“WKAQ has a tremendous legacy serving the residents of Puerto Rico with content that celebrates and connects their communities, so we are very pleased to extend their reach to those with Puerto Rican heritage and other Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S.,” said Valari Staab, Chair of NBCU Local. “This channel showcases the great work of our talented local production teams and dedicated journalists in San Juan.”
José Díaz-Balart will co-host a new news program with anchor Arantxa Loizaga on Noticias Telemundo AHORA, the 24/7 streaming news FAST channel from Noticias Telemundo. The program, Ahora 360, is set to premiere in early 2026.
Hemisphere Media Group, parent of Spanish-language offerings including Puerto Rico’s WAPA Televisión and a host of cable TV channels, has flipped the switch on a feature-film focused free ad-supported streaming television channel now available in the U.S. and in Mexico via The Roku Channel.
A+ content includes original series, docuseries, talk shows, and films targeting bicultural and multigenerational U.S. Latino audiences. Among the featured titles coming to Nuestra.TV are Illegally Brown, Immigrant Voices of America, Baldo, Pinkafé Unfiltered, Barrio Chino, and Rated V.
Introducing Romance and Suspenso, which are Spanish-language offerings available on Roku, Fire TV, Android, IOS, and Apple TV. The channels’ programming is also available in English and Spanish via Nuestra.TV’s AVOD platform.
The Hispanic Content Report from the Adam R Jacobson Consultancy is now available for download. It’s chock full of great interviews and insight. “With FAST channels and OTT driving television consumption and YouTube continuing to attract Latino eyeballs, these vehicles cannot be ignored by marketers seeking to grow their brand share among Hispanics today,” the report concludes. “At the same time, short shrift cannot be the result of a lack of creative on relevant Hispanic-focused broadcast and cable channels.”
Mundo Hispano Digital, the parent company of MundoNow.com, has launched an advertising product, MundoNow Connect, that seeks to refine audience targeting in the wake of cookie deprecation.
The goal: to deliver more immersive advertising experiences to brands, with accurate targeting.
Introducing LatiNation Media, a new entity that sees it “positioning itself to extend and expand the array of content and services that represent bilingual and bicultural Latinos in the U.S. While serving as the parent of LATV’s linear, AVOD, and FAST network, it also seeks to expand LatiNation Digital, LatiNation Studios, and LatiNation Creative.
For nearly 18 years, Spaniards have enjoyed a popular entertainment-filled variety and chat show hosted by Pablo Motos. Now, U.S. audiences will have the biggest access point yet to El Hormiguero — a prime-time slot on the Estrella TV network.
She first joined Noticias Telemundo eight years ago as an executive producer, joining from Spain’s national media organization, TVE. Now, she’s the head of Telemundo’s news division.