TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American

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company headquartered in New York and

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, which owns the American

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Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...

. 45% of the company is held by the Mexican media conglomerate

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

, a major programming partner for Univision. Since its founding in the early 1960s as Spanish International Network (SIN), the nation's first Spanish language television network, the company has catered to

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. It is currently a multimedia conglomerate, with broadcast cable, digital and audio networks, including 65 television stations, online and mobile apps and products.

History

Univision Communications Inc. was founded in , as Spanish International Communications Corporation (parent of Spanish International Network) by

Rene Anselmo Reynold "Rene" Anselmo (January 14, 1926September 20, 1995) was a Boston native and World War II Marine Corps veteran who founded Univision. Biography Anselmo was the son of the postmaster in Quincy, Massachusetts. At 16 years of age he enliste ...

, an American-Mexican TV executive of Cuban-Italian-American descent, Emilio Nicolas Sr., owner of KUAL-TV (now

KWEX-DT KWEX-DT (channel 41) is a television station in San Antonio, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language Univision network. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Blanco-licensed UniMás outlet KNIC-DT (channel 17). ...

) in

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, and Mexican radio-TV magnate

Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (2 March 1895, Tampico, Tamaulipas – 23 September 1972, Mexico City) was a Mexican businessman who built an entertainment conglomerate. The son of Basque immigrants Mariano Azcárraga and Emilia Vidaurreta, hi ...

, head of ''Telesistemas Mexicanos'' (now

). They consolidated the operations of some independent Latino stations into a network. In 1987, Nicholas sold his part of the company to

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, and the name was changed to its current one. From September 1996 to April 2007, Univision Communications Inc. traded in the

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under the symbol UVN. In 2001, Univision Communications Inc. acquired USA Broadcasting, the station group of USA Networks, which included 13 full-power television stations. Most of these stations became part of a new network called TeleFutura, which it launched in 2002, now

UniMás UniMás (, stylized as ''UNIMÁS'', and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network's programming, which is ...

. Others joined Univision. In 2003, Univision completed the acquisition of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation to form Univision Audio Network. Prior to 2007, its headquarters was in the

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neighborhood of Los Angeles. In March 2007, Univision Communications was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners, a group which included

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Partners,

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, and

Saban Capital Group Saban Capital Group LLC is an American investment firm based in Los Angeles, California focused on media, entertainment, and communications investments. Formed in 2010 by Haim Saban, Saban Capital Group owns Saban Films, part of Univision Comm ...

. In May 2008,

Univision Music Group Univision Music Group is a Latin music company in the United States. Founded in April 2001 by Univision Communications , the Univision Music Group included three record labels: Univision Records, Fonovisa Records and Disa Records. In June 2 ...

was sold to

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and combined with its Latin label to become

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. In 2009, Univision Interactive Media was formed to house Univision.com, Univision Móvil, and an array of digital offerings. Univision On Demand also debuted in 2009, through distribution partners. That same year Univision also created Univision Studios, a new production arm focused on producing and co-producing content for the company's platforms. Randy Falco became Univision's CEO in 2011. Under Falco, the company began to expand its platforms, including launching new cable networks such as

Univision Deportes Network TUDN (pronounced tu-de-ene; formerly called Univision Deportes Network (abbr. UDN) is an American Spanish language sports channel. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports division of the same name. It launched on Ap ...

and Univision Tlnovelas, as well as English-language properties targeting Hispanic audiences such as Flama (a

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channel featuring content aimed towards Hispanic young adults), and

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, a

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operated as a joint venture with

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. On January 7, 2013, TeleFutura rebranded as

. In May 2013, Univision announced an investment in

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's new English-language cable channel

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. In 2014, UCI launched Univision Mobile, La Fabrica and TheFlama.com and also continued to increase the reach of Univision Deportes, Fusion and El Rey. Also in 2014, UCI expanded its partnership with

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, building on its launch as the first Spanish-language offering on Hulu in 2012. On August 16, 2016, Univision Communications purchased

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for $135 million. The sale included six Gawker blogs – Kotaku,

Jalopnik G/O Media Inc. is an American media holding company that runs ''Gizmodo'', ''Kotaku'', ''Jalopnik'', '' Deadspin'', ''Lifehacker'', '' Jezebel'', '' The Root'', '' The A.V. Club'', ''The Takeout'', '' The Onion'', and ''The Inventory''. Hist ...

, Lifehacker, Gizmodo (and its sub-site

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Deadspin ''Deadspin'' is a sports blog founded by Will Leitch in 2005 and based in Chicago. Previously owned by Gawker Media and Univision Communications, it is currently owned by G/O Media. ''Deadspin'' posted daily previews, recaps, and commentaries o ...

and

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(US) and ) was the daughte ...

