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As recently as five years ago, I was gnashing my teeth because the television networks catering to Hispanics in the U.S. were offering only Spanish-language programs, further isolating a population that many Americans thought didn't care about fitting in enough to bother learning the language.

Emmy Award-Winning Univision News Anchor Maria Elena Salinasto Serve as Celebrity Host of Hispanic Heritage Month's Most Prestigious Event /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute announced today that Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, will serve as its exclusive media ... (more)

Last week's television upfronts in New York featured a distinct Latin flavor for the first time -- and marked a coming-out party of sorts for a new player in the Latino TV marketplace, MundoFox.

As recently as five years ago, I was gnashing my teeth because the television networks catering to Hispanics in the U.S. were offering only Spanish-language programs, further isolating a population that many Americans thought didn't care about fitting in enough to bother learning the language.

With NBC generally faring poorly this season in the Nielsen ratings, the network's narrow win over ABC and Fox for prime time Monday night in the key 18-49 demo is reason to take notice.

"The fact is, piracy in the South Asian community is huge," Rajan Singh, executive vice president, international business, for News Corp.'s Star US subsidiary, said during a multicultural-TV panel session here Tuesday at the Cable Show.

Univision this September will launch a digital component to its upcoming Hispanic-themed, English language news and lifestyles network, according to Univision president Cesar Conde.

Hola Fishbowlers. We know that Politico's Mike Allen has recently taken some time off.

Upfront season, the busiest time of the TV industry just concluded last week. BET , MTV , E! , A+E Networks , NBCU , Fox , Univision , CBS , ABC and USA Network 's upfronts all used social TV to tell their advertisers why they should invest in their programming and initiatives.

Last week I was lucky to spend some time in New York. It's always good to go to a city I love but it was the upcoming media that drove my biggest excitement.

"SurveyUSA is the only organization that routinely releases, and makes available on their web site, all of the information necessary to determine how tightly they screen." "18 of Survey USA's final polls were the closest for that state, almost twice as many as every other major poll PUT TOGETHER!" "SurveyUSA has been more open ... and has provided ... (more)

Today I fear the pendulum is swinging too far to the other side. I worry that the proliferation of advertising, entertainment and news organizations hoping to engage predominantly English-speaking Hispanics will also isolate a continuously assimilating community from a mainstream that seems to view Latinos as newcomers who don't quite want to blend ... (more)

What it would do: Reduce total time that lawmakers can serve in the Legislature from 14 to 12 years, but allow all to be served in one house.

The one-time super agent and his wife contributed heavily to Republicans since the late 1990s, according to the Sunlight Foundation.

Fab announced a collection of updates intended to make it easier for users to socialize and discover content on the site, and said it was dropping Google+ for Pinterest.

As the upfronts roar on, Univision is the latest TV brand to make major digital and social announcements.

This week, these shows have been sinking their fangs into comments made by Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui opposing Obama's decision to back marriage equality and, most recently, celebrating the fact that he has been celibate for the past ten years of his life and saving himself for a woman he truly loves.

Univision Communications kicked off its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York on Tuesday with an unlikely endorsement from one of ABC's biggest stars.

Singers Romeo Santos and Prince Royce broke records this year in the number of nominations garnered for the Premios Juventud awards with 11 and 10 respectively, Univision Network said in a live online broadcast.

During a conference call with journalists, Randy Falco, Univision's president and CEO, said the growth and clout of the Hispanic community is the "new American reality." Hispanics are the youngest and fastest-growing community in the country and, as such, represent "one of the only meaningful growth opportunities out there," Falco said.