Miami grows as Latino TV hub

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If you had to guess where most of the TV programming for Latinos is being produced these days, where would you guess? L.A., New York, Texas? How about Miami? A recent deal has solidified Miami as a major television hub.

Ana Sagastegui was born in Peru. She has worked in the Miami TV industry for 20 years. Sagastegui remembers how different Miami was then. Just a few broadcast studios but plenty of open space.

"The first office that we had, right behind the office was greenery, big field and when we used to leave the office at the end of the day, we would start hearing cows. Cows! Mooing."

Today, those cows have been replaced by commercial centers and suburban homes and Sagastegui still runs her company, Big Miami. She relocated here to start the business.

Clients from Mexico to Argentina kept telling her they preferred to do deals in Miami. Sagastegui felt the city had the potential to become a major production center for Spanish language shows. READ MORE

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