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Coalition launches to preserve viewer choice in streaming era

Advocacy group Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition has been launched with support from founding members comprised of leading US media companies and streaming content providers including ABC, CBS, FOX, Fubo, NBC, Roku, Telemundo, Univision, and Warner Bros Discovery. The group will aim to protect consumer streaming choices and preserve a competitive online video marketplace. Large station […]

July 28, 2023By Colin Mann

Garcia named GM of Univision Miami

Univision Miami has announced the appointment of Eric Garcia to the position of President and General Manager, reporting directly to Jesus Lara, President of Local Media at TelevisaUnivision. Garcia will be responsible for the overall direction, strategy, and growth of Univision23, TelevisaUnivision’s local radio stations, and a growing portfolio of local digital offerings in the […]

June 27, 2023

Univision selects Broadpeak solution

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators, has announced that Univision, a subsidiary of telecommunications company Unitel Group and an IPTV, telephone, and broadband provider in Mongolia, has deployed a full CDN solution from Broadpeak for hybrid IPTV and OTT video service delivery. Broadpeak’s […]

August 23, 2022

Univision taps Viaccess-Orca for IPTV solution

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global player providing TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has announced that Mongolian pay-TV operator Univision, part of the Unitel Group, will deliver its IPTV service with an end-to-end, future-proof solution from VO. Utilising VO’s Service Delivery Platform (SDP), TV Business Analytics, Content Discovery & Personalisation, monitoring, customisable TV Apps, […]

May 25, 2022

UMPG signs Univision to global publishing administration agreement

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group’s leading global music publishing division, has announced that Univision Network has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing administration agreement to represent the network’s music catalogue. As the largest provider of Spanish-language content in the U.S., Univision’s music catalogue is part of its programming which includes award-winning telenovelas […]

April 21, 2022

MarVista, TelevisaUnivision content deal

Fox Entertainment’s MarVista Entertainment and TelevisaUnivision have entered into a development and production deal involving ten exclusive original Spanish-language movies to be produced for ViX+, the premium SVoD tier of Vix, the Spanish-language streaming service. As part of the agreement, MarVista will produce ten original Spanish-language films across family, comedy, romance, and holiday genres that […]

March 2, 2022

Study: Diverse content drives antenna use

As cord-cutters look for ways to stay connected to live and local programming, multicultural audiences are embracing over-the-air (OTA) antennas, according to Horowitz Research’s State of OTA 2021 study. Two in ten (21 per cent) Black and 33 per cent of Latinx and Asian cord-cutters (TV content viewers who do not subscribe to MVPD—cable or […]

February 18, 2022

Univision, Televisa complete merger

Grupo Televisa and Univision Holdings II, Inc. (together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Univision Communications, have confirmed the completion of the $4.8 billion (€4.3bn) transaction between Televisa’s media content and production assets and Univision. The new company, TelevisaUnivision, creates the world’s leading Spanish-language media and content company. TelevisaUnivision will produce and deliver premium content for its […]

February 1, 2022By Colin Mann

Mexico: La Liga extends Televisa deal

La Liga, Spain’s top flight football league, has agreed an eight-year broadcasting extension with Televisa worth a reported $70 million (€61.1m) per year – double the amount of the current deal. The deal to air La Liga in Mexico and Central America begins with the 2024-25 season. Televisa’s Sky Sports channels have held a partnership […]

November 12, 2021

Comscore selected by Univision

Comscore, the media measurement and analytics company and Univision Communications, the Spanish-language media and content company in the US, thave announced an agreement for Univision to leverage Comscore’s local audience measurement in three of the Company’s newly acquired markets. Under the agreement, Univision will now begin exclusively using Comscore’s next generation audience measurement service as […]

November 5, 2021