Univision Launches L.A. Production Company
Univision Communications said it has formed Univision Story House, a new content and development unit based in Los Angeles that will create programming for Univision networks as well as external networks and platforms.
The new unit has signed a deal to create two ducumentary series that will appear on HBO: Outpost and Hate in America.
Story House is part of Univision’s Fusion Media Group and is being overseen by Camila Jimenez Villa, Fusion’s president and chief content officer. Producer-director Juan Rendon is the unit’s creative director.
"There is a wealth of untold stories about Latin America and the cross-cultural experience in the United States," Rendón said. "The diversity of backgrounds and experiences that our experienced team embodies gives us the ability to tell those stories in the most authentic way."
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