SomosTV


SOMOSTV LLC, is a United States media and entertainment company engaged in the production, distribution, and marketing of Pay TV channels in the U.S. Hispanic market, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama, Central America, and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company owns and operates two networks: ViendoMovies and Semillitas. SOMOSTV is headed by Luis Villanueva, an executive in the Hispanic media and entertainment industry, President and CEO of SOMOS Group.

History

SOMOSTV started operations in 2006 with the launch of ViendoMovies, a 24-hour movie channel which features exclusive commercial-free movies produced in Spanish. ViendoMovies, has distribution agreements with all major cable, telcos, and satellite distribution companies in the United States and Puerto Rico. ViendoMovies programing is a mix of film genres from Spain and Latin America, packaged with promotional material targeting the U.S. Hispanic Market including coverage of Film Festivals.In 2010, SomosTV expanded its services with the launch of its second channel, “Semillitas”. “Semillitas” is a network oriented to Hispanic toddlers and pre-teens and preschool aged children with the objective to entertain and helping preserve the language and cultural heritage.Semillitas#cite note-semi03-3|. From its initial launch in the United States and Puerto Rico, “Semillitas” expanded internationally, being distributed today in Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Television Content

The company is considered an aggregator or bundler of licensed content but it often produces and edits content in-house.
SOMOSTV has developed, manages and distributes two television networks, “ViendoMovies” and “Semillitas".SomosTV#cite note-marketwatch03-12| Luis Villanueva also oversees Somos Distribution LLC, SOMOS Productions LLC and SOMOS Films. In 2014 Luis Villanueva also launched SOMOS Next LLC, an Internet "OTT" content distributor, with a catalog of films under the brand FlixLatino and children's animation under the brand "Pingüinitos".SomosTV#cite note-ttvmedianews05-13|