Cisneros Media Distribution

Cisneros Media Distribution

Industry	Media
Predecessor	Venevision International
Founded	1971
Founder	Diego Cisneros
Headquarters	Miami, Florida, United States Caracas, Venezuela
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Gustavo Cisneros, President and CEO
Parent	Grupo Cisneros
Slogan	Tu historia es aquí (Your history is here)
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

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 - May 1, 2015
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

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

•  USA, Casos de familia
•  USA, ¿Quién tiene la razón?
•  Venezuela, Mujeres con historias y hombres también

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

External links

• Official website