Amaya will be the 2017 recipient of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic Television
Rafael Amaya, star of the popular, Spanish language TV Telemundo Super Series, El Señor de los Cielos, (Lord of the Skies) which just launched its fifth season on June 20, will be the 2017 recipient of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic Television.
The award is presented by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, two leading television business publications. Mr. Amaya will accept the award at a special luncheon ceremony, from 12:30pm to 2pm, during the 15th Annual Hispanic Television Summit, on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Sheraton New York Hotel, 811 Seventh Avenue at West 53rd Street in New York City.
“We are especially excited to be recognizing the achievements of this outstanding, popular actor and musician, who continues to attract millions of viewers to every episode of the successful, long-running super series. This is the quinceañera year for the Summit, and Mr. Amaya is receiving our legacy award which has been presented to other television leaders over the past fifteen years,” said Louis Hillelson, VP and Group Publisher.
Past recipients of the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic Television include other on-air celebrities like Mario Kreutzberger, better known as “Don Francisco,” Andrés Cantor, Cristina Saralegui, Lucero, Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan; news anchors Jorge Ramos, María Elena Salinas, José Díaz-Balart and María Celeste Arrarás, boxing champion Óscar De La Hoya; and advertising executives like P&G’s Edgar Sandoval and Mónica Gadsby of Publicis Groupe.
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