanish-language media. The NPM sample, comprised of approximately 10,000 households, is subscribed to by broadcast networks, cable networks, syndicators, advertisers and agencies across the country.
Telemundo, a U.S. Spanish-language television network, is an essential entertainment, news and sports source for Hispanics. Broadcasting unique national and local programming for the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, Telemundo reaches 93 percent of U.S. Hispanic households in 142 markets through its 16 owned-and-operated stations, 36 broadcast affiliates and nearly 684 cable affiliates. Telemundo is wholly owned by NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies.
Nielsen Media Research is a leading provider of television audience measurement and related services, worldwide. In the United States, Nielsen’s National People Meter service provides audience estimates for all national program sources, including broadcast networks, cable networks, Spanish language networks, and national syndicators. Local ratings estimates are produced for television stations, regional cable networks, MSOs, cable interconnects, and Spanish language stations in each of the 210 television markets in the U.S., including People Meter service in seven local markets (10 markets by 2006) and electronic set-metered service in 51 markets.
Nielsen Media Research, outside the U.S. and through international partnerships, operates TV ratings panels in 45 markets. Nielsen Media Research also offers radio audience measurement, print readership, direct mail measurement and customized media research services outside the U.S. In addition, Nielsen Media Research provides competitive advertising intelligence information in the U.S. and in 29 markets worldwide. Through a network of affiliates, advertising intelligence coverage is extended to more than 70 countries, representing 85 percent of the world’s advertising spending. For more information, visit: www.nielsenmedia.com . Nielsen Media Research is a unit of VNU, a global information and media company with leading market positions and recognized brands in marketing information, media measurement and information and business information VNU is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Harlem, the Netherlands and New York, USA. The company employs 38,000 people. Total revenues under IFRS amounted to EUR 3.3 billion in 2004. VNU is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam (ASE: VNU) stock exchange.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 30, 2005
Danny Crowe, president LATV
Popular English/Spanish-Language youth network makes impressive on-demand debut, with tens of thousands of hits in November 2005
Los Angeles, CA – In the first month of its existence, LATV On Demand has become one of the Top 10 most popular video on demand programs on Time Warner Cable in Los Angeles. The bilingual youth network’s new on-demand program received tens of thousands of hits in November, far exceeding initial expectations of the network and Time Warner Cable.
“Time Warner’s VOD is a great alternative to Tivo and DVRs, and provides LATV viewers with the freedom to watch programs on their schedule,” said Danny Crowe, LATV president. “We look forward to expanding this nationally with Time Warner Cable.”
LATV On Demand allows Time Warner customers free, unlimited access to many of LATV’s most popular programs, at the touch of a button. With its mix of English and Spanish-language music and lifestyle programming, LATV solidified itself as a leading network among bicultural Latinos in Los Angeles, America’s top Hispanic market. LATV’s content is predominantly in English, targeting bilingual Latino youth.
Using Time Warner Cable’s on demand technology, viewers can watch all or part of LATV’s programming at their convenience, using a remote control to pause, fast-forward and rewind. Some of the LATV shows available as part of LATV On Demand are “Mex 2 The Max,” “LATV Live,” “LATV Shadows,” “Request at LATV” and “LATV Late Night.” LATV On Demand is available to all Time Warner Digital Cable customers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties on Channel 1096.
Time Warner Cable’s Los Angeles Division serves more than 350,000 subscribers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties with digital cable, digital phone, high definition television, video on demand, Premiums On Demand, Road Runner High-Speed Online and Wireless Road Runner.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 29, 2005
Los Angeles – Sí TV, an English-language Latino cable network, launched SiTV in the Comcast Detroit system on December 15, 2005. The launch in Detroit further signifies that Si TV’s appeal and reach goes beyond traditional Hispanic markets.
Affiliates now recognize the importance of reaching the driving force in the New Mainstream in America, the English-speaking Latino market that drives 59 percent of the total Hispanic purchasing power according to a HispanIntelligence December 2004 report. More importantly for Si TV’s affiliates, the market segment demonstrates strong demand for current and future video and broadband services, such as video on demand (VOD), high speed internet and digital video recorders (DVRs).
“We are very pleased that Sí TV will be carried by Comcast in the Detroit area,” said Rori Peters, Sí TV senior vice president of affiliate relations . “They recognize their growing Latino population in Detroit, and they also understand the impact and appeal of the Latino culture to a broader multicultural market.”
“By adding SiTV to our lineup in the city of Detroit, Comcast is continuing its commitment to connect our customers in Michigan to what’s important in their lives,” said Steve Thomas, vice president and general manager, Comcast Detroit. “We have a long-standing commitment to providing diverse programming that reflects the rich diversity of the communities that we serve.”
Sí TV is an English-language, Latino network featuring hip and irreverent, culturally-relevant programming targeting the growing young Latino and multi-cultural TV audience. Voted by Multichannel News as one of the Top 10 Next Networks, Sí TV is available nationwide. Most recently, Sí TV was recognized by Ad Age as one of their picks for Top 50 Marketers. The network forged affiliation agreements with Comcast Cable, Adelphia, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Grande Communications, while EchoStar’s DISH Network features Sí TV as part of its America’s Top 120 package. Investors in the network include EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), SYNCOM Funds, Columbia Capital, Rho Ventures, DND Capital Partners, Llano Partners and company co-founder Barshop Ventures. More information on SiTV is available at SiTV
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 28, 2005
John Paton, ImpreMedia chairman and CEO
ImpreMedia, LLC, a leading publisher of Spanish language newspapers, acquired El Mensajero, a top San Francisco Bay area Spanish language newspaper. The acquisition was made with proceeds of an $82.5 million credit facility with Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P.
"We are pleased to add El Mensajero to our company," said John Paton, chairman and CEO of ImpreMedia. "By adding the San Francisco Bay market we can now provide advertisers with a footprint in four of the top 10 markets, representing over 35 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population, or almost 15.5 million Hispanics. We also open the door to greater cooperation between El Mensajero, which is distributed weekly in Northern California, and La Opinión, the nation’s largest Spanish language daily newspaper, which serves Southern California."
"We are really excited by the opportunities that ImpreMedia provides for our readers, advertisers and employees," said Brad Westerhold, publisher of El Mensajero. "They share our commitment to the Bay Area Hispanic community and to locally produced, high quality, Spanish language journalism."
"California is home to more Hispanics today than any other state and the number of Hispanics living in California has increased by more than any other state. We are thrilled to have a partner like El Mensajero help us serve this large and rapidly growing market," stated Mónica Lozano, senior vice president of ImpreMedia and publisher and CEO of La Opinión. "The ability for newspaper advertisers to directly reach Hispanics in both Northern and Southern California through one Spanish language buy is an opportunity whose time is long overdue."
El Mensajero also joins ImpreMedia’s Domingo Network, one of the nation’s largest Hispanic residential print network. With the addition of El Mensajero’s audited weekly circulation of 111,564, ImpreMedia’s Domingo Network distributes 750,000 free publications each week in high density Hispanic neighborhoods. Between its Domingo Network and paid daily circulation in New York and Los Angeles, ImpreMedia has total weekly distribution of more than 1.8 million.
"ImpreMedia’s newspapers and customized sales programs offer national advertisers the ability to bring their message to millions of Hispanics with a reach and cost that is competitive with both English and other Spanish language media," said Erich Linker, senior ice president National Advertising.
In the Los Angeles market, for example, according to Scarborough Research, the average issue of La Opinión reaches more people than one prime time ad on the local Univision station, three times as many people as one prime time ad on the local Telemundo and Telefutura stations combined, and more people than one drive time ad on each of the top four Spanish language local radio stations combined.
"It is for reasons like these that ImpreMedia has grown its national and overall advertising revenues this year at a rate that is in line with Spanish language broadcast and several times faster than the general newspaper market," added Linker.
ImpreMedia is one of the leading publishers of Spanish language newspapers in the U.S. The company publishes El Diario La Prensa and El Diario Contigo in New York, El Mensajero in the San Francisco Bay Area, La Opinión and La Opinión Contigo in Los Angeles and La Raza in Chicago, top Spanish language newspapers in each of their respective markets.
