MIAMI, Jan 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, today announced that Hispanic media veterans Luis Fernandez-Rocha and Carlos Bardasano have been named senior vice president of TeleFutura and vice president of programming and original productions for TeleFutura, respectively, effective immediately.
Univision also announced that TeleFutura is expanding its programming lineup with the additions of one of the most successful franchises in television - "Family Guy" -- and bringing it for the first time to Spanish-language television in the U.S., as well as a new talk show debuting this spring, hosted by one of Hispanic America's most beloved television hosts, Charytin.
Fernandez-Rocha, who most recently served as senior vice president and regional director of Univision Television Group in the southeast, will oversee all operations of the network. He will report to Luis Fernandez, president of Entertainment and Univision Studios. Bardasano, who was previously a managing director at Spanish media management company Kastuera, will be responsible for entertainment programming for the network. He will report to Fernandez-Rocha. Both executives will be based in Miami.
"I am pleased to welcome two of the most talented executives in the business to our growing TeleFutura Network. Both Luis and Carlos bring extensive experience with an understanding of the U.S. Hispanic community that will be instrumental in their leadership of the Network and its continued development," said Fernandez. "With such strong track records, I am confident that these are the ideal executives to usher in a new era of programming prominence for TeleFutura, which builds on the momentum of the exciting lineup expansion announcements we made today."
Fernandez-Rocha said, "Having personally witnessed Univision's strength and the talent of its people, I could not be more honored to take on this leadership role. I look forward to identifying and tapping into the numerous opportunities that lie ahead for the TeleFutura Network as the size and influence of the U.S. Hispanic population continues to rapidly expand."
"I am thrilled to return to the Univision family and it's a privilege to join TeleFutura as we continue to deliver the highest-quality and most innovative Spanish television shows in the United States," said Bardasano. "This is an extraordinary opportunity to develop, produce and program the finest content for our Hispanic community. I look forward to working with the talented team at TeleFutura as we bring the best Spanish television to the nation's ever-growing Hispanic audience."
Luis Fernandez-Rocha has more than 25 years of experience in Spanish-language broadcasting. He has served as vice president and general manager of WLTV 23 and WAMI 69 since 2002, positioning the stations as leaders in the market and delivering growth. He began his career in 1986 in Miami as traffic manager with Zubi Advertising. Three years later, Fernandez-Rocha joined Spanish Broadcasting System affiliate, WCMQ AM/FM Radio. Prior to joining Univision in 2002, he held several positions of increasing responsibility at Telemundo, including Local Sales manager, General Sales manager, vice president/general manager for Houston and vice president/general manager for Miami. Throughout his career, Fernandez-Rocha has maintained a long-standing commitment to Hispanic community affairs through years of service on boards and committees including serving the Executive Board of Florida Associate of Broadcasters, Advisory Board for Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, United Way, Big Brothers Big Sisters to name a few.
Carlos Bardasano has worked in the media and broadcasting industry for over a decade. He most recently served as a managing director at Spanish media management company, Kastuera. Before that, Bardasano was executive vice president of Entertainment for Telemundo. Before joining Telemundo, Bardasano also previously served as vice president of programming development for Univision Television Networks, where he worked developing pilot programs and co-productions for the Company's networks. Previously, he was vice president of programming for Telemundo. Bardasano started his broadcast career at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, where he worked on NBC primetime sitcoms. He later held supervisory and executive programming positions at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Tristar International Television.
"Family Guy" follows the adventures of endearingly ignorant dad Peter Griffin and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders -- wife Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and dog Brian -- in Quahog, Rhode Island. The animated series, which features the voice talents of Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis, is a 20th Century Fox Television production and is distributed by Twentieth Television. Seth MacFarlane is creator/executive producer. Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan serve as executive producers/showrunners, while Chris Sheridan, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild are executive producers.
About Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the leading media company serving Hispanic America. Its assets include Univision Network, one of the top five networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network reaching 88% of U.S. Hispanic households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network, and a suite of six cable offerings - De Pelicula, De Pelicula Clasico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Clasico TV; Univision Studios, which produces and co-produces reality shows, dramatic series and other programming formats for the Company's platforms; Univision Local Media, which owns and/or operates 62 television stations and 70 radio stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Interactive Media, a network of national and local online and mobile sites including Univision.com, which continues to be the #1 most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S. online Hispanics, Univision Movil, a longstanding industry-leader with unique, relevant mobile products and services, and Univision Partner Group, a specialized advertising and publisher network. Headquartered in New York City, UCI has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.univision.net .
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