Hispanic Television Summit

The awards luncheon is the highlight of the event, where three or four executives, businesses or organizations are recognized for their achievements and leadership within the Hispanic television and video industry.

The panel featuring media executives such as Gloria Constanza of D’exposito & Partners, Alex Minicucci and Michael Roca of Elevate and OMG, and David Tardio of Warner Brothers Discovery.

Emma shared perspectives and examples of creative advertising that reflect best practices for positioning a brand’s voice in the current Hispanic market, both locally and nationwide.

[4] The conversation covered topics including the U.S. Hispanic demographic's potential as an economic growth catalyst, as an influencer of pop culture, and as a consumer force in today’s multicultural landscape.

He also shared insights into Telemundo's streaming and FAST channel strategy, sports offerings, news coverage and programming in entertainment and reality.

These awards were presented to Isabella Sanchez, Chair of Hispanic Marketing Council, Vice-president of Media Integration, Zubi Advertising Services, Miguel Gurwitz, Sports Anchor, Soccer Analyst, and NFL Commentator, Telemundo, and Tony Hernandez, Founder of the Immigrant Archive Project and Co-founder, President and CEO, Latino Broadcasting Company.

The summit featured keynote conversations, panel discussions, presentations, and numerous networking opportunities, and honored six recipients with the distinguished Hispanic Television Award.

Participants and attendees included executives and managers from brands and companies such as Telemundo, Estrella Media, Castalia Communications, Condista, ESPN Deportes, Comcast, and more.

The morning sessions also featured a detailed presentation by noted multicultural researcher Carlos Santiago of current data on “cultural visibility” in TV programming.

These awards were given in the name of the late Rafael Eli, a co-producer of the Summit who passed from Covid in 2020.The ceremony was hosted by Ana Jurka, Telemundo's Spanish language commentator for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Sunny Hostin, the three-time Emmy winning co-host of ABC's The View, and best-selling author was honored with the Legacy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic Television.

Ms. Hostin joined a unique “club” with other notables who have previously been recognized with this award including variety and talk show personalities Don Francisco, and Cristina Saralegui, Lili Estefan, and Raul De Molina.

The luncheon was a celebration of the summit's award recipients and included a selection of Latin-fusion foods, entertainment, ample time to network and re-connect, all in a party-like atmosphere held within the Gallery of Honorees.

Another discussion on audience promotion featured executive participants representing Canela Media's Chief Product & Technology Officer, Shampa Banerjee, HBOMax's Director of Multicultural Marketing, Jessica Vargas, Pluto TV's Head of Content & Partnership Marketing, Serge Gojkovich, Vevo's Sr. Director, Multicultural Sales Robert Velez and Tarima TV's Digital Media Executive, Freddy Arias.

She discussed how advertisers were enjoying an unprecedented opportunity for reaching Hispanic viewers across platforms in 2021–22, and was interviewed by Court Stroud, managing director, The Cledor Group.

The seventeenth annual Summit was held on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at the Westin New York Times Square, as part of NYC Television Week.

[12] Sandra Alfaro, the director of Wing, Grey, NY, opened the Summit with a keynote that focused on understanding and using culture to reach the current Latinx consumer.

[13] Other speakers throughout the day included: Laura Molen, EVP of Hispanic ad sales at NBCUniversal; Yvette Peña, VP of Latino Audience Strategy at AARP; Actress Claudia Lizaldi at INTI TV; Marc Bland, Chief Diversity Officer at IHS Markit; Romina Rosado, SVP of Digital at Telemundo Noticias; Friday Abernethy, SVP of Content Distribution at Univision; Jaime Davila of Campanario Entertainment, world-champion boxer Amanda Serrano, and more.

[12] The fifteenth annual Summit was held at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, on Thursday, October 19, as part of 2017 NYC Television Week.

Scott Hagedorn, CEO of Omnicom's Hearts & Sciences, opened the Summit with a keynote conversation around the controversial "Total Market Strategy", designed to reach every Hispanic across all cultures.

The award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic Television was presented to Lili Estefan and Raúl De Molina, co-hosts of the long-running Univision program El Gordo y la Flaca.

For the first time, the Summit was incorporated under the umbrella of NYC Television Week, a week-long series of TV industry events, presented for the third year by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News.

[24] Other featured executives throughout the day included General Secretary of CONCACAF Enrique Sanz, President of Soccer United Marketing Kathy Carter, EVP of Kia Motors Michael Sprague, Mark Boccardi of InDemand, Yousef Al Obaidly of BeIN Sports, and Jorge Hidalgo of Telemundo, and other executives from Walmart, Rentrak, Time Warner Cable, Viacom, Discovery, Mount Sinai, YouTube, and Video Rola.

[26] Featured celebrities included Jencarlos Canela, of Telemundo's Más sabe el diablo, as well as well-known Spanish language broadcaster Maria Elena Salinas of Univision, who discussed the importance of the Latino vote in the coming 2012 presidential election.

Featured executives included Time Warner's CMO Jeffrey Hirsch, MediaVest 42 Degree's EVP & managing director Steven Wolfe Pereira, Fox Deportes's general manager Vincent Cordero, Chairman of Cinelatino Jim McNamara, Kraft Foods' VP of Global Sustainability Christine Montenegro McGrath, and advertising director for State Farm, Ed Gold.

[26] The award for Achievement in Hispanic Television was presented to Monica Gadsby, then CEO of Latin America and U.S. Multicultural for Starcom MediaVest Group.

[31] The Award for a Lifetime of Achievement in Hispanic TV was presented to Edgar Sandoval, then general manager of North America for Procter & Gamble.

The Summit featured keynotes included Lynne Costantini, then Chief Business-affairs officer at Time Warner Cable and Arturo Villar, then publisher of Hispanic Market Weekly.

[37] Featured executives included: Burke Berendes of Condista, Lino Garcia of ESPN Deportes, Howard Horowitz of Horowitz Associates, Raul Mateu (William Morris Agency), Roy Meyeringh of Venevision International, Jorge Ortega of The Jeffrey Group, Luis Silberwasser of Discovery Communications, Court Stroud of Azteca América, Maruchi Urquiaga of Castalia Communications, Leslie Villem of Comcast, Philip Woodie of Comcast Spotlight, and Antoniette Zel of Telemundo.

[40] Speakers included Eduardo Caballero of Caballero TV & Cable Sales Inc., Mauro Panzera of Comcast, Chiqui Cartagena of Columbia House, Tom Mohler of Olympusat, Enrique Perez of Telemundo New York, Jeff Valdez of Sí TV, Michael Schwimmer of EchoStar, Matthew Weiss of Cablevision, Tony Maldonado of Cox, Burke Berendes of Condista, Herb Scanell of MTV Networks, Starret Berry of LATV, Fil Fernandez of Hispanic Galaxy Inc., Lino Garcia of ESPN Deportes, David Sternberg of Fox Sports International, Kathy Carter of Soccer United Marketing, and Roger Hughet of GOL TV.