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 21, 2005
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Hiram Enrique, product manager for Yahoo! en español news
Yahoo! en español hired Hiram Enriquez, a member of CNN en español’s founding team of journalists, as the company’s product manager for Noticias (News). In this position, Enriquez will spearhead the overall expansion of Yahoo! en español’s Noticias site.
“The English-language Yahoo! News site has been a perennial category leader and with Hiram’s extensive experience in media and technology we plan to continue that success on the Spanish-language side,” said Jose Rivera Font, general manager for Yahoo! North Latin America. “Hiram will broaden the scope of Yahoo! Noticias as we offer a greater variety of features and personalized content that is compelling and relevant to our users.”
Prior to his arrival at Yahoo! en español, Enriquez was host and producer of “Zona Digital,” a show he created for CNN en español which focuses on the Internet and personal technology. In addition, he served as producer and correspondent for the news network’s business and finance shows, “Economía y Finanzas” and “En Efectivo.”
“For years, I have reported on the convergence of varying forms of media and the impact of new communication technologies on our daily lives,” said Enriquez. “We are now at a very exciting stage in the development of this new medium, fulfilling some of the Internet’s old promises and opening new opportunities. I am thrilled to now be at Yahoo! to help put into practice some of these innovations.”
Enriquez’s achievements in the field of journalism include a recent interview with Bill Gates for “Zona Digital,” coverage of the war in Iraq and the space shuttle Columbia, the September 11 terrorist attacks, and NASA’s missions to Mars. A native of Cuba, Enriquez earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Havana and an M.A. in Mass Communication from Georgia State University. He also attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Yahoo! en español is one of the 25 worldwide properties of Yahoo! Inc. and is part of Yahoo!’s U.S. Hispanic network. The Yahoo! network is one of the most trafficked Internet destination for U.S. Hispanics,* boasting more than 11 million Hispanic monthly users in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users’ lives, and offers a broad range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo! Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and Yahoo! en español is based in Coral Gables, Florida.
* comScore Media Metrics (November 2005)
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 14, 2005
Miami, Florida -Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN)-The 18th Annual “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards) nominees were announced live on the Univision Network morning show “Despierta América.” Award announcements will be made on Premio lo Nuestro which will be broadcast by the Univision Network on Thursday, February 23 from 8-11 pm ET/PT (7-10 pm Central/Mountain) live from Miami’s American Airlines Arena.
Dominican Bachata duo Monchy y Alexandra lead the competition with the most nominations at five in Tropical Genre categories such as “Album of the Year,” “Best Group or Duo,” “Song of the Year,” and “Artist of the Year.” Groups or artists with four nominations each include Colombian singer/songwriter Shakira, Mexican group Conjunto Primavera, Italian pop star Laura Pausini, Puerto Rican “Woman of Fire” Olga Tañón, Norteño group Intocable, Colombian rocker Juanes, Regional Mexican group K-Paz de la Sierra, reggaetón star Daddy Yankee and Puerto Rican pop star Luis Fonsi.
Additional multiple nominees include salsa music idols Marc Anthony (3) Gilberto Santa Rosa (2), and El Gran Combo (3), urban music stars Wisin y Yandel (3), Andy Andy (3), and Don Omar (2), regional Mexican artists Marco Antonio Solís (3), Beto y Sus Canarios (3), Luis Miguel (3) and Pepe Aguilar (2). Other nominated are Mexican “Golden Girl” Paulina Rubio, Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives, Mexico’s Vicente Fernández and Los Tigres del Norte.
The awards include finalists in 32 categories divided into five popular Latin music genres: Pop, Tropical, Regional Mexican, Rock and Urban. “Premio Lo Nuestro” awards are bestowed annually to the top talent in the Latin music industry along with the Video of the Year. Music nominations are determined from charts compiled by the recording industry trade magazine Radio & Records® for the time period of October 1, 2004, to September 30, 2005.
Latin music fans can go to http://www.univision.com to cast their votes online for the “Premio Lo Nuestro” winners. By logging onto Univision.com (Uniclave: Premio) between now and January 18, 2006, they can vote for their favorite artists in all categories. Univision.com will also have a dedicated section on the website with exclusive coverage that includes artist profiles, streaming video and music clips of the nominees.
