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Variety introduced Thursday the programming for its second annual Miami Entertainment Town lunch, to be held on Thursday, April 13, in Miami. The occasion, in partnership with CN Bank, celebrates the rising leisure and media trade primarily based out of Miami and acknowledges these profiled in Variety’s Miami Entertainment Impact Report.

At the celebration, Ronald Day, President of Entertainment and Content Strategy for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, and Karen Barroeta, Executive Vice President of Production and Development Telemundo Global Studios, will take part in a keynote dialog with Rodrigo Nieto-Galvis, Entertainment Banking Team Leader at CN Bank Miami. The dialog might be centered round Telemundo’s technique and round music and unique programming primarily based out of Miami.

Raúl Alarcón, CEO and Chairman of Spanish Broadcasting System, might be receiving the Legends and Groundbreakers Award for his position in selling Latin music radio stations throughout the nation. A legend in Miami, Alarcón has been on the forefront of selling Latin artists, by way of radio play, and has been a vital advocate for most of the largest stars in Latin music.

This 12 months, Variety might be including a brand new award to this system with mega-music producer Timbaland. He will obtain the Pioneer Award for his work creating Beat Club and producing music with prime artists in Miami.

Loud and Live’s CEO Nelson Albareda will take part in a highlight dialog with Miami Dade County Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, concerning the metropolis’s enlargement into the leisure sector. Loud and Live is an official sponsor of the occasion.

Variety’s Chief Operating Officer, Dea Lawrence, and City National Bank’s Head of Entertainment Banking, Jahan Wang, will give opening remarks with Miami Beach Mayor, Dan Gelber.

“City National Bank congratulates Variety’s Miami Impact Report honorees, especially Raúl Alarcón and Timbaland who have transformed the Miami media market and entertainment industry at large,” mentioned Wang. “Our bank has delivered for the entertainment industry for almost seven decades, and we are especially proud of our work to support Latin music, television and film in South Florida and beyond.”