Telemundo Studios (formerly known as Telemundo Television Studios and Telemundo Global Studios) is an American television production division of Hispanic entertainment production unit
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
NBCUniversal Media Group is the television and streaming arm of NBCUniversal, and the direct descendant and successor of the former division NBCUniversal Television Group, which existed from 2004–19.
History NBC Broadcasting
In 2006, NBCUniver ...
, which is part of mass media and entertainment conglomerate
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and Trade name, doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media and Show business, entertainment conglomerate (comp ...
, that develops original in-house Spanish-language programming for NBCUniversal's television network
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content ...
.
History
Telemundo Studios was launched as Telemundo-RTI Studios, a joint venture of American Spanish-language television network Telemundo and Colombian television production company
RTI Producciones
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana (Inter-American Radio and Television), is a Colombian television production company and former ''programadora''. It aired 14.5 hours per week of programming in 1993.
In the 1990s, as a ...
. However, in late October 2006, Telemundo Communications Group announced the complete acquisition of the remaining 50% from R.T.I. Producciones, renaming the studio as Telemundo Studios Miami. Additionally, Tepuy International was acquired and repositioned as Telemundo's international distribution divisions, being rebranded as Telemundo International. Former Telemundo-RTI president and head of Telemundo's in-house production Patricio Wills stepped down from the rebranded Miami-division and became president in charge of Telemundo Television Studios. CEO
Marcos Santana
Marcos Santana (born 1965) is an entrepreneur, producer and media creative, former president of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises’ Telemundo Global Studios and Telemundo Internacional.
In his role as president of Telemundo Global Studios, S ...
became the president of Telemundo International.
In October 2016, Telemundo Studios' parent company NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the creation of their international production division dedicated to Spanish language content for international markets, named Telemundo International Studios, with Marcos Santana as president of the division.
In January 2018, Telemundo Global Studios' parent company NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the creation of Telemundo Global Studios, which consolidated the company's domestic unit Telemundo Studios and international scripted production unit Telemundo International Studios, under Marco Santana's leadership.
In August 2019, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced they had acquired Argentine television production company
Underground Producciones Underground Producciones is a media producer in Argentina that produces television and film. The company was created in 2006 by Sebastian Ortega and Pablo Culell.
In 2006, the company's first project was the dramatic telenovela ''Weather Does No ...
, marking Telemundo Global Studios' expansion into the Argentinian television production market. Underground's founder
Sebastián Ortega
Sebastián Ortega (born 14 August 1973) is an Argentine television producer, screenwriter, production director and actor.
Early life
Sebastián Ortega was born on 14 August 1973 in Buenos Aires. He is the son of singer Palito Ortega and actre ...
continued leading the acquired company and joined Telemundo Global Studios' development creative team.
In May 2021, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises entered the streaming television production genre by announcing the establishment of Telemundo Streaming Studios, a division based in Miami dedicated to premium scripted Spanish-language production for streaming services, with Marcos Santana leading the new division as its president.
In June 2022, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises expanded their production output into Mexico with the establishment of their Mexico City-based production studio named Telemundo Global Studios Mexico (now Telemundo Studios Mexico), marking Telemundo Global Studios' second production studio division in Mexico and increasing their production capacities.
In April 2024, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises' chairman Luis Fernandez restructured Telemundo's scripted content productions under the Telemundo Studios brand.
Filmography
See also
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List of United States television networks
In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only three or four major commercial national terrestrial networks. From 1946 to 1956, these were ABC, CBS, NBC and DuMont Television Network, DuMont. From 1956 to ...
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Mass media companies established in 2006
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