“Premio Lo Nuestro” is a top rated annual special for Hispanics in the United States. It was viewed by more than nine million Hispanics in 2005, beating, according to promoters, all English or Spanish language award programs. Following is a complete list of 2006 “Premio Lo Nuestro” nominees by genre and category:
Pop
Album of the Year
1) Escucha, Laura Pausini (Warner)
2) Fijación Oral, Shakira (Sony BMG)
3) Fuego, Kumbia Kings (EMI Televisa)
4) Paso a Paso, Luis Fonsi (Universal)
5) Todo el Año, Obie Bermúdez (EMI Televisa)
Best Male Artist
1) Alejandro Fernández
2) Luis Fonsi
3) Obie Bermúdez
4) Reyli
Best Female Artist
1) Jimena
2) Julieta Venegas
3) Laura Pausini
4) Paulina Rubio
Best Group or Duo
1) Aleks Syntek y Ana Torroja
2) Kumbia Kings
3) La 5ª Estación
4) Shakira y Alejandro Sanz
Song of the Year
1) La Camisa Negra, Juanes (Universal)
2) La Tortura, Shakira y Alejandro Sanz (Sony BMG)
3) Nada es Para Siempre, Luis Fonsi (Universal)
4) Víveme, Laura Pausini (Warner)
5) Volverte a Ver, Juanes (Universal)
Best New Soloist or Group of the Year
1) Lena
2) Lu
3) RBD
4) Reik
Rock
Album of the Year
1) Andrea Echeverri, Andrea Echeverri (Nacional)
2) Con Todo Respeto, Molotov (Universal)
3) Consejo, La Secta All Star (Universal)
4) Consuelo en Domingo, Enjambre (Oso Records)
5) En el Cielo de Tu Boca, Circo (Universal)
Artist of the Year
1) Circo
2) Enjambre
3) Juanes
4) La Secta All Star
Song of theYear
1) A Eme O, Andrea Echeverri (Nacional)
2) Amateur, Molotov (Universal)
3) Biografía, Enjambre (Oso Records)
4) Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor, Juanes (Universal)
5) Un Accidente, Circo (Universal)
Tropical
Album of the Year
1) Amanecer Contigo, Frankie Negrón (SGZ Entertainment)
2) Aquí Estamos y De Verdad, El Gran Combo (Sony BMG)
3) Hasta el Fin, Monchy y Alexandra (J&N)
4) Ironía, Andy Andy (Urban Box Office)
5) Una Nueva Mujer, Olga Tañón (Sony BMG)
Best Male Artist
1) Carlos Vives
2) Gilberto Santa Rosa
3) Juan Luis Guerra
4) Marc Anthony
Best Female Artist
1) Brenda K. Starr
2) Melina León
3) Milly Quezada
4) Olga Tañón
Best Group or Duo
1) Aventura
2) El Gran Combo
3) Monchy y Alexandra
4) N’Klabe
Song of the Year
1) Bandolero, Olga Tañón (Sony BMG)
2) Hasta el Fin, Monchy y Alexandra (J&N)
3) Perdidos, Monchy y Alexandra (J&N)
4) Que Ironía, Andy Andy (Urban Box Office)
5) Se Esfuma Tu Amor, Marc Anthony (Sony BMG)
Tropical Merengue Artist of the Year
1) Juan Luis Guerra
2) La Gran Banda
3) Los Toros Band
4) Olga Tañón
Tropical Salsa Artist of the Year
1) El Gran Combo
2) Gilberto Santa Rosa
3) Marc Anthony
4) Tito Nieves
Tropical Traditional Artist of the Year
1) Andy Andy
2) Aventura
3) Carlos Vives
4) Monchy y Alexandra
Best New Soloist or Group of the Year
1) Ciclón
2) Edgar Daniel
3) T4
4) Xtreme
Regional Mexican
Best Album
1) Diez, Intocable (EMI Televisa)
2) Directo al Corazón, Los Tigres del Norte (Fonovisa)
3) Hoy Como Ayer, Conjunto Primavera (Fonovisa)
4) Pensando en Ti, K-Paz de la Sierra (Univision Records)
5) Razón de Sobra, Marco Antonio Solís (Fonovisa)
Best Male Artist
1) Luis Miguel
2) Marco Antonio Solís
3) Pepe Aguilar
4) Sergio Vega
Best Female Artist
1) Ana Bárbara
2) Diana Reyes
3) Isabela
4) Mariana
Best Group or Duo
1) Beto y sus Canarios
2) Conjunto Primavera
3) Intocable
4) K-Paz de la Sierra
Song of the Year
1) Aire, Intocable (EMI Televisa)
