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August 6, 2008

In this Issue
FCC Urged To Address 'Bleak' State of Industry	Mun2 Series Links Young Latinos With Role Models

TOP STORY

• FCC Urged To Address 'Bleak' State of Industry
  Media consolidation has shut out new entrants to the communications market by raising the cost of owning broadcast entities and sending minority ownership in a tailspin, Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps acknowledged at the agency’s historic hearings held in New York City July 29 and July 30. more » » » 

Programming

• Mun2 Series Links Young Latinos With Role Models
  NBC-owned Mun2 is giving young Latinos a chance to hook up with top Latino professionals in the industry of their choice in its new reality weekly series The Mun2 Hook Up. more » » » 

Election

• Sí TV, Voto Latino Choose Convention Reporters
  Sí TV and Voto Latino have chosen two young Latinos to cover this year’s Democratic and Republican National Conventions for both the English-language cable channel and its Web site properties. more » » » 

Q&A

• Q&A: Comcast’s Susan Gonzales
  Susan Gonzales spoke to Hispanic TV Update about the unprecedented Spanish-language effort and the company’s recent partnerships with Terra.com and Entravision. more » » » 

BRIEFING ROOM

• WXTV Tops in NYC July Sweep
  (Excerpted from a 7/31/2008 article on the Broadcasting & Cable Web site)
  
  The July sweep historically is pretty much of a snoozer. That is changing with more year-round programming, and it is definitely changing for Univision’s Spanish-language WXTV New York. According to Univision, WXTV won the primetime ratings race in the key 18-49 demo, beating all of the English-language stations in the nation’s top TV market. more » » » 
• Verizon Adds WAPA America to its FiOS TV lineup
  (Excerpted from a 7/30/2008 article on the Multichannel News Web site)
  
  Verizon already has rolled out WAPA America, which originates from Puerto Rico and features programmer from WAPA-TV, in New York, Ft. Wayne, Ind. and in Oregon. It will be introduced in FiOS TV’s other markets over the next few months. more » » » 
• Analyst Warns of Operator/Univision Retransmission-Consent Battle
  (Excerpted from a 7/25/08 article on Multichannel News)
  
  Pali Research media analyst Rich Greenfield kept the pressure on Time Warner Cable, issuing a note that warned of an impending retransmission-consent battle with Univision Communications Inc. Greenfield warned that Univision Communications -- the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the country – could significantly increase TWC’s costs in key markets with large Hispanic populations like Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, Texas by pushing for high retransmission-consent fees. Since going private last year, Univision has been making noise that it would seek as much as $1 per month per subscriber for retransmission consent. more » » » 

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