Menudo is a Puerto Rican boy band formed by producer Edgardo Díaz. Referred to as the "Most Iconic Latino Pop Music Band", Menudo has been ranked as one of the biggest boy bands of all time by several publications, including Billboard, Us Weekly, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue, being the only Latin band on their lists.
Edgardo Díaz Melendez is a Puerto Rican music producer and songwriter. He is the creator of the "boy band" Menudo.
Francisco Xavier Serbiá Queipo is a financial commentator, syndicated columnist, and news anchor of CNN Dinero at CNN en Español. Serbiá is also a former member of the boy band Menudo.
Johnny Lozada Correa is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, host, and television personality.
Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and retired police officer who began his career with the Puerto Rico-based boy band Menudo.
Oscar Neftalí Sallaberry Valls and Fernando Ramón Sallaberry Valls, are Puerto Rican singers and actors who were part of the original lineup of the band Menudo. Nefti and Fernando are the sons of Santiago Sallaberry, a doctor in oncology.
El Reencuentro was the name that six ex-members of musical group Menudo used for their comeback project remembering Menudo's golden era. Ricky Melendez, Rene Farrait, Miguel Cancel, Johnny Lozada, Ray Reyes, and Charlie Masso re-joined to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their success in Latin America, North America, Spain and several other countries in the world. They started in 1998 as an experimental project and they had an unexpected success that continued until 2015 through North and Latin America.
Sube a mi Motora is song by Menudo from their 1981 album Quiero Ser. It became arguably the album's most popular song, topping the charts in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela. It is considered by many Menudo fans to have been the group's best song ever and their signature song. Rene Farrait was the lead singer for this song.
Nova is a Spanish television channel operated by Atresmedia. The network runs 24 hours a day in the Spanish language. The service is aimed at women, with the schedule reflecting this aim. Lifestyle programmes such as cooking shows are normally screened during the day. In the evening, films and some series are shown, and around midnight, Poker is screened. The network is available on digital terrestrial television as well as via cable and satellite.
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines tele and novela. Similar drama genres around the world include diziler (Turkey), serial (India), teleserye (Philippines), lakorn (Thailand), téléroman, K-drama, J-drama (Japan), C-drama (China) and sinetron (Indonesia).
Gerhard Zeiler is an Austrian businessman who is the current president of Warner Bros. Discovery International, part of Warner Bros. Discovery. Before taking up the role at Turner/Warner, Mr Zeiler was chief executive officer of the German media company RTL Group and a member of the executive board of Bertelsmann, the media conglomerate that owns the RTL Group.
SOMOSTV LLC, is an American Pay TV entertainment company engaged in the production, distribution, and marketing of Pay TV channels in the U.S. Hispanic market, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Central America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company owns and operates two networks: ViendoMovies and Semillitas. SOMOSTV is headed by Luis Villanueva, an executive in the Hispanic media and entertainment industry, President and CEO of SOMOS Group.
Semillitas TV is an American Spanish-language children pay television channel, owned by the media company SomosTV, headed by Luis Villanueva. The channel targets children 0–5 years of age with the objective of preserving Hispanic cultural roots and language through entertaining and violence-free programming, specifically animation and is distributed in a format without traditional television advertisement. Semillitas, produced in High Definition, programs animation in Spanish 24-hours a day, with closed captioning and video description, utilizing Standard Spanish dialogue.
Somos Show, LLC, is a public entertainment company based in Miami, Florida, United States, that focuses in the commercialization and organization of public events. The company has organized public events in Latin America and the United States. Typical event management includes entertainment, logistics, lighting, promotion, marketing, box office, etc. Somos Show is headed by Luis Villanueva, an international entertainment business executive. SOMOS Show is related to its sister companies SomosTV and Somos Distribution, SOmOS Films SOMOS Films and Somos Productions, all part of SOMOS Group.
Marcos Santana is an entrepreneur, producer and media creative, former president of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Telemundo Global Studios and Telemundo Internacional.
Jorge Granier Phelps is a Venezuelan producer, director and entrepreneur. He is best known for his role as Executive Producer and bringing the highly successful and critically acclaimed CW show "Jane the Virgin" to the U.S., which won a Golden Globe, an AFI TV Program of the Year award, a People’s Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy, a Peabody Award, and Imagen Foundation Awards for Best Primetime Television Program (Comedy), Best Actress (Television) and Best Supporting Actress (Television). Among other productions are titles such as the Netflix Original "Nicky Jam: El Ganador", the feature documentary "Pablo Escobar, Angel o Demonio?", the YouTube digital series "Isla Presidencial" and the telenovela "Mi Gorda Bella".
Vikki RPM is an American telenovela produced by Somos Productions for Nickelodeon Latin America. The series was presented in Natpe as Fórmula A. It is an original idea by Eduardo Jiménez-Pons, written by Catharina Ledeboer and Rocio Lara. It premiered on July 31, 2017, and it stars Samantha Siqueros, Stefano Ollivier, Isabella Castillo, Scarlet Gruber and Leo Deluglio. The series revolves around Victoria a young girl with a dream of becoming a great pilot of Formula 1.
Súbete a Mi Moto is a biographical streaming television series about the Latin boy band Menudo. The series narrates the history of the band from its creation to its evolution and international success. Menudo was the band that launched music stars such as Ricky Martin and others. Consisting of 15 episodes of 60 minutes each, the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on October 9, 2020, in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain. In the United States, the series premiered on Estrella TV on February 14, 2021.
Vix is an over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision. The service primarily shows content either owned by TelevisaUnivision or acquired from third-party content providers, including television series, movies, and sports programming.
José Luis "Josélo" Vega is a Puerto Rican dancer and choreographer, who is best known for his involvement with boy band Menudo, as their choreographer and second-in-command, after band creator and manager Edgardo Diaz. He was also the band's creative director. Vega is also known for his involvement in the career of former Menudo member Ricky Martin.