– but not the flagship

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site, which would be shut down in late August. On September 21, 2016, the Gawker Media assets acquisition was completed and said assets were moved to

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. On May 30, 2018, Vincent Sadusky, formerly of Telemundo and the local station groups

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and

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, was appointed the new CEO of Univision, replacing the outgoing Randy Falco. Under Sadusky, the company began to backpedal on its attempts to diversify into English-speaking markets, electing to focus more on its core Spanish-language properties targeting Hispanics. As part of this effort, Gizmodo Media Group was divested to private equity firm Great Hill Partners in April 2019. Logo Univision 2019

On July 20, 2019, Univision rebranded its

cable channel as TUDN, as part of a collaboration with its content partner Televisa. On February 25, 2020, investment firms ForgeLight (launched by founder & CEO & ex-

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CFO Wade Davis) and

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agreed to acquire the 64% controlling stake in the company that was held by its investment group ownership, while minority owner Televisa would continue to hold its 36% stake. As a result, the company would be led by Davis as CEO, eventually replacing incumbent CEO Vincent Sandusky. The sale was completed on December 29, 2020. On April 13, 2021, Televisa announced a merger deal with Univision which would combine the company's entertainment assets. The new company would be known as TelevisaUnivision. As part of the merger, Televisa kept the company’s technological, pay television assets and their station licenses for the company's four networks. The merger was approved by Mexican

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(IFT) on September 15, 2021, and later by the US

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on January 24, 2022, with the transaction completed on January 31 of the same year. In February 2022, TelevisaUnivision announced

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, a streaming platform featuring both an ad-supported and a subscription tier, with an intended rollout of the AVOD tier set for March 31, 2022. in May 2022, TelevisaUnivision announced it will acquire the

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OTT streaming service,

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from Hemisphere Media Group. Hemisphere will also acquire Univision's radio stations in Puerto Rico.

Properties

TelevisaUnivision's portfolio of properties consists of broadcast, cable, and digital networks. TelevisaUnivision's properties also include consumer products and brand licensing.

Television

TelevisaUnivision provides programming throughout

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through four networks, and in the United States via

and

through local affiliates. 253 Mexican local television stations (54.8% of the total commercial stations), and 59 US local television stations air programming from all six terrestrial networks. The six terrestrial networks are: TelevisaUnivision beams its terrestrial brands to affiliates. Some of its Mexico-based affiliates are owned by its parent Televisa through

Televisa Regional Televisa Regional is a unit of Grupo Televisa which owns and operates television stations across Mexico. The stations rebroadcast programming from its subsidiary TelevisaUnivision's other networks, and they engage in the local production of newsca ...

network, airing a mixture of Televisa programming and regional programming from all four Mexico-based terrestrial networks. FOROtv is the only network that only has one full-time affiliate,

XHTV XHTV-TDT (virtual channel 4), founded in 1950 by Romulo O'Farril, is a flagship TV station of Televisa and carries its Foro (TV channel), FORO news network. FOROtv is available on various cable television companies and SKY México satellite serv ...

, but some of FOROtv's programming can be found on most Televisa Regional television stations.

Programming

Cable

TelevisaUnivision also operates a subsidiary called Televisa Networks (often recognized within the entertainment industry by its previous moniker, Visat). This subsidiary is responsible for the distribution of TelevisaUnivision Mexico programs by satellite. It is Televisa Networks that distributes the Las Estrellas signal through satellite to

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, and

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. As of 2019, the subsidiary is currently known as Televisa Internacional with Televisa Networks being folded into the company's international division. Other channels under the Televisa Networks umbrella include: * Adrenalina Sports Network – channel focused on the

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(exclusive distribution across Latin America) *

Bandamax Bandamax is a 24-hour cable television music channel owned by TelevisaUnivision Mexico under Televisa Networks. It is available in Mexico, United States, and Latin America. It focuses on Regional Mexican music; in addition to banda music, its pla ...

– a Banda, Norteño and Regional Mexican music station *

De Película De Película is a 24-hour cable television movie channel owned by TelevisaUnivision under Televisa Networks. It is available in Mexico, the United States, and Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik ...

(HD) – Mexican film channel *

De Película Clásico De Película Clásico (Classic Films) is a Spanish-language cable channel dedicated to broadcasting movies of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and some movies from the 1960s from Mexico's Golden Age, ''Época de Oro''. It is owned by TelevisaUnivisio ...

– Mexican film channel focused in old films *

Distrito Comedia Distrito Comedia (Comedy District) is a Mexican cable/satellite television network. The channel broadcast classic comedy shows (from the 1970s to 1990s), contemporary comedy shows (2000's) and original comedy shows (2010's). Distrito Comedia (lau ...

– Focuses on Televisa produced sitcoms and comedy shows from the 1970s to the present. Before 1 October 2012, it was known as Clásico TV – and focused on showing popular TV shows from the past century, such as sitcoms and children shows * Golden and Golden Edge (HD) – film channel, showcasing Hollywood blockbusters and other films * Golden Premier – film channel, showcasing films premiered after 2011 * Las Estrellas Internacional (HD) – international version of the Mexican network, available only outside Mexico (particularly Europe, Australia, and New Zealand) * Telehit Música – a Spanish language music videos station focused on tropical music (salsa, bachata, reggaeton, etc.) *

TUDN TUDN (pronounced tu-de-ene; formerly called Univision Deportes Network (abbr. UDN) is an American Spanish language sports channel. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports division of the same name. It launched on Ap ...

