More Speakers and Award Recipients Announced for The 23rd Annual Hispanic Television Summit

The Hispanic community is witnessing a rising tide of Latino Pride among cultural icons and the media. This month, the 23rd Annual Hispanic Television Summit will celebrate the new wave of Latino Pride within the business of television and video for Hispanic audiences with the theme “Content, Culture, Connection and Community.”

The Summit will be presented on Monday, October 20, 2025, in the Playwright Ballroom on the third floor of the New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York City.  The presenting sponsor is Kivi Connected TV.

The producers recently announced more speakers and award recipients.  According to Joe Schramm, the Summit’s longtime producer, “This is the longest running, must-attend annual conference for this segment of the television business. We are excited to announce our lineup of speakers and participants as well as some of our class of honorees for the Annual Hispanic Television Awards. This year, as always, we will discuss key issues related to the growth and profitability of this industry dedicated to providing television and video to Hispanic viewers.”

Schramm continued, “In addition to our program, the Summit also provides attendees an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of others through the presentation of the Annual Hispanic Television Awards.”

This year’s awards for Leadership in Hispanic Television are being presented to José Cancela, President of Telemundo Station Group; as well as NAMIC, The National Association of Multi-ethnicity in Communications (award accepted by Sandra Girado, VP of Events & Partner Relations at NAMIC) and the Rafael Eli Awards for Pioneers in Hispanic Television are being presented to Joe Torres, from WABC TV – New York where he is an anchor and reporter for Eyewitness News and host of the weekly program Tiempo.

Another of the Pioneer Awards is presented to Stacie DeArmas, the SVP, Inclusive Insights and Intelligence at Nielsen.

PROGRAM

The award ceremony is preceded by a program of conversations with key executives in the industry, including an address on the State of Hispanic Advertising by José Villa, the current president of HMC (Hispanic Marketing Council) and the founder, president and Chief Strategist for Sensis.

The address is followed by a one-on-one conversation about the World Cup’s powerful contribution to the rising tide of Latino Pride though its influence on content, culture, connection and community with Luis Rosero, VP Government Affairs for NBCUniversal Telemundo.

This is followed by a panel discussion focused on live sports and unscripted content featuring programming executives from ESPN Deportes and other networks and is moderated by Adriana Waterston of Horowitz Research/M/A/R/C.

A panel discussion about advertising in Hispanic media is moderated by Court Stroud, Clinical Assistant Professor of Integrated Marketing at NYU, and features panelists Gonzalo Del Fa President of Group M Multicultural, Michael Roca, Executive Director of the Cross-Cultural Center, Omnicom Media Group, and Chris Monteleone, President of Kivi Connected TV.

The final panel discussion of the program focuses on the multiple options for distribution of content to Hispanic viewers – whether by linear broadcast or cable or digitally on social or streaming platforms.  This discussion is moderated by Liz Blacker, the COO of The Content Code and includes leading distribution executives including Jorge A. Fiterre, partner at Condista and Luis Torres Bohl, President of Castalia.

Attendees include leading executives in the business of television and video for Hispanics representing: brands, advertisers, agencies, media buyers, media sales, content creators, producers, programmers, content distributors, publicists, marketers and promotions executives, data and consumer researchers, and investors, as well as broadcasters, cable TV and satellite providers, streaming platforms, connected TV and sources of digital and social media.

This year’s Summit is condensed to a three-hour event, scheduled from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, much of which is presented during a seated luncheon.