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In 1993, Telemundo began the ongoing practice of producing original telenovelas. The first soaps were "Angelica, mi vida", "Marielena", "Guadalupe", "Señora Tentación", and "Tres Destinos". International markets and syndicators soon courted these shows. Telemundo's effort face an initial set effort was setback, when Mexico's industry leader, Televisa, bought Capitalvision, the production house that had been making the new soap operas.
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With little time to prepare for the fall schedule after the transaction closed, Telemundo decided it would dust off old American hits like Charlie’s Angels and One Day at a Time and remake them in Spanish. Sitcoms, not telenovelas, it decided, were what Hispanic viewers wanted.
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In 1998, Telemundo was bought by a partnership between cable's Liberty Media and entertainment conglomerate Sony Pictures Entertainment Helmed by yet another management team under the leadership of former CBS executive Peter Tortoricci, hopes of attracting the bilingual market were explored. Lo mejor de los dos Mundos ("The best of both worlds") campaign was launched. Several billboards went up in cities such as Miami and San Francisco heralding a "new era" for Telemundo.
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The Telemundo/Atria Book Award was presented to Alvarado by fellow fiction author, Cecilia Samartin. She is best known for her critically-acclaimed best seller, Broken Paradise, published by Atria Books in February 2007. A well-respected author in her field, Samartin is ... known for her activism with the Los Angeles Hispanic Community.
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is joining national television network Telemundo in a special one-hour tax program for Spanish-speaking taxpayers on Sunday, Jan. 15. The program, “Los Impuestos y Usted” (“Taxes and You”), will air at 3:30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time, and at 2:30 p.m. Central and Mountain Time.
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