TuVisión
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TuVisión was an American
Spanish-language broadcasting network, which is owned by Pappas Telecasting. TuVisión is a portmanteau of tu ("your") and televisión ("television
"). During the latter part of 2007, Pappas hired Moelis & Company
to develop long-term objectives to identify which television assets it should retain. In 2008, several affiliates filed for Chapter 11 protection. and TuVisión ceased broadcasting in 2009.
network from the Spanish-language stations that Pappas owned
. The only exception was Los Angeles' KAZA-TV
, which remains with Azteca América, as Pappas has a contract to show Azteca América through December 2012.
(Puerto Rican telenovela
), Alma Gemela
(Brazilian telenovela), The Johnny Canales Show (Music) Marta Susana (Guatemalan show) and Paparazzi TV (American show).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Spanish-language broadcasting network, which is owned by Pappas Telecasting. TuVisión is a portmanteau of tu ("your") and televisión ("television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
"). During the latter part of 2007, Pappas hired Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company is a global investment banking and merchant banking firm. The firm provides advisory services related to mergers & acquisitions, recapitalization & restructuring, capital markets advisory and risk advisory...
to develop long-term objectives to identify which television assets it should retain. In 2008, several affiliates filed for Chapter 11 protection. and TuVisión ceased broadcasting in 2009.
History
TuVisión began operations on July 1, 2007, after Pappas dropped the Azteca AmericaAzteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
network from the Spanish-language stations that Pappas owned
Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated...
. The only exception was Los Angeles' KAZA-TV
KAZA-TV
KAZA-TV is a full-service television station in Avalon, California, broadcasting locally in digital on UHF channel 47 and serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area as an affiliate of Azteca América...
, which remains with Azteca América, as Pappas has a contract to show Azteca América through December 2012.
Programs
The main programs of TuVisión are Dueña y SeñoraDueña y Señora
Dueña y Señora is a Puerto Rican telenovela based on La Dueña . It is produced by Telemundo Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico Vibra Inc., which intends to market it to the United States' Spanish-speaking residents as well.-History making:Dueña y Señora , made Puerto Rican television history when...
(Puerto Rican telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
), Alma Gemela
Alma Gêmea
Alma Gêmea is a Brazilian telenovela that produced and broadcast by Rede Globo in 2005 and 2006. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco and directed by Jorge Fernando. Although the actors speak Portuguese, the program has been dubbed into other languages and syndicated internationally...
(Brazilian telenovela), The Johnny Canales Show (Music) Marta Susana (Guatemalan show) and Paparazzi TV (American show).