El Premio Ohtli Award, Mexican
date: label: date made
content: 2007
name: label: maker
content: United Mexican States
notes: label: Description
content: Emilio Nicolas, Sr. received this award in 2007 from the government of Mexico for sharing Mexican culture in the United States. Among the many awards he received over the course of his career, this one demonstrated his commitment to sharing Mexican culture in the United States through television. The medal uses the symbol of a traveler to honor the spread of Mexican arts and culture. Nicolas, Sr. played an instrumental role in building the earliest Spanish language television network in the United States, the Spanish International Network or SIN.
label: Description
content: In the 1950s, consumers made television the centerpiece of the home, fueling competition among broadcasters to create new products, new programming, new stations, and even new networks. Innovators, such as those behind the creation of independent Spanish-language stations and eventually the Spanish International Network (SIN), challenged established broadcasting companies by creating new programming in Spanish and catering to underserved audiences. Established in the early 1960s, SIN knit together independents and created new stations to serve a national audience. With a complex business and legal history, SIN eventually became Univision in the 1980s. In the decades after 1980, Spanish-language programing options grew with recognition of Latinx communities as powerful consumer groups and the advent of new broadcasting technologies such as cable and digital TV.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: El Sr. Emilio Nicolas recibió este premio en 2007 por parte del gobierno de México por difundir la cultura mexicana en los Estados Unidos. Entre los muchos premios que recibió a lo largo de su carrera, este representa su compromiso con el desarrollo de la cultura mexicana en los Estados Unidos a través de la televisión. La medalla incorpora el símbolo de un viajero azteca para honrar la difusión de las artes y la cultura mexicanas en el exterior. El Sr. Nicolas desempeñó un papel fundamental en la creación de la primera cadena de televisión en español en los Estados Unidos, el Spanish International Network o SIN.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: En la década de 1950, los consumidores hicieron de la televisión un componente central de sus hogares, fomentando la competencia entre las difusoras para crear nuevos productos, nueva programación, nuevas estaciones, e incluso nuevas redes. Los innovadores, como los creadores de los canales independientes de habla hispana y el Spanish International Network (SIN), desafiaron a las emisoras establecidas creando nuevos programas en español centradas en audiencias históricamente ignoradas. Establecido a principios de los sesenta, SIN unió a difusoras independentes y creó nuevas estaciones para responder a una audiencia nacional. Tras una compleja trayectoria empresarial y legal, SIN se convertiría en Univisión en la década de 1980. Durante las próximas décadas, las opciones de programación en español crecieron gracias al reconocimiento de la comunidad Latinx, como poderoso grupo de consumidores, y a la introducción de nuevas tecnologías de difusión, como el cable y la televisión digital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
topic: label: classified
content: Latino
label: classified
content: Hispanics
label: classified
content: Mexicans
label: general subject association
content: Television
label: classified
content: Broadcasting
label: classified
content: Television broadcasts
label: used
content: Spanish
label: classified
content: Awards and Prizes
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0213.02
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0213.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver; fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red; white; green (ribbon color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 1 3/4 in; 45.72 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: medal only: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm