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Telemundo reaches 93 percent of Hispanic and Latino American households in 142 markets via over-the-air, cable, and satellite television. An average of 1,035,000 total viewers (aged 2 and older) tuned in for its weekday prime time lineup during 2007. Telemundo is the only Spanish-language network that produces most of its telenovelas. Unlike Univision, which only has Spanish captions, many programs on Telemundo air with closed captions in both Spanish and English. Telemundo was founded by Ángel Ramos with a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1954. Telemundo Communications Group, the network's parent company, is part of the NBC Universal division of General Electric, which paid $2.7 billion for Telemundo in 2002. Don Browne is Telemundo's president. Jeff Gaspin, who is president and COO of Universal Television Group, oversees the network. Telemundo has 1,800 employees, and is headquartered at 2290 West 8th Avenue in Hialeah, a Miami, Florida suburb. Its most broadcasted series were Pasion de Gavilanes (sold to 100 countries), Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa (sold to 97 countries), ¿Dónde Está Elisa? (sold to 90 countries), Más Sabe el Diablo (sold to 70 countries), and El Rostro de Analia (sold to 50 countries). |
