Cisneros Media

Cisneros Media
IndustryMedia
PredecessorVenevision International
Founded1970 (1970)
FounderDiego Cisneros
HeadquartersMiami, Florida, United StatesCaracas, Venezuela
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Adriana Cisneros, CEO Jonathan Blum, President [1]
ParentGrupo Cisneros
SubsidiariesVenevisiónVePlusVenevisión International ProductionsVenevision StudiosVenemusicSiente MusicRedMas
Websitewww.cisnerosmediadist.com
Offices of Cisneros Media Studios in Miami.

Cisneros Media (CMD), also known as Venevision International (VVI), is an American-based entertainment company that broadcasts Spanish-language television worldwide.

History

Venevision International is part of the Cisneros Group of Companies. It was founded initially as the distribution company.[2]

CMD is currently headed by Peter Tinoco. The company opened its doors in 1969 under the name Teverama Florida, along with Radio Caracas Television as distributors of Venezuelan programming abroad. After a split from RCTV (which formed Coral Pictures), it was renamed America Television Inc. In 1987, the company took the current name of Venevision International.

VVI is one of the two largest companies that distributes Spanish-language television programming.[3] The company has a diverse programming catalogue, with an emphasis on the telenovela genre.[4]

In 1992, as part of a consortium of American businessman Jerry Perenchio, Mexican entrepreneur Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, and Grupo Cisneros through Venevisión International bought Univision for $500 million. Grupo Cisneros held a 25% stake in Univision and 12.5% stake in the Univision Communications (now TelevisaUnivision). The Grupo Cisneros' ownership stake in Univision led to the broadcast of Venevision telenovelas from Venezuela, and to the co-production of telenovelas by the partnership of Venevision International and Univision Communications. The consortium ended up selling Univision for $13.7 billion in 2007.[5]

VVI presently supports exchange agreements and sales of TV programming in China and South Korea, where telenovelas are popular. Beginning in 2000, the company sought to diversify its catalogue with original productions, and to participate in the profitable Hispanic market in the United States.

In television production, CMD was a pioneer in independent television production in Spanish in the city of Miami and one of the main companies of this segment in the industry.[6]

CMD founded the first exclusive, Spanish-language film distribution company in the United States. It released movies in cinemas and on pay-per-view, pay television, home video, the hospitality industry (hotels and tourism) and the Internet. It has participated in a renewed interest in Latin American cinema in the US market.[7]

As part of the Cisneros Group of Companies, the company has been launched TV channels.[8] Based on its film catalogue in Spanish, the company launched its pay TV movie channel "VeneMovies" in 2006: a channel that programs films 24 hours a day, along with interviews and coverage of major festivals targeted towards the United States' Hispanic market.

VVI runs Latcel, a mobile content production and distribution company in the U.S. Hispanic market. It also runs VeneMobile, a division that offers content from the Cisneros Group of Companies in the mobile markets.[9]

CMD has also participated with the Spanish company Nostromo in television programming[10] and in the production of theater plays in the city of Miami where it owned a theatre from 2001 through 2005.

On October 28, 2013, the Grupo Cisneros relaunched the Venevisión International brand with the name Cisneros Media, as part of a restructuring of the Grupo Cisneros. Cisneros Media is a division that controls entertainment services:

  • Venevisión: Venezuela's leading television network.
  • Ve Plus: international television channel.
  • Miss Venezuela Organization: production platform aimed at the female audience.
  • Cisneros Media Distribution - Global distributor of entertainment content.
  • Venevisión International Productions and Cisneros Studios – independent producer of Venevisión's Spanish-language programming in the United States and for Venevisión.

In 2016, the company represented Boat Rocker Media titles in Latin America.

Cisneros Media Distribution companies

Production and distribution logo

Venevision International TV Distribution

Venevisión International is one of the largest television programming distribution companies in Latin America. The catalogue includes popular genres from Venezuela, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. It features films from Hollywood, Spain, and Latin America. Genres include telenovelas, musicals, comedies, game shows, talk shows, children's programming and documentaries.

Venevision International Pay TV

VVI Pay TV develops Spanish-language channels for cable and Satellite television broadcasts. The ViendoMovies channel division offers contemporary movies in Spanish in the United States.

Venevision International Film Distribution

The film division of VVI distributes and markets Spanish-language films through pay-per-view, video-on-demand, Internet broadband, hotel and airline systems, and DVDs. This division also publishes compilations of soap operas and other television programs on DVD.

Venevision International Productions

The programming producer for Venevisión International generates productions of various genres. Its facilities are located in Miami and with regional associates. The company also develops programs for television shows.

Venevision International Publishing

Venevisión International Publishing protects and manages the intellectual property rights of music and productions of the Cisneros Organization.

