Cisneros Media Distribution

Cisneros Media Distribution
Industry Media
Predecessor Venevision International
Founded 1971 (1971)
Founder Diego Cisneros
Headquarters Miami, Florida, United States
Caracas, Venezuela
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Gustavo Cisneros, President and CEO
Parent Grupo Cisneros
Website www.cisnerosmediadist.com

Cisneros Media Distribution (abbreviated as CMD, formerly known as Venevision International) is an entertainment company that broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe.

CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment company with more than 30 years of experience in TV programming production and distribution, besides participating in other segments of the market. Venevision International is part of the Cisneros Group of Companies and was founded initially as the distribution company of this media holding.[1]

CMD is headed today by Peter Tinoco. The company opened doors in 1971 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) was renamed America Television Inc. and finally in 1987 the company took the name of Venevision International.

As a distributor of television programming, VVI is one of the two largest companies in Spanish language.[2] The programming catalogue is diverse in genres, and the company is renowned for its history and management expertise of the telenovela, an original type of program from Latin America that has achieved great success in international markets.[3]

With a presence in five continents and more than 70 countries, Venevision International’s programs have harvested successes in Latin America, Europe and the rest of the world. Venevision International’s telenovelas have been broadcast in more than 100 countries and translated into 24 languages. In this genre the company launched in 2001 the first erotic soap opera “Latin Lover", and in 2007 produced the first soap opera exclusively for cellular phones "Querido Profe" (Dear Teacher). VVI presently supports exchange agreements and sales of TV programming in China and Korea, where the telenovelas have reached great popularity.

From the year 2000 the company embarked in a strategy of diversification to strengthen its catalogue with its own productions, and to participate in the profitable Hispanic market in the United States. As a company that belongs to a mass media group, it decided to focus on the entertainment market, leveraging its relations with industry players, and its own capacity to commercially support its contents.

CMD has today operating divisions in the business of music production and distribution, film distribution, TV productions and distribution, pay television, original productions and content distribution for cellular phones and Internet and product integration through Synapsys International.

In television production, the company was pioneer in independent television production in Spanish in the city of Miami and one of the main companies of this segment in the industry.[4] Also, since 2001 VVI has co-produced with Latin American and US companies, and also with the Chinese TV company CCTV in the Spanish version of a documentary of the Yangtze River.

CMD founded the first exclusive film distribution company in Spanish language in the United States launching movies in cinemas and distributing in pay-per-view, pay television, home video, the hospitality industry (hotels and tourism) and Internet. It is part of the companies that have renewed interest in the Latin American cinema in the US market.[5]

As part of the Cisneros Group of Companies, the company has been always interested in launching TV channels (Global Television: How to Create Effective Television for the 1990s . Tony Verna. 1993. Page. 236.). Based on its film catalogue in Spanish, the company launched in 2006 its pay TV movie channel VeneMovies, a signal that programs films 24 hours a day with interviews and coverage of the main festivals of the Hispanic market of the United States.

VeneMusic, Venevision International’s musical stamp, has turned into an important reference in the Latin music, with distribution agreements with the biggest labels of the music industry. Its market activities in the music industry expanded with a publishing unit that administers the rights of the artists and the musical pieces that support the television productions of the company.

In the area of cellular entertainment the company runs Latcel, a mobile content production and distribution company in the U.S. Hispanic market and VeneMobile, a division that offers contents of the Cisneros Group of Companies in the mobile markets worldwide

CMD also has participated in the business of television formats with an alliance with the Spanish company Nostromo[6] and in the production of theater plays in the city of Miami, where it even had its own theatre from 2001 until 2005.

Former logo used until the company was renamed as Cisneros Media Distribution in 2014.

