Come Meet Maria Celeste Arraras

Telemundo's #1 talent and show Maria Celeste Arraras, presents her latest book “Vive tu Vida Al Rojo Vivo: Secretos Para Triunfar en Todo” (Make Your Life Prime Time How to Have It All Without Losing Your Soul) and will be signing her book at Barnes and Noble in Coral Gables, FL. on Tuesday April 28, 2009. MAP LOCATION

The event starts at 7PM and we're sure many of her celebrity friends will come to support!!! BUY BOOK NOW

FERNANDO DEL RINCON SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HIS EX-WIFE ON AL ROJO VIVO CON MARIA CELESTE

Finally Fernando del Rincón speaks about the domestic accusations of his ex-wife Carmen Dominicci and about his firing from the Univision network. The exclusive interview begins on January 5th, 2009 on Al Rojo Vivo with Maria Celeste on Telemundo.

Candela Ferro leaving to Mexico

Despite all the rumors of Candela Ferro was let go from Telemundo, she says it's not true. She's leaving to Mexico to be with her boyfriend Khotan, who is currently in production with Deseo Prohibido. "I'm not leaving Miami...will be back for anything Telemundo needs me for", Candela tells People en Español. We hear through our sources at the network, that Candela is currently on idle until her contract is out. A similar situation for Monica Noguera. We wish them both well!! READ MORE

Lay off and cut backs at Spanish TV Networks, including NBC owned Telemundo

Everyone is feeling the US economic woes, including some of favorite Latino TV talents and shows. We begin with a shuffle of power at Telemundo. In the executive level, many rumors are circulating with contract buyouts rather than firings. On the production side here are some information HL has gathered:

-Novela superstar Osvaldo Rios has been release from the Telemundo roster pool, with a year left in his current contract. According to TV y Novelas magazine, its reporting that Rios was let go for being "Complicated". Something similar happened about a year or so ago with Mario Cimarro.

-The morning show Levántate, which debuted in August and had its home in San Juan, will be moving to Telemundo's Miami studios as our source tells us "will be cheaper to produce in Miami". The show has had lower ratings than the prior morning show Cada Dia with Maria Antonieta Colins. Meanwhile Colins just released a new book, and is commenting on a various issues on morning radio show Zona Cero on 106.7 FM in Miami. For years Telemundo hasn't found the correct formula for morning and late night shows. It's a shame since Telemundo has access to all the resources of NBC Universal.

-Many talents have been let go. Those include Poncho de Anda, who might return to his other career in radio, Monica Noguera is also out. Candela Ferro, since her weekend edition of Al Rojo Vivo has been cancelled, might remain in Mexico until the network decides what to do with her since she's still under contract.

-Telefutura has cancelled game show "Que Dicen La Gente", produced by Hollywood production company Fremantle. We actually liked this show. This show should make a move to Telemundo.

OUR COMMENTARY: Telemundo needs a whole new restructuring of its producers and productions. The shows are not funded correctly and its resources with NBC Universal appear not to be used at full extent. Telemundo should not try to compete with Univision, but rather become the station of fun and sex. It's novelas with no name talent, but with beautiful faces could be money making ventures for the network. We like that idea! Great stories a la Desperate Housewives and The Hills full of sexual attitude.

We like the idea of more public interaction shows, like game shows ( SHOULD GET COMO DICEN LA GENTE) and a show from the past that we enjoyed very much afternoon game showLA FERIA DE LA ALEGRIA. Giveaway cash and gifts, fill shows with music and hot bodies. Especially now when people need fast entertainment and what better than to give the public what they want MONEY and GIFTS!!!! We love 12 Corazones!

NBC UNIVERSAL: Use Universal Studios in Hollywood and Orlando for TV programs and filming of novelas. Use other resouces at the network, such as The Today Show (Great for Levantate), and with some of the networks other properties: Bravo, USA, and Mun2.

Although a great idea at first to get the traffic of its association with Yahoo, its time for Telemundo to launch its own portal, with its own staff and company. Online is the future, and there is no reason why the network can't do its own online outlet. The new Telemundo.com could have everything from past novelas and classic shows like A la Cama Con Porcel, and Los Beltrans. The new portal should have online polls, commentary, and interact all the networks shows with the web.

We believe Telemundo should also bring more political shows town hall meetings and round tables. Let the public release the pressure of life to comment on all sorts of issues. Have people call in and vent, have public go online and take part in forums, blogs and polls.

Promote talent. Telemundo must make its talents a network star. Telemundo should spin of some its talents in books, calendars, and public appearances.

Saturday Nights: Full concerts with stars like Vicente Fernandez, Daddy Yankee, Shakira followed by late night live boxing (possibly associate with Oscar de la Hoya's company).
Sunday nights: a show like "Siempre en Domingo" would be ideal.

Telemundo Sports: is perfect as it is. The Olympics in spanish were great, plenty of soccer and boxing, especially its recently association with Televisa to transmit Mexican soccer.

New Morning Show, Levántate Debuts on Telemundo on August 25th

Levántate, the new morning show to debut on Telemundo on August 25 at 7am. The show will be hosted by Alan Tacher, Rashel Díaz and Erika Garza and will be produced from Puerto Rico rather than Miami where its rival Despierta America is produced. Long time industry leader Tony Mojena, who produced Premios Billboard de la Música Latina as well as manager of Ednita Nazario and Luis Fonsi, will be in charge and also lives in Puerto Rico. The show will also have special guest comedian host Raymond Arrieta.
Levántate is another attempt at the morning market, that Telemundo has failed with De Mañanitas and Cada Dia, which were horrible. With Mojena, expect a powerful, good quality show, with great guest and the typical morning celebrity appearances, gossip, cooking segments, how-to segments, etc. The news part will be handled via satellite from Telemundo Mexico and reporters in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles.
This one might work, although we're not sure about producing the show in Puerto Rico. We guess we'll have to see...

LATIN ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA INDUSTRY NEWS

-Azteca to Offer Shows Product Integration
-Today’s Hispanic youth largely refer to themselves as Hispanic rather than Latino or American
-Univision beats ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox on at least three nights among adults 18-49
-Univision Stations Add Hour to Morning News
-Mexico, China Soccer Wins for Telemundo
-NBCU to Launch Rosario Dawson Web Series
-Microsoft Announces Vida Digital Latina Campaign

Telemundo latest novela Pecados Ajenos...Out of control!!!

On Monday, Hollywood Latino was in the house at RTI-Telemundo studios in Miami for the cast party premeire of Pecados Ajenos, Telemundo's latest novela thriller. We could tell you that our stress level after watching the first episode was pretty high with all the action, suspense, backstabbing drama that it kept us at the edge of our seats. So we said, maybe tomorrow it will be calmer, not the case. We are going into our 4th day glued to our flat screens. We can't really explain the novela, because its such a tangled storyline that we wouldn't know where to begin. Reminds me of the old Days of our Lives days. Ha! Check our online Exclusive images of the stars: Mauricio Islas, Loerena Rojas, Sonya Smith, Catharine Siachoque (kissing husband Miguel Varoni who is not in the novela, but playing a supporting role).
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Telemundo novelas launches in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Indonesia and in Ghana.

Telemundo continues to extend its reach to emerging markets. Telemundo generated a 30% increase over 2005, with 26,000 hours of programming aired around the world in 2006. July 2007, marked the premieres of 15 Telemundo Internacional original novelas throughout Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Indonesia.

Telemundo’s most recent reality show produced by Nostromo is enjoying huge success in Indonesia, considered as one of the most competitive Asian television markets.
Quinceñera (My Teen Dream) is a ratings blockbuster for the Indosiar network raising the network from the fifth position in its country’s network ranking, to first place in the 7:00pm time slot with a 27% share.

Further expanding its reach, and in a first for the network, Telemundo has debuted in Ghana with one of its most popular novelas to date, El Cuerpo del Deseo (Second Chance).

"Our commitment to producing high quality, original programming has produced a successful international business model that has resulted in a strong and expanding presence in markets worldwide."

Telemundo productions that have made their international debut this year include: Corazon Partido (Broken Heart), which premiered in Bolivia on the Unitel network; Marina, which aired in Peru on Andina TV; Amores de Mercado (Tough Love), launched in Romania on Acasa TV; Zorro: la Espada y la Rosa (Zorro: The Sword and the Rose) which aired in Nicaragua on Televicentro; Complices (Accomplice to Love), which premiered in Ecuador on Teleamazonas;12 Corazones (12 Hearts), which aired in El Salvador on Megavision; and Los Teens (Teens), which aired in Poland and Hungary on Zone Romática. Dame Chocolate (Sweet Secret) made its debut in three countries, premiering first in Costa Rica on July 23rd on the Teletica network and debuting in Spain on the Antena 3 network.

In addition, La Viuda de Blanco (White’s Widow), El Cuerpo del Deseo (Second Chance), Marina, Pasion de Gavilanes (Hidden Passion), Amores de Mercado (Tough Love), La Tormenta (The Storm), and Tierra de Pasiones (Land of Passion) have also launched to global audiences.

International Ratings Highlights:

This summer, Telemundo’s ratings increases in Latin America propelled the network past its Spanish-language competitors in the region.

In Brazil, El Zorro: la Espada y la Rosa ranked third among the top five networks in the country.

In Ecuador, original primetime novelas Amores de Mercado, Dame Chocolate and Amarte Así: Frijolito out-performed their competition

In Colombia, Marina was released through the Caracol network garnering a 38.95% audience share during its time slot. Dame Chocolate’s premiere was rated #1 during its time slot, with 17.5 rating and a 46% share of audience. Madre Luna’s premiere was the leading telenovela among its competitors, and obtained 6.3 rating points and 36% share.

Source: http://www.hispanicad.com

Cotorriando Canceled...About time!!!

Telemundo finally canceled, the past due entertainment show Cotorriando. We have no idea why it took Telemundo 8 years to cancel the show and we're glad. According to the official press release, "the network is revamping the time slot". Many changes are expected at the NBC/Universal owned network in the months to come. Maybe the show could of been saved, but someone refused to get rid of Mauricio Zeilic. He is better liked locally, than nationally is our opinion. Where will Telemundo put Mauricio now? Will this force Mauricio into retirement? Who cares.....really.

Hot Cast for new Telemundo novela

Telemundo had a party for the new novela Pecados Ajenas at the presentation last night at Christabelle's Quarter restaurant in Miami. Principals' Mauricio Islas and Lorena Rojas walked the red carpet as well as veteran actors Catherine Siachoque (without husband Miguel Varoni), Ariel Lopez Padilla, Sonya Smith (without boyfriend Gabriel Porras who is in Colombia filming MADRE LUNA) and leyendary Lupita Ferrer, who showing off her legs. Some newcomers to look out for throughout this novela, Ximena Duque, Mariana Torres and both former MDO group members Pablo Portillo and Daniel Rene. And last Giovanna del Portillo, who is the daughter of Marissa del Portilo, co-host of Escandalo TV on the Telefutura network. Pecados Ajena is being filmed between Telemundo studios in Miami and a private residence in Palm Beach,

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