Univision Noticias was a planned American
Spanish language cable news channel. It was owned by
Univision Communications
TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City, which owns the American Spanish language broadcast network Univision. 45% of the company is held by the ...
and was supposed to be targeted at the
Hispanic and Latino community in the United States.
History
In May 2011,
Univision Communications
TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City, which owns the American Spanish language broadcast network Univision. 45% of the company is held by the ...
announced three new cable television channels to strengthen its position in the Latino market and diversify revenues, including one dedicated to news and information.
Latinos were the United States' fastest growing population according to the
2010 census, which has prompted media companies to increase their presence in Spanish-language television.
In addition, Univision hopes to benefit from increased demand for Spanish-language news programs. From 2000 to 2010, the
Univision network's primetime news magazine ''
Aquí y Ahora'' increased its viewership while its English-language counterparts on
ABC
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,
NBC and
CBS lost half their viewers.
Among the channel's first hires were British-born Karl Penhaul, Chilean photojournalist Carlos Villalon, and Mexican-born
María Antonieta Collins.
Collins rejoined the Univision network as senior special correspondent having left in 2005. Penhaul left Univision in January 2012.
Univision Noticias secured a carriage deal with
Dish Network
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in January 2012. It was planned to be offered on Dish's Latino programming package.
As of 2018, the channel was never launched and all plans have seemed to be scrapped, even though
Univision Tlnovelas and
Univision Deportes Network did launch.
Also, ever since the launch of
ViX
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where it launched a 24-hour national streaming news channel called ''Noticias Univision 24/7'', it made plans for this channel all but redundant.
See also
*
Noticias Univision – Univision's broadcast news division
*
Noticiero Univision – Univision's flagship news broadcast
*
Fusion – an English-language news channel jointly operated by Univision and
ABC News launched on October 28, 2013.
References
External links
UnivisionNoticias.com— Univision news division
{{Univision Communications
Spanish-language television networks in the United States
Proposed television channels and networks