2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards on Telemundo Covered by SAG-AFTRA Agreement

For the first time in its show's history, the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards will be covered by a SAG-AFTRA agreement. The nationally broadcast award show will air live on the Telemundo network on April 27 following the Billboard Latin Music Conference and is produced by CMS Productions, Inc.

"This is another historic moment for Spanish-language performers," said SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris. "Successfully organizing the Billboard Latin Music Awards would not have been possible without the success of the Telemundo performers. This victory is another step in SAG-AFTRA's efforts to organize throughout the Spanish-language media industries. We look forward to working with Telemundo again to positively impact Spanish speaking performers' lives."

In March, Telemundo's TELENOVELA performers voted overwhelmingly to join SAG-AFTRA following a successful organizing campaign. The Billboard Latin Music Awards contract will cover performers including members of the Miami-based professional dance community, which has also been organizing to improve conditions on Spanish-language television shows. The agreement also marks the first time that any Spanish-language awards show has been covered in Miami. In 2016, SAG-AFTRA successfully organized Telemundo's Latin AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS in Los Angeles. The Latin Grammy Awards, broadcast on Univision and produced in Las Vegas, has been organized for years.

"This moment highlights why it's important for the creative community to come together," says SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White. "When performers unite, they can create change in an entire industry. I am proud of our Spanish-language performers and am excited to work closely with Telemundo."

About SAG-AFTRA SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online

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