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Mexico-based Grupo Televisa and Univision have closed their $4.8 billion merger, uniting their vast Spanish-language media and production holdings in the U.S. and Mexico. The new entity, known as TelevisaUnivision Inc., builds on a previous production alliance created by the companies as they looked to fend off a…

Televisa and Univision executives said a new global OTT service to launch early next year will roll up their current streaming offerings — including Prende TV, Vix and Blim — and that its content won’t overlap with Univision’s linear networks. They also revealed in a press call that John Malone’s Liberty Global is an…

Univision, which has been under new ownership since the end of 2020, has teamed with stakeholder Grupo Televisa to create a new global Spanish-language media giant. Under terms of the sweeping deal revealed Tuesday evening, Univision will pay $4.8 billion for the assets of Televisa, a Mexican production powerhouse…

Univision and Televisa, two top Hispanic media companies, are teaming up to bring a Univision-branded linear channel to 17 Latin American markets in the coming weeks. The ad-supported, 24-hour pay-TV channel will be initially distributed across the region, except in Brazil, “in early 2020,” an announcement said…

Univision Communications and Grupo Televisa are teaming on a TV pilot initiative for the development of scripted and unscripted series by global independent producers aimed at Hispanic audiences. "This is an unprecedented step in the transformation of our joint content strategy – and for Hispanic media globally,&#8221…

Grupo Televisa has appointed Bernardo Gomez and Alfonso de Angoitia as co-CEOs in the wake of the departure of Emilio Azcarraga Jean who has led the Mexican television giant for 20 years, and as the broadcaster deals with reduced ad sales and growing competition for young viewers. He will continue to lead the long…

Univision can strengthen its ties to Mexico’s Grupo Televisa, and accommodate overseas investors if it goes public, as a result of an FCC Declaratory Ruling that relaxes its restrictions on foreign ownership of domestic broadcasters. Regulators said that Televisa can increase its equity stake to 49% from 25% — the…

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