Jose Sariego Named Telemundo's SVP, Business and Legal Affairs

Telemundo Media announced today the appointment of industry veteran Jose Sariego as Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs. Sariego will be based in Miami and report to Emilio Romano, President, Telemundo Media.

In this role, Sariego will be responsible for serving as main counsel and strategic business partner to the leadership team, managing all business, legal and music affairs, including the negotiation of unscripted and scripted programming development and production deals. Other responsibilities include negotiating and executing program acquisitions, talent agreements, integration deals and content licensing agreements, as well as developing and supervising all programming deal structures and documentation.

"Jose brings to the team a well-established track record of sound counsel and strategic business development," said Romano. "His in-depth understanding of content negotiations and extensive legal expertise in the entertainment industry will make his role essential to the continued growth of Telemundo Media in the US and abroad."

Sariego joins Telemundo from HBO Latin America Group, where he served as Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, as well as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, and Secretary to the Board of Directors. Prior to HBO, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel of MasTec, Inc. Earlier in his career, Sariego worked as a journalist at Miami Herald. He holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Journalism and Latin American Studies from University of Florida.

ABOUT Telemundo MEDIA

Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal, is a world-class media company, leading the industry in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across its multiplatform portfolio to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. Telemundo's multiple platforms include the Telemundo Network, a Spanish-language television network featuring original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news and first-class sports events, reaching U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 16 owned stations and its broadcast and cable affiliates; mun2, the preeminent voice for young Hispanics in the U.S. reaching TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, and satellite; Telemundo Digital Media, which distributes Telemundo's original content across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices, http://www.telemundo.com an owned and operated full power station in Puerto Rico that reaches 99% of all TV households in that DMA; and Telemundo Internacional, the international distribution arm which has positioned Telemundo as the second largest provider of Spanish-language content worldwide by syndicating content to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.

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