Our History
- 2017
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FebCisneros Media Distribution partners with Cox Communications to launch the popular Hispanic channel “Venevision”, as part of Cox’s Hispanic-targeted “Latino Pak”.
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JanIn the International Year of Sustainable Tourism, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recognizes the work of Fundación Tropicalia, one of three finalists in the Excellence and Innovation in Tourism Awards.
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JanCisneros Interactive selected by Facebook to become its Official Reseller in Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela, becoming Facebook’s first Reseller in the Americas.
- 2016
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DecCisneros Media Distribution has entered into an international representation deal with Mexican distributor Comarex.
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OctAudio.Ad signed a deal with Deezer, one of the leading music streaming services, to represent its advertising sales in Colombia
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SepFundación Tropicalia launches, together with ADOPEM Bank, “Miches Emprende”, a fund to support entrepreneurs in Miches.
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SepFLUVIP acquires a 60% stake in Spark Media, a leading influencer marketing company in Brazil
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AugCisneros partners with the Maracaibo Chamber of Commerce to expand the reach of its entrepreneurship education program for women, “Mujeres Emprendedoras”.
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JulCisneros Studios starts producing “Don Francisco Te Invita” for Telemundo Networks in a 360 degrees set .
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JulAudio.Ad launches Interactive Audio Ads with Xapp Media
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JulCisneros Studios produced its first original series for an OTT platform. 14 episodes, 30 minutes each, full of “dramedy” in “Mary for Mayor” that premiered on Glosi, for the US Market, on August 2016.
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JunAdsmovil partners with Moat to measure viewability
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JunFLUVIP launches operations in Argentina
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MayCisneros Media joins the UN Women Step it Up for Gender Equality Media Compact, which calls on media outlets to play their part in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda, with focus on gender equality and women’s rights issues.
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May“Súper Genios” (Super Genius), produced strictly under the FCC guidelines for the E/I seal, premiered on UniMás on May14th. “Súper Genios” is also produced by Mobius.Lab Productions at Cisneros Studios.
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MayAudio.Ad enters the US Hispanic market
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AprAudio.Ad signs exclusive ad sales representation agreement with Triton Digital, one of the leading audio streaming providers and operators of A2X, an audio ad exchange
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MarIn a bid to further expand its core product, Cisneros Media Distribution (CMD) is delving into English-language production for the first time. First out the gate is the four-part news special “The Rise of Terrorism,” produced by CMD’s content unit Mobius.Lab in conjunction with Getty Images. The special aired nationwide on 104 affiliate TV stations of Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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JanFundación Tropicalia launches “Miches, sí”, a business program focused on strengthening local business and supporting new ventures that cater to tourism and agricultural sustainability.
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JanCisneros Media and leading entertainment and sports company Creative Artists Agency (CAA) signed a representation agreement. CAA will create opportunities for Cisneros Media to develop new English-language series and content for US television audiences, in addition to maximizing Cisneros Media vast catalogue of content, formats, and scripts across multiple platforms, including television, digital media, and live events.
- 2015
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NovCisneros Interactive invests in FLUVIP, Latin America’s leading influencer marketing company. Its 2.5M investment in the company will enable FLUVIP to consolidate its presence in Latin America and launch in the US Hispanic and Brazil markets.
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OctCisneros Media Distribution Launches MOBIUS.LAB Productions, a Content Development Platform Empowered by Getty Images Latin America
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OctRedMas launches Story.Ad, a native ad platform. Federico Pedemonte, based in RedMas’ Buenos Aires office becomes the General Manager.
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OctAudio.Ad,launches in Brazil, hiring Bruno Ruffo as Country Manager, quickly followed by Bruno Sato as Sales Director.
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Jul“Cisneros Real Estate filed for annexation of land to develop a Four Seasons in Aspen, Colorado”
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MayCisneros Media signs an agreement with United Nations Population Fund to contribute to the prevention of teen pregnancy through awareness campaigns.
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FebCisneros Interactive and Tail Target, the leading Data Management Platform in Brazil, launch a new JV to address the Spanish-speaking markets in Latin America and the United States. The first office to open is in Mexico City, and is headed by veteran digital ad executive, Federico Adlercreutz.
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JanCisneros Interactive exits its investment in Mobly after Mobly doubled its revenue since the investment.
- 2014
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DecAfter significantly growing the business in the United States, Cisneros Interactive sells its share in the Joint Venture back to Open English.
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NovRedMas launches Audio.Ad, the first audio advertising network in Latin America and the US Hispanic market, to capitalize on the increasing use of audio streaming in the region. Gonzalo Alonso, based in Buenos Aires, becomes the General Manager.
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OctFundación Cisneros partners with Tu clase, tu país to develop a new platform and relaunch its teacher training program in Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
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SepCisneros Interactive invests in Coyote Media House, a leading production company specializing in creating short form digital video for brands. It’s a strategic investment intended to offer Cisneros Interactive’s clients Branded Entertainment and Content Marketing solutions.
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AprCisneros Media launches Cisneros Media Distribution, a global distributor of entertainment content.
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FebCisneros Interactive and Demand Media forge advertising partnership for the exclusive representation for the branded digital advertising solutions available on eHow en Español, in key countries in Latin America.
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JanCisneros Media Re-Brands its Miami Based Productions Facilities under the name of Cisneros Studios.
- 2013
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NovCisneros Media signs a memorandum of understanding with UN Women to contribute to gender equality and the empowerment of women through content production.
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SepPatrick Freeman is appointed president of Cisneros Real Estate.
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JulGabriela Isler, Miss Venezuela 2012, wins the Miss Universe 2013 title.
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Jul“Cisneros Real Estate signs a Letter of Intent with Four Seasons for Tropicalia”
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JulFundacion Tropicalia launches its first gender program, I’m a Girl, I’m Important, a camp where girls aged 9 to 12 learn about self-esteem, safety, and career and personal development.
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JunCisneros Interactive invests in Mobly, Brazil’s leading home furnishing web store and part of Rocket Internet’s corporate portfolio.
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MayAdsmovil, announced a strategic partnership with Millennial Media, the leading independent mobile advertising and data platform to commercialize its advertising solutions in Latin America.
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AprGustavo Cisneros, Chairman of Cisneros, appoints Adriana Cisneros CEO of the Group.
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MarCisneros establishes three business divisions: Cisneros Media, Cisneros Interactive and Cisneros Real Estate.
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MarFundación Tropicalia and the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank agree to execute a project that supports the inclusion of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the sustainable tourism supply chain.
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FebJonathan Blum is designated President of Cisneros Media.
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FebCisneros Interactive and Open English create a new JV to launch Open English in the United States, targeting US Hispanics and Puerto Rico.
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JanVictor Kong is designated President of Cisneros Interactive.
- 2012
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SepRedMas becomes Yahoo!’s exclusive advertising representative in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Dominican Republic.
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JulCisneros Interactive acquires Kontextua -now RedMas-, a leading online advertising network focusing on display, in-text, and in-image ad formats serving all of Latin America and Spain.
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JunRedmas merges with Adsmovil, the leading mobile advertising network in Latin America. Latcel merges with Adsmovil, another mobile ad network company based in Bogota, to create the leading mobile advertising network in the US Hispanic market and Latin America. Alberto Pardo, founder of Adsmovil, becomes CEO of the merged company and the new company is named Adsmovil.
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JunVMAS TV pay-TV channel starts broadcasting in Colombia.
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JunFundación Tropicalia and United States Agency for International Development agree to execute a project that supports agricultural diversification and food security initiatives in Miches, Dominican Republic.
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JunFundación Cisneros signs agreement with UNICEF to contribute to peace education and adolescent development in Venezuela through sports and art.
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MayVenevision International signs a deal with Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Co. to co-produce a telenovela in China.
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AprCisneros and China’s CCTV sign an agreement at NATPE to exchange documentaries with one another.
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JanVenevision Productions' dramatic series, “Eva Luna,” becomes the highest-rated soap opera (telenovela) in the United States for Spanish-speaking audiences.
- 2011
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AprCisneros Interactive is formed to oversee all digital businesses for the Cisneros Group, including Latcel, which is transformed from a mobile content provider to a mobile advertising network targeting the US Hispanic market. Victor Kong is named Chief Digital Officer and heads this division.
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MarIvian Sarcos, Miss Venezuela 2010, is crowned Miss World 2011 in London.
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FebCisneros launches RedMas, an advertising network and mobile ad studio targeting the Hispanic market. “Red” is the Spanish word for network and “Mas” is the acronym for mobile advertising studio.
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JanVenevision, the leading producer of TV content for Spanish-speaking audiences in Latin America and worldwide, and the first private TV station in Venezuela, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
- 2010
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JunFundación Tropicalia and Fundación Cisneros sign an agreement with the Ministry of Education to improve the quality of education in Dominican Republic.
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FebLos Leones del Caracas, owned by Cisneros, wins the 2009-2010 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League championship.
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JanVenevision Plus Dominicana begins broadcasting in the Dominican Republic.
- 2009
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JulThe Cisneros Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Unit is established to develop strategies, secure partnerships and oversee the implementation of CSR initiatives.
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AprFundación Cisneros, Wind Telecom and the Ministry of Education join efforts to make cl@se available to schools in the Dominican Republic.
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MarVenevision International launches its entertainment portal, Novulu.
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FebStefania Fernandez, Miss Venezuela 2008, wins Miss Universe 2009, making Venezuela the first country to win two consecutive titles, as Dayana Mendoza also won Miss Universe in 2008.
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JanGustavo Cisneros announces the launch of Tropicalia, an environmentally and socially responsible tourism development in the Dominican Republic. Tropicalia is destined to become one of the most exclusive luxury travel destinations in the Caribbean.
- 2008
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NovCisneros Television Group and ILCE reach agreement for cl@se’s distribution to 30,000 schools in Mexico.
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AugFundación Tropicalia is established to develop and implement community programs in Miches, Dominican Republic in four areas: education, environment, productivity and culture/wellbeing.
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AprCisneros and China Central Television (CCTV) sign an agreement to distribute programming from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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MarDayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2007, wins the Miss Universe 2008 title.
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FebCl@se, Cisneros educational channel, signs an agreement with the Ministry of Education of Costa Rica and Cable Tica to distribute educational content via TV.
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JanFundación Cisneros and Barrick Gold Corporation announce a collaborative agreement to improve education in Latin America by expanding the reach of the AME (Actualización de Maestros en Education) program.
- 2007
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AprVenemobile is created to produce and distribute mobile games and applications based on Cisneros's television programs, film clips, images, sound, and music, for the U.S. Hispanic market.
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MarVenevision Plus, a Spanish-language pay-TV channel, begins a 24/7 worldwide broadcast of the best programing from Latin America and the United States, as well as films from renowned movie studios.
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FebCisneros and partners, Jerry Perenchio and Emilio Azcarraga Jean, sell their U.S. Spanish-language TV network, Univision, to a private equity consortium for $13.7 billion.
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JanCl@se, Cisneros educational channel, signs an agreement with Peru's Ministry of Education, providing teachers and children throughout Peru with free access to educational TV.
- 2006
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MarSiente Music was created, a joint venture between Venevision International and Universal Music Latino, the award-winning Latin music division of Universal Music Group.
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FebCl@se, the first education television channel in Latin America, signs an agreement with Mexico’s Latin American Institute for Educational Communication to promote and develop educational television in Latin America.
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JanLaunch of Movida, the first mobile virtual network operator specifically targeting the more than 40 million Hispanics living in the United States.
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JanVenevision International launches VeneMovies, the first full-featured Spanish-language film channel in the U.S.
- 2004
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FebFounding of Venevision Studios, a 115,000-sq. ft. fully equipped state-of-the-art production facility in Miami. These studios were created to serve television producers whose programming caters to U.S. Hispanic and Latin American audiences, create 1,500 hours of programming each year.
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JanLatcel, a joint venture between Venevision International and WAU Móvil, is created to provide wireless content services targeting the U.S. Hispanic market.
- 2003
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JanVenevision International launches VeneMusic, an international music label promoting popular Latin music genres.
- 2002
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FebUnivision announces acquisition of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation, the largest Spanish-language radio broadcasting company in the U.S., and launches Univision Radio.
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JanCisneros acquires 20% stake in Backus and Johnston, the largest brewery in Peru and the sixth largest brewery in Latin America.
- 2001
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MarCisneros acquires Los Leones del Caracas, one of the most successful baseball franchises in Venezuela.
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FebClaxson Interactive Group Inc., a multimedia provider of branded entertainment content to Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences worldwide, is created via a merger of Cisneros Television, Ibero-American Media Partners, and El Sitio.
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JanVenevision International Theater produces Spanish-language plays in Miami and distributes in other markets such as New York, Fort Lauderdale, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 2000
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FebLaunch of Venevision Continental, a pay-television network targeting the Spanish-speaking population around the world.
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JanEstablishment of Eccelera Holdings, a Brazilian-based investment company that capitalizes on opportunities in telecommunications, media, and technology.
- 1998
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OctFundación Cisneros launches Actualización de Maestros en Educación (AME), the first professional development program for teachers in Latin America via satellite television and internet.
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AprLaunch of a joint venture with America Online, Inc. to bring AOL’s popular Internet service to Latin American consumers.
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MarMuchMusic Argentina, the leading music television channel in Argentina and the Southern Cone, joins Cisneros Television.
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FebCisneros Television forms a strategic alliance with Playboy Enterprises, Inc. to create Playboy TV International.
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JanIbero-American Radio Chile is formed to acquire, consolidate, and operate the leading radio stations in Chile.
- 1997
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MarCisneros Television acquires Imagen Satelital, a group of leading pay-television channels in Argentina.
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FebCisneros and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Inc. team up to create Ibero-American Media Partners, an investment fund to develop and acquire media properties.
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JanCisneros acquires Caracol, a leading broadcast television network and leading producer of television content in Colombia.
- 1996
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FebCisneros Television is formed to create pay-television channels for international distribution.
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JanLaunch of Cl@se, the first educational television channel across Latin America.
- 1995
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JanCisneros and Hughes Electronics Corporation launch DIRECTV Latin America, the first all-digital direct-to-home satellite television service in Latin America.
- 1994
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JanCisneros acquires Caribbean Communications Network Ltd., a leading communications and media company based in Trinidad and Tobago.
- 1993
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FebCisneros acquires Pueblo Xtra International, a supermarket chain with 52 stores in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and South Florida.
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JanLaunch of Americatel, a digital communication trunk service in Venezuela.
- 1992
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MarCisneros acquires Chilevision, a leading private television network in Chile.
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FebCisneros acquires Cervecería Regional, the second-largest brewery and beer distributor in Venezuela.
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JanJerry Perenchio, Emilio Azcarraga Jean, and Gustavo Cisneros launch Univision, the first Spanish-language media company in the United States.
- 1988
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MarCisneros creates a mining development division to begin work on Venezuela’s primary aluminum smelting plant, Aluyana, C.A.
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FebCisneros acquires Videomovil Color, C.A., an audiovisual production company.
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JanLaunch of Paternoster Square in London, a large-scale office and retail complex development managed in partnership with Park Tower Realty, Greycoat and Mitsubishi Estates.
- 1986
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FebThe Minalba and San Bernardo mineral water brands are added to Cisneros portfolio of consumer products.
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JanCisneros acquires Yukery Venezolana de Alimentos, a leading producer and distributor of fruit juices, ketchup, chocolate, baby food, and pasteurized milk.
- 1985
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JanCisneros acquires Cinemakit, a Venezuelan video and film production company.
- 1984
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AprCisneros obtains exclusive rights to represent Apple Computer products in Venezuela.
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MarCisneros acquires Galerías Preciados, Spain’s largest department store chain.
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FebCisneros acquires Evenflo, a worldwide leader in the development of innovative infant equipment, baby care, and children’s products.
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JanCisneros acquires Spalding, one of the world’s oldest, largest, and most well-known sporting goods companies.
- 1983
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MarCisneros obtains exclusive distribution rights in Venezuela for Digital Equipment Corporation.
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FebSears Roebuck department stores in Venezuela are renamed Maxy’s, the country’s largest retail chain store, owned by Cisneros.
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JanCisneros acquires franchise rights of Pizza Hut in Venezuela from Pepsico Food Services International.
- 1982
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MayProyectos Pet, C.A. becomes the principal bottle supplier for Hit and Pepsi-Cola beverages.
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AprTelevisión Latina begins distribution of Venevision’s productions to the U.S. Hispanic market.
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MarCisneros obtains the license for the French’s and Cherry Blossom brands.
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FebCisneros acquires All-American Bottling, one the largest soft-drink bottling companies in the United States.
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JanCommerce Union Bank joins Cisneros.
- 1981
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JanCisneros acquires the rights to the Miss Venezuela beauty pageant, one of the world's most popular beauty events.
- 1980
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MarCisneros obtains exclusive rights to operate Burger King chains in Venezuela.
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FebThe Rodven Group of Companies is formed to manufacture records, audio cassettes and video cassettes.
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JanCisneros opens Latin America's largest consumer products warehouse and distribution center, located in Cagua, Venezuela.
- 1976
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JanLaboratorios Fisa begin production and distribution of beauty products, including the Helene Curtis brand.
- 1975
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JanCisneros acquires CADA Automercado, Venezuela’s first supermarket chain, establishing 93 supermarkets throughout the country.
- 1974
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FebRadiovision begins operations as Venezuela’s first national radio network.
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JanO’Caña Distributors, an imported liquor distribution company, begins operations.
- 1970
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AprPatricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo Cisneros establish Fundación Cisneros, a private nonprofit organization devoted to improving education throughout Latin American and fostering global awareness of the region’s contributions to world culture.
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MarGustavo Cisneros becomes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisneros.
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FebRicardo Cisneros becomes Chief Operating Officer of Cisneros.
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JanEstablishment of Gaveplast, a leading South American producer of plastic crates and cases, specializing in retail cases for the beer and carbonated soft drink industries.
- 1968
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JanThe Diego Cisneros Foundation is created to support democratic values, stimulate growth in the private sector, and promote free market values.
- 1961
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FebDiego Cisneros launches Venevision, which soon becomes the most popular private television channel in Venezuela.
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JanVenevision launches its first television broadcast. Today, Venevision is the largest South American Spanish TV-content producer and one of the largest content producers in the world. Venevision ranks among the three largest producers of soap operas and Latin American drama series worldwide.
- 1953
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JanCisneros develops its first corporate strategic plan integrating the firm’s commercial and industrial activities.
- 1952
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JanHelados Club Ice Cream Company, later known as Helados Tío Rico, S.A., is established.
- 1947
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JanD. Cisneros & Cia obtains the right to represent Studebaker automobiles in Venezuela.
- 1944
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JanD. Cisneros & Cia. opens Liquid Carbonic to produce carbon dioxide and related products.
- 1940
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JanD. Cisneros & Cia obtains the exclusive right to market and sell Pepsi-Cola products in Venezuela.
- 1939
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JanD. Cisneros & Cia. acquires the franchise rights to the Norge & Hamilton brands and REO Trucks.
- 1929
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JanDiego Cisneros establishes D. Cisneros & Cia, a small material-transport business.