Ve Plus TV

Ve Plus
TypeCableTelevision Network
CountryVenezuela
Broadcast area
  • United States
  • Latin America
  • Venezuela
  • Spain
  • Philippines
Programming
Picture format1080iHDTV(downscaled to 480i/576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerGrupo Cisneros
ParentCisneros Media
Sister channels
History
LaunchedAugust 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)
FounderGustavo Cisneros
Former names

VePlus is a subscription channel owned by Cisneros Media and serves as an updated version of their previous channel, Venevisión Continental. It was also known as Novelísima, Ve Plus TV and V Mas TV, a subsidiary of Grupo Cisneros.[11][12] VePlus incorporates much of the programming from Venevisión Continental and Novelísima, while also producing its own content in Venezuela and Miami.[13][14][15]

History

Venevisión Continental was originally launched as a cable television station on August 28, 2000.[16] It provided entertainment programs, news, talk shows, and soap operas, catering to Spanish-speaking audiences in Venezuela, Latin America, Asia and Europe as the international signal of Venevisión. The channel ceased its broadcasts in July 2008. It was available on DirecTV channel 774 until September 2006 and was owned by Venezuela's Venevisión Canal.[17]

In December 2007, the Cisneros Group initiated a pilot project called Venevisión Novelísima Plus in Venezuela. Recognizing its success and large viewership, Venevisión Continental was relaunched in June 2008 under the name Novelísima.[18] The channel focused on soap operas, telenovelas, Latin entertainment, talk shows, and contests, while excluding opinion, politics, and news media.[19][20][21]

On July 18, 2012, the signals of "Novelísima" and "Venevisión Plus Dominicana" were merged to create "Ve Plus TV".[22][23][24] In 2017, the channel was rebranded as VePlus.[25][26][27]

Feeds

VePlus operates on three different feeds:

  1. VePlus: Broadcasts in Latin America, Spain and the Philippines, excluding Venezuela.[28]
  2. VePlus: Exclusive feed for Venezuela.[29][30]
  3. VePlus: Available in the United States.[31][32]

Programming

VePlus primarily offers a lineup of soap operas, talk shows, and variety shows, targeting Hispanic and Latino audiences in the United States and other countries.[33][34][35][36][37]

Venevision Continental

Venevision Continental serves as the business unit responsible for managing pay-TV channels and services for Cisneros.[38][39][40]

Novelas

TitleProduction YearProduction CountriesProduction CompaniesNumber of EpisodesAirdates
Club 572019–2021United StatesRainbow S.r.l.Viacom International Media NetworksMediaproNickelodeon120April 15, 2019 – October 22, 2021
Ruta 352015United StatesVenevision InternationalBE-TVUnivision Studios65January 12, 2016 – February 26, 2016
Voltea pa' que te enamores2014–2015United StatesVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios123November 11, 2014 – March 15, 2015
Demente criminal2014United StatesVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios50April 1 – August 15, 2015
Cosita linda2013–2014United StatesVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios146September 22, 2014 – May 1, 2015
Los Secretos de Lucía2013VenezuelaColombiaUnited StatesVenevisiónBE-TVVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios75April 22 – August 4, 2014
Rosario2012–2013[41][42]United StatesVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios105 / 145January 28 – August 16, 2013
El talismán2012United StatesVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios98 / 100January 30[43] – June 15, 2012[44]
Corazón apasionado2011United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International79 / 111April 9 – July 27, 2012
Eva Luna2010–2011United StatesVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios110 / 114November 1, 2010[45] – April 11, 2011[46]
Sacrificio de mujer2010United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International101April 18 – July 7, 2011
Condesa por amor2009Dominican RepublicVenevision International100October 26, 2009 – February 11, 2010
Pecadora2009–2010United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International80 / 1453 May – September 10, 2010
Águila roja2009–2016SpainGlobomediaRTVE116February 19, 2009 – October 26, 2016
Vuélveme a querer2008–2009MexicoTV AztecaVenevision International139February 9 – August 21, 2009
Alma indomable2008–2009United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International165October 19, 2009 – April 16, 2010
Valeria2008United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International174March 10 – October 16, 2009
Pobre Millionaria2008PanamaVenezuelaVenevision International97May 15 – August 26, 2008
Amor Comprado2007United StatesVenezuelaVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios123January 21 – July 11, 2008
Trópico2007Dominican RepublicVenevisión InternationalIguana ProductionsAntena Latina100June 4 – September 14, 2007
Acorralada2006–2007United StatesVenezuelaVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios187January 15 – October 5, 2007
Mi Vida Eres Tú2006United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International116July 10 – December 8, 2006
Olvidarte jamás2005United StatesVenezuelaVenevision InternationalUnivision Studios118January 9 – June 7, 2006
Soñar no cuesta nada2004–2005United StatesVenezuelaVenevision International191May 23, 2005 – February 23, 2006
Ángel rebelde2003–2004United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión217February 2 – December 3, 2004
Rebeca2003United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión152June 2 – December 26, 2003
Gata salvaje2002United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión252May 16, 2002 – May 2, 2003
Secreto de amor2001United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión151July 24, 2001 – February 12, 2002
La revancha2000United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión1518 May – December 1, 2000
Girasoles para Lucía1999–2000PeruVenevision InternationalIguana Productions110November 8, 1999 – March 31, 2000
Enamorada1999–2000United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión100November 8, 1999 – March 8, 2000
La mujer de mi vida1998–1999United StatesVenezuelaFonovideo ProductionsVenevisión150September 23, 1998 – March 17, 1999

English-Language Series

English-Language Cartoons

Programs

Talkshows

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