Spanish-language and media content company Univision Holdings, Inc. has officially announced this last Friday, July 30th the addition of new leaders to its streaming leadership team, following the recent announcement of a new global streaming platform, which will feature both free ad-supported (AVOD) AND premium subscription (SVOD) based offerings, and whose launch is scheduled for [...]
US Spanish-language media and content company Univision Communications Inc has officially announced this last Wednesday, July 28th an agreement with Combate Global, LLC, through which Univision has acquired ‘a significant equity stake’ -which was not reported- in the Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise. Combate Global is the leading Hispanic MMA sports franchise, aimed [...]
US Spanish-language media conglomerate Univision has officially announced this last Monday, July 19th, new appointments and the restructuring of its new corporate leadership. Together with the existing leadership team, these executives will execute the vision for the future combined company Televisa-Univision, which was officially announced in mid-April. ‘I am delighted to share the evolution of [...]
US Spanish-language media conglomerate Univision has officially announced this last Friday, July 16th, that it managed to get the rights to broadcast Argentine and Brazilian Professional Football Leagues on PrendeTV, the company’s new AVOD OTT, focused on the US Spanish-Speaking audience, launched in the country at the end of March. According to the terms of [...]
Univision Communications has officially announced this last Monday, June 21st, its plans to launch a new global OTT, which includes both free ad-supported (AVOD) and premium subscription (SVOD) based options, to launch in the US and Latin America in 2022. The news comes after, in mid-April, Univision and Televisa merged their assets and announced the [...]
According to information reported on various specialized websites, the DTH operator DirecTV (AT&T) has added the US Hispanic channel Univision as part of its programming grid, since last May 3rd. The offer is available to the pay TV operator’s prepaid and postpaid customers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. With the announcement of [...]
US TV network Univision officially announced last Monday, May 3rd, that it has acquired the Eurocopa 2020’s TV rights. According to the information reported by the company, the pay TV channel TUDN (Televisa and Univision) will air all the competition’s matches in Spanish, while Prende TV, the company’s recently launched AVOD OTT, will be in [...]
Rafael Urbina, General Manager & EVP AVOD, Streaming at Univision Communications Inc. was interviewed by Nextv News Latin America regarding the company’s aims for this year and the impact of the pandemic on the industry. In addition, the executive reported that they are in talks to integrate AVOD OTTs Vix and PrendeTV apps to pay [...]
Mexican Group Televisa and the US company Univision announced this Tuesday, April 13th, an agreement whereby Televisa combines its content assets with Univisión, thus creating ‘the largest Spanish-speaking media group in the world’. The new company is called ‘Televisa-Univision’, and, according to the information reported, one of its first projects will be the launch of [...]
Univision Communications Inc. announced that it has officially launched PrendeTV, originally announced last January. The platform offers channels and VOD content in Spanish for Hispanic audiences in the US, including titles from Univision, Televisa, RCN, Caracol and Globo, as well as movies from Disney, Lionsgate and MGM, which will be included soon. According to the [...]