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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Sokol Alan J.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC. [HMTV] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO, President (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC., 4000 PONCE DE LEON BLVD, SUITE 650 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/05/2018 (Street) CORAL GABLES, FL 33146 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 04/05/2018   F   20,465 (1) D $ 11.45 (2) 489,126 (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sokol Alan J. C/O HEMISPHERE MEDIA GROUP, INC. 4000 PONCE DE LEON BLVD, SUITE 650 CORAL GABLES, FL 33146	X		CEO, President

Signatures

/s/ Craig D. Fischer, Attorney-in-fact		04/09/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In accordance with the Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. (the "Company") Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the Reporting Person returned shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A common stock") to the Company for the purpose of paying the Reporting Person's withholding taxes due upon the vesting of restricted shares of Class A common stock previously awarded to the Reporting Person under the Plan. The disposition is exempt in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
(2)	The fair market value of the Class A common stock at the close of trading on April 5, 2018, the date of vesting, was used to calculate the number of shares deducted to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligations.
(3)	Of these shares, 158,333 are restricted securities and will vest as follows: subject to certain exceptions, 58,333 shares will vest on the third anniversary of April 5, 2016 and 100,000 shares will vest upon the fair market value of the Company's Class A common stock price reaching or exceeding $15.00 per share on at least ten trading days (which need not be consecutive) following April 4, 2013.

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