Hemisphere Media Group and TLN Telelatino expand alliance in Canada

Hemisphere Media Group and TLN Telelatino Network announced during last week’s NATPE Market & Conference that they will expand their collaboration in Canada beyond Spanish-language movie channel Cinelatino to deliver three additional Hemisphere Media all-Spanish language TV channels to the country’s 1.6 million strong and growing Spanish speaking community.The additional Hemisphere Media TV channels to be exclusively represented and promoted in Canada by Telelatino are: Centroamérica TV, WAPA América and, Televisión Dominicana.“We’re pleased to partner with TLN to make more of our channels available in Canada and provide more top-quality, relevant programming choices to Canada’s burgeoning Hispanic population. We are confident our channels will help drive subscriptions for our Canadian distribution partners looking to attract and retain Hispanic viewers,” said Alan J. Sokol, president and CEO of Hemisphere Media Group.“TLN pioneered and has developed an expertise in the Canadian Hispanic media market over our 30 year history. The introduction of these TV channels further solidifies our ongoing commitment to serving the needs and interests of Canada’s Spanish speaking market which has grown into the leading foreign language community in the country,” states TLN president, Aldo Di Felice.