Novelas

TitleProduction YearProduction CountriesProduction CompaniesNumber of EpisodesAirdates
Ruta 352015United StatesVenevision International
BE-TV
Univision Studios		65
Voltea pa' que te enamores2014-2015United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios
Demente criminal2014United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios		50
Cosita linda2013–2014United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios		September 22, 2014 - May 1, 2015
Los Secretos de Lucía2013Venezuela
Colombia
United States		Venevisión
BE-TV
Venevision International
Univision Studios		75
Rosario2012–2013[7][8]United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios		105 / 145
El Talismán2012United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios		98 / 100January 30[9] – June 15, 2012[10]
Corazón Apasionado2011United States
Venezuela		Venevision International79 / 111April 9 – July 27, 2012
Eva Luna2010–2011United StatesVenevision International
Univision Studios		110 / 114November 1, 2010[11] – April 11, 2011[12]
Sacrificio de Mujer2010United States
Venezuela		Venevision International101April 18 – July 7, 2011
Pecadora2009–2010United States
Venezuela		Venevision International80 / 1453 May – September 10, 2010
Alma Indomable2008–2009United States
Venezuela		Venevision International165October 19, 2009 – April 16, 2010
Valeria2008United States
Venezuela		Venevision International174March 10 – October 16, 2009
Amor Comprado2007United States
Venezuela		Venevision International
Univision Studios		123January 21 – July 11, 2008
Acorralada2006–2007United States
Venezuela		Venevision International
Univision Studios		187January 15 – October 5, 2007
Mi Vida Eres Tú2006United States
Venezuela		Venevision International116July 10 – December 8, 2006
Olvidarte Jamás2005United States
Venezuela		Venevision International
Univision Studios		118January 9 – June 7, 2006
Soñar no Cuesta Nada2004–2005United States
Venezuela		Venevision International191May 23, 2005 – February 23, 2006
Ángel Rebelde2003–2004United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		217February 2 – December 3, 2004
Rebeca2003United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		152June 2 – December 26, 2003
Gata Salvaje2002United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		252May 16, 2002 – May 2, 2003
Secreto de Amor2001United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		151July 24, 2001 – February 12, 2002
La Revancha2000United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		1518 May – December 1, 2000
Enamorada1999–2000United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		100November 8, 1999 – March 8, 2000
La Mujer de Mi Vida1998–1999United States
Venezuela		Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión		150September 23, 1998 – March 17, 1999

Series

  •  Venezuela Corazones extremos 2010
  •  Venezuela No puede ser (telenovela) 2010
  •  USA Hawaii Five-0 2012

Programas

  •  Venezuela La Guerra de los sexos
  •  Venezuela Super Sábado Sensacional
  •  Venezuela Qué locura

Talkshows

References

  1. ↑ Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders and Trends. Thomas Mcphail. 2005 Page 113
  2. ↑ A Companion To Television Janet Wasko 2005. Page 517
  3. ↑ Venezuela: The Challenge of Competitiveness Michael Enright, Scott Saavedra, 1996 Page 72.
  4. ↑ Thinking Outside the Box: A Contemporary Television Genre Reader. Gary R. Edgerton, Brian G. Rose. 2005. Page 285
  5. ↑ Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies Used by Major Studios and Independents Robert Marich. 2005. Page 264
  6. ↑ Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture in the United States by Cordelia Candelaria, Peter J. García, and Arturo J. Aldama. 2004. Page. 293
  7. ↑ Elenco de “Rosario”, la nueva telenovela de Univision
  8. ↑ Univision Studios y Venevision dieron el claquetazo de 'Rosario'
  9. ↑ “El Talismán” Delivers Highest U.S. Produced Novela Premiere Numbers
  10. ↑ Gran final de El Talismán el viernes 15 de junio a la 1pm/12 C por Univision
  11. ↑ Univision Studios' First Dramatic Program 'Eva Luna' Reaches 5.2 Million Viewers
  12. ↑ “Eva Luna” Finale Reaches 9.7 Million Viewers, Ranks As One Of Top 10 Novela Finales Of All Time And The Highest-Rated Domestically Produced Novela In History
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