Venevision International

Venevisión International
Launched 1971
Owned by Grupo Cisneros
(Venevisión)
Picture format 480i (SD)
Country Venezuela, United States
Language Spanish
Headquarters Miami, Florida
Website Venevisión International

Venevisión International (Spanish: Venevisión Internacional) is a global television network that broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe.

Venevision International 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]

Venevision International 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.

Venevisión International 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.

Venevision International 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

Venevision International 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.

Novelas

Title Production Year Production Countries Production Companies Number of Episodes Airdates
Ruta 35 2015 United States Venevision International
BE-TV
Univision Studios
65
Voltea pa' que te enamores 2014-2015 United States Venevision International
Univision Studios
Demente criminal 2014 United States Venevision International
Univision Studios
50
Cosita linda 2013–2014 United States Venevision International
Univision Studios
September 22, 2014 - present
Los Secretos de Lucía 2013 Venezuela
Colombia
United States
Venevisión
BE-TV
Venevision International
Univision Studios
75
Rosario 2012–2013[7][8] United States Venevision International
Univision Studios
105 / 145
El Talismán 2012 United States Venevision International
Univision Studios
98 / 100 January 30[9] – June 15, 2012[10]
Corazón Apasionado 2011 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 79 / 111 April 9 – July 27, 2012
Eva Luna 2010–2011 United States Venevision International
Univision Studios
110 / 114 November 1, 2010[11] – April 11, 2011[12]
Sacrificio de Mujer 2010 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 101 April 18 – July 7, 2011
Pecadora 2009–2010 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 80 / 145 3 May – September 10, 2010
Alma Indomable 2008–2009 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 165 October 19, 2009 – April 16, 2010
Valeria 2008 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 174 March 10 – October 16, 2009
Amor Comprado 2007 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 123 January 21 – July 11, 2008
Acorralada 2006–2007 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 187 January 15 – October 5, 2007
Mi Vida Eres Tú 2006 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 116 July 10 – December 8, 2006
Olvidarte Jamás 2005 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 118 January 9 – June 7, 2006
Soñar no Cuesta Nada 2004–2005 United States
Venezuela
Venevision International 191 May 23, 2005 – February 23, 2006
Ángel Rebelde 2003–2004 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
217 February 2 – December 3, 2004
Rebeca 2003 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
152 June 2 – December 26, 2003
Gata Salvaje 2002 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
252 May 16, 2002 – May 2, 2003
Secreto de Amor 2001 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
151 July 24, 2001 – February 12, 2002
La Revancha 2000 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
151 8 May – December 1, 2000
Enamorada 1999–2000 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
100 November 8, 1999 – March 8, 2000
La Mujer de Mi Vida 1998–1999 United States
Venezuela
Fonovideo Productions
Venevisión
150 September 23, 1998 – March 17, 1999

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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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