(HD) – sports channel that is often distributed in premium cable services. Shows European soccer leagues (France and Spain) and tournaments of sports not so popular in Mexico. (available only in Mexico, Central America, and Dominican Republic) **Additionally Televisa owns a Mexican first division football-soccer team ( Club América) and the stadium where it plays (

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). *

TeleHit TeleHit is a Mexican cable/satellite television network. Its main programming is music and music videos. It is a part of Televisa Networks, an affiliate of TelevisaUnivision, and is also available in various countries in Latin America and Unit ...

(HD) – music channel that regularly airs pop music videos and adult comedy shows *

Telemundo Internacional Telemundo Internacional is a Latin American pay television network owned by NBCUniversal. Telemundo Internacional carries a variety of programs, consisting mainly of select programs from the Telemundo national schedule. History Origins as Telen ...

– shows telenovelas, programs, news and more originally from Telemundo. (available as a Televisa channel only inside Mexico). *

BitMe Bitme (stylized as bitMe) is a Latin American subscription television channel, of Mexican origin, owned by TelevisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New ...

– its broadcasting started after the closure of its predecessor channel

Tiin Tiin was a Mexican pay television channel owned by Televisa. It was available in Mexico and Latin America. It focused on children and teen series, soap operas and movies. History Tiin was launched on September 5, 2011 and aired films, series, a ...

. It focuses on video games and anime, it has an agreement with

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as well as with

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to distribute their anime. * TLN (TLNetwork) – shows telenovelas and TV series in

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. (available only in Angola, Brazil, Portugal and Mozambique) *

Tlnovelas Tlnovelas (stylized as tlnovelas) is a Spanish-language pay television network that broadcasts Mexican ''telenovelas'' produced by TelevisaUnivision, the owner of the channel. Tlnovelas is distributed around the world via two feeds: Tlnovelas ...

(HD) – a network devoted to classic

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s (soap operas) * Telenovela Channel – an

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-dubbed

channel in the

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; network owned b
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with the partnership of Televisa. The channel operates 24/7 * Unicable – features programming by

and original productions * Univision Latin America – features programming from Televisa and Univision Featured Channels *

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Latin America – features programming by

(exclusive distribution rights only in Mexico) It operated Galavisión Europa, featuring programming by Televisa and

, the channel name was changed in 2006 to Canal de las Estrellas (and later Las Estrellas in 2016), and broadcasts to Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Aside from Televisa Networks, TelevisaUnivision also operates US-based cable channels: *

Univision Noticias Univision Noticias was a planned American Spanish language cable news channel. It was owned by Univision Communications and was supposed to be targeted at the Hispanic and Latino community in the United States. History In May 2011, Univis ...

(News) * Univision Tlnovelas (Telenovelas) * Galavision Network

Radio

Uforia Audio Network Uforia Audio Network () is the radio broadcasting and music events division of TelevisaUnivision USA. Formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and Univision Radio, it is the eighth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States, and ...

(58 local radio stations)

Digital properties

* Se Habla USA * Univision.com and Univision app * Uforia Música app * TUDN app * Noticias Univision app * Univision/Univision Now App * La Fabrica UCI (digital content house) *Blim TV App *

(formerly PrendeTV) *

streaming service

Consumer brands, products, and other services

* Univision Contigo: Univision's social impact / community empowerment brand * Univision Farmacia * Univision Mastercard prepaid card * Simplemente Delicioso * Telenovelas * TUDN * Despierta América * Nuestra Belleza Latina * Antahkarana * Nmás

Other properties

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(10%)

Former assets

Divested

Dormant or shuttered

Fusion Media Group The Fusion Media Group (FMG; formerly Fusion Media Network) is a division of Univision Communications. The company was launched in April 2016 after Univision bought out Disney's stake in Fusion through the Fusion Media Network joint venture between ...

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TelevisaUnivision-owned television stations in the United States

''Notes:'' * (**) – ''Indicates a station owned by TelevisaUnivision prior to the formation of Univision Communications in 1992''. * (++) – ''Indicates a station owned by

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prior to its acquisition by Univision in 2001''. Footnotes: *¹ These stations are owned by Univision, but are operated by

under

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s. *² WQHS is the only network-owned station bordering

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. It is also one of only two stations near the Canada–US border. The other station,

KUNS-TV KUNS-TV (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Bellevue, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle area as an affiliate of the Spanish-language Univision network. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside ABC affiliate KO ...

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, is third-party owned. However, neither the network nor either of the two stations are available on cable or satellite in Canada due to foreign broadcast restrictions established by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). *³ WSTE was taken over by Univision in 2002, but this was via

WLII WLII-DT (channel 11), branded on-air as TeleOnce, is a television station licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico, serving the Territories of the United States#Permanently inhabited territories, U.S. territory as an affiliate of Univision and UniMás. ...

's local marketing agreