Cosme Lopez: a Success Story
Cisneros Media, announced the promotion of Cosme Lopez to the position of Senior Vicepresident and General Manager of Channels and Pay TV services. And it is no wonder. Cosme has done a valuable job directing the operations and Distribution of linear channels, associations and pay-TV in Latin America. He will report to Marcello Coltro and among his new executive global functions, will be overseeing the multiplatform business of pay-TV of the company, in addition to managing the OTT channel of televovelas, Romanza + Africa, a partnership with Azteca and XP Africa, to mention some of his responsibilities. Cosme Lopez is credited with the development of the cable unit to establish a solid infrastructure that facilitated the penetration of new markets and territories, as well as facilitating their progression to digital formats and move into multiplatform distribution. He launched Venevision Plus in Venezuela in December 2007, and in just four months, became the No. 1 TV pay channel in the territory, obtaining 30 % of the market share of advertising sales in just its second year of operations.
He implemented strategic alliances throughout the region, launched additional channels in the Dominican Republic, Colombia and pan-regional level.
This prominent executive began his career in 1993 with the Cisneros organization and worked for HBO Latin America as Operations Manager of Production and Postproduction in Caracas, Venezuela.
Larissa Zagustin Senior Vicepresident and Legal Advisor
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