A popular proverb here in the United States said that “the apple never falls far from the tree” and basically talks about the similarities between parents and children, beyond the physical aspect. It turns out that even though we try often differentiate ourselves from our parents, heredity is stronger and ends up winning the eternal battle to forge our own identity.
It seems that this proverb was created in the image and likeness of Omar Romay, one of the four heirs of television czar Argentina, Alejandro Romay legend. Bred from an early age in the magical world of entertainment created by his father, Omar fell in love with the industry producing the successes of “Music in Freedom” and “Saturday Continuados” while finishing high school.
a career of over 40 years was what led him to Romay to be recently awarded the “Silver Circle Award” under “Suncoast” of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of its continued contribution to the industry.
“This recognition falls into a very special moment in my life because it speaks of the path, and you feel old and half life and say happened,” joked Romay. “Somehow I enter the time tunnel that allows me to re-evaluate all these years of work, understand the privilege of working with such dear people”.
finished his studies and after a decade leading a editorial in Buenos Aires, Romay decided to travel to Los Angeles where he studied film, and perhaps unknowingly had his first approach to a market which would later conquer. The return of democracy in Argentina led to producing content Romay to shine as the soap opera “The Strange Lady” worldwide sensation and one of the most watched in the history of Argentina television programs.
“I’m a melodramatic by nature, I have a particular sensitivity that makes me move against a text or a performance. To achieve that excitement even for five minutes in a soap opera filled me with pride. I keep feeling more in that function as content producer that everything else I did in life. ”
In 1998 Romay decided to leave Argentina and with his family landed in Miami, taking control of a small local television station called Channel 41, where as his father did with Channel 9, identified a opportunity to develop an untapped niche so far: content be produced for the first time tailored to the mostly Cuban community residing in south Florida
America Tevé became the third most-watched Spanish station in the region, often competing side by side with true industry giants as Telemundo and Univision, producing during his tenure the not inconsiderable figure of 30,000 hours of original content.
“they were 17 years wetting the ear to all American industry, and that took me forever to me.”
Asked about the future of the industry Romay agreed not to keep up with the latest developments and feel overcome. “Television has fragmented into thousands of pieces. It ended what was called the broadcasting or television for most, are now working for niches. Today everyone looks in his room his own screen, we are glued to the phone that dominates as media “.
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