By Enrique Turegano / Al Punto I saw an ad on Univision for an SUV…nice ad. But the VO caught me off guard. It was the poem by Antonio Machado and famous song by Juan Manuel Serrat, “Caminante No Hay Camino”. Great song, great poem…but I wonder how much it connects with US Hispanics….mostly [...]
Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
When I first heard about the joint venture between ABC and Univision my reaction was one of positive intrigue. Here were two major media companies about to go after the ever-burgeoning bicultural, bilingual Latino. And I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the new network would be in English. But when I heard the new [...]
I just struggled reading an article by Stephanie Da Costa – Media Director at Wing in Miami titled “Spanish-language Television Upfront And Fall Season Discourse” in MediaPost. My first impression from reading the article is that Univision is insensitive for not changing their programming annually, Telemundo is trying hard and MundoFox will blow everyone [...]
Sofia Vergara is probably the most recognizable Hispanic actress working in English-language television. She is one of the stars of “Modern Family,” among the highest-rated scripted shows on network television, and she has parlayed her celebrity into commercials for brands like Pepsi and Cover Girl. CBS hoped to have a cross-cultural hit with “Rob,” starring [...]
According to deadline.com, Fox unveiled the first on-air promo for MundoFox, the upcoming Spanish-language broadcast network backed by Fox International Channels and Colombia’s RCN Television Group. By NELLIE ANDREEVA Check out the commercial, CLICK HERE What do you think?
Last month I attended one of the best parties in L.A. No, I’m not talking about the Oscars. I’m talking about the Brisk Bodega-Star Wars Cantina party, presented by Brisk Tea. Now ostensibly the party was intended to present and offer party-goers samples of Brisk Tea. But by partnering up with LucasFilm, Brisk was able [...]
By Joe Zubizarreta / Zubi Advertising – Zubination Having just watched the pilot for Rob Schneider’s new show, Rob, I am totally disgusted by the way CBS has portrayed a Mexican-American family in an attempt to lure Latinos to general market television. The only thing I can think of is that they wanted to [...]
As many of you have seen in the movie 2012 and have heard from scholars based on their interpretation of Mayan culture and the Mayan calendar, the world will end December 2012. Doomsday is upon us in 355 days on December 21, 2012. Well let’s go out with a bang! We have 355 days to [...]
I’m still not sure why Ad Age felt compelled to give a voice to hate. I mean, how else do you explain their decision to invite a bona fide prophet of hate to their upcoming “Media Evolved” conference? Glenn Beck may be doing something interesting in media (according to Ad Age) but he’s still a [...]
I recently read an article in another of the Latin American Market focused trade journals that interviewed a US Hispanic Marketing Director at the client level and two mayor New York Hispanic Agency based Media Planning Executives with most of their experience in mainstream advertising and Latin America respectively to give their opinions about [...]
