Luca Bentivoglio
Board Chair
Vice President, Current Programs
LATV

As Executive Director of Latino Public Broadcasting, Mr. Bentivoglio is responsible for the development and production of Latino Programs that provide diversity to the PBS line-up. He implements outreach and international distribution strategies to offer Latino independent producers with additional opportunities in the global market. Mr. Bentivoglio has been a television network and production executive for over two decades and is regarded as a pioneer of U.S. Spanish-language television having worked for Univision Network, Telemundo Network and Warner Bros. International.

In 1996, Mr. Bentivoglio launched the new Warner Bros. Channel in Latin America and directed the programming, marketing, and distribution efforts that made WB the #1 family channel in Latin America and Brazil. Through his own company, Luca Bentivoglio Productions, Inc., he has produced, written and hosted more than 1,000 half-hours of network television broadcasts.

As an independent producer, Mr. Bentivoglio created, wrote and produced prime-time shows for Univision and Telemundo, including the award-winning special Viva La Raza, a celebration of the richness of Latino culture in the United States. He also hosted Desde Hollywood and Cine Millonario, both long-running prime time hit series. In addition, he produced and directed several movies of the week for Telemundo, which achieved the highest ratings during the 1994 television season.