Cisneros Media

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Cisneros Media
Industry Media
PredecessorVenevision International
Founded1970;54 years ago (1970)
FounderDiego Cisneros
Headquarters Miami, Florida, United States
Caracas, Venezuela
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Adriana Cisneros, CEO
Jonathan Blum, President [1]
Parent Grupo Cisneros
Subsidiaries Venevisión
VePlus
Venevisión International Productions
Venevision Studios
Venemusic
Siente Music
RedMas
Website www.cisnerosmediadist.com
Offices of Cisneros Media Studios in Miami. Estudios de Venevision en Miami.jpg
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.

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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:

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

Cisneros Media Distribution companies

Production and distribution logo Venevision International.PNG
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.

Novelas

TitleProduction YearProduction CountriesProduction CompaniesNumber of EpisodesAirdates
Club 572019–2021 United States Rainbow S.r.l.
Viacom International Media Networks
Mediapro
Nickelodeon
120Abril 15, 2019 – October 22, 2021
Ruta 35 2015 United States Venevision International
BE-TV
Univision Studios
65January 12, 2016 – February 26, 2016
Voltea pa' que te enamores 2014–2015United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
123November 11, 2014 – March 15, 2015
Demente criminal 2014United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
50April 1 – August 15, 2015
Cosita linda 2013–2014United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
146September 22, 2014 – May 1, 2015
Los Secretos de Lucía 2013Venezuela
Colombia
United States
Venevisión
BE-TV
Venevision International
Univision Studios
75April 22 – August 4, 2014
Rosario 2012–2013 [11] [12] United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
105 / 145January 28 – August 16, 2013
El talismán 2012United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
98 / 100January 30 [13] – June 15, 2012 [14]
Corazón apasionado 2011United States
Venezuela
Venevision International79 / 111April 9 – July 27, 2012
Eva Luna 2010–2011United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
110 / 114November 1, 2010 [15] – April 11, 2011 [16]
Sacrificio de mujer 2010United States
Venezuela
Venevision International101April 18 – July 7, 2011
Condesa por amor 2009Dominican RepublicVenevision International100October 26, 2009 – February 11, 2010
Pecadora 2009–2010United States
Venezuela
Venevision International80 / 1453 May – September 10, 2010
Águila roja 2009–2016SpainGlobomedia
RTVE
116February 19, 2009 – October 26, 2016
Vuélveme a querer 2008–2009Mexico TV Azteca
Venevision International
139February 9 – August 21, 2009
Alma indomable 2008–2009United States
Venezuela
Venevision International165October 19, 2009 – April 16, 2010
Valeria 2008United States
Venezuela
Venevision International174March 10 – October 16, 2009
Pobre Millionaria 2008Panama
Venezuela
Venevision International97May 15 – August 26, 2008
Amor Comprado 2007United States
Venezuela
Venevision International
Univision Studios
123January 21 – July 11, 2008
Trópico 2007Dominican RepublicVenevisión International
Iguana Productions
Antena Latina
100June 4 – September 14, 2007
Acorralada 2006–2007United States
Venezuela
Venevision International
Univision Studios
187January 15 – October 5, 2007
Mi Vida Eres Tú 2006United States
Venezuela
Venevision International116July 10 – December 8, 2006
Olvidarte jamás 2005United States
Venezuela
Venevision International
Univision Studios
118January 9 – June 7, 2006
Soñar no cuesta nada 2004–2005United States
Venezuela
Venevision International191May 23, 2005 – February 23, 2006
Ángel rebelde 2003–2004United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
217February 2 – December 3, 2004
Rebeca 2003United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
152June 2 – December 26, 2003
Gata salvaje 2002United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
252May 16, 2002 – May 2, 2003
Secreto de amor 2001United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
151July 24, 2001 – February 12, 2002
La revancha 2000United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
1518 May – December 1, 2000
Girasoles para Lucía 1999–2000PeruVenevision International
Iguana Productions
110November 8, 1999 – March 31, 2000
Enamorada 1999–2000United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
100November 8, 1999 – March 8, 2000
La mujer de mi vida 1998–1999United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
150September 23, 1998 – March 17, 1999

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English-Language Cartoons

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