2) Eres Divina, Patrulla 81 (Disa)
3) Está Llorando Mi Corazón, Beto y sus Canarios (Disa)
4) Hoy Como Ayer, Conjunto Primavera (Fonovisa)
5) Volveré, K-Paz de la Sierra (Univision Records)
Band/Artist of the Year
1) Banda el Recodo
2) Beto y sus Canarios
3) K-Paz de la Sierra
4) Patrulla 81
Grupero Artist of the Year
1) Bronco – El Gigante de América
2) Grupo Innovación
3) Los Temerarios
4) Marco Antonio Solís
Norteño Artist of the Year
1) Conjunto Primavera
2) Intocable
3) Los Huracanes del Norte
4) Los Tigres del Norte
Ranchero Artist of the Year
1) Ezequiel Peña
2) Luis Miguel
3) Pepe Aguilar
4) Vicente Fernández
Best New Soloist or Group of the Year
1) Los Elegidos
2) Beto Terrazas
3) La Autoridad de la Sierra
4) Zaino
Urban
Album of the Year
1) Chosen Few El Documental, Chosen Few (Urban Box Office)
2) Desahogo, Vico C (EMI Televisa)
3) Flow La Diskoteka, DJ Nelson (Universal)
4) Los K-Becillas, Master Joe & OG Black (Ole Music)
5) Luny Tunes & Baby Ranks: Más Flow 2, Luny Tunes & Baby Ranks (Machete Records)
Artist of the Year
1) Daddy Yankee
2) Don Omar
3) Master Joe & OG Black
4) Wisin y Yandel
Song of the Year
1) Lo Que Pasó Pasó, Daddy Yankee (El Cartel)
2) Mayor Que Yo, Baby Ranks, Daddy Yankee, Héctor “El Father,” Tonny Tun Tun & Wisin y Yandel (Machete Records)
3) Mírame, Daddy Yankee (Machete Records)
4) Rakata, Wisin y Yandel (Machete Records)
5) Reggaetón Latino, Don Omar (Urban Box Office)
Video of the Year
Artist, Video
1) Laura Pausini, “Víveme”
2) Luis Fonsi, “Nada Es Para Siempre”
3) Luis Miguel, “Que Seas Feliz”
4) Shakira, “No”
5) Vico C, “Desahogo”
6) Anasol, “Nace”
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Posted by Elena del Valle on December 13, 2005
Barrio305 launched a reggaeton TV Show. Episode One of the show, titled "From Miami 2 Puerto Rico," was scheduled to be broadcast in it’s entirity on the Barrio305.com site. That episode featured comprehensive and in depth coverage of the reggaeton/Latin hip hop community.
Shot on location in Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico, the first episode uncovers the cultural movement known as reggaeton with special interviews, event coverage, never-before-seen behind the scenes footage of top reggaeton artists and special segments that feature import tuners and the Barrio Babes.
Barrio 305 obtained one-of-kind exclusive interviews with major hitters in the reggaeton and urban Latino music scene. Fat Joe, Pitbull, Nicky Jam and Tego Calderon are some the big names that have participated in making Barrio 305 a leading authority on reggaeton and urban Latin music coverage.
The name Barrio 305 is a Spanglish term that describes the emerging Latino youth culture in the U.S. Barrio is Spanish for neighborhood and 305 is the area code for the city of Miami; organizers hope the name captures the bi-cultural nature of English dominant Latinos living in U.S. urban areas.
Barrio 305 hopes to expand reggaeton’s audience outside major cities. Online-featured artists include leading acts such as Tego Calderon, Queen Ivy, Don Chezina and Daddy Yankee. As it’s popularity grows broadband channels such as Barrio 305, could act as an outlet for upcoming artists to stimulate the forefront of the "urban" Latin America. More information is available at http://www.barrio305.com/reggaeton_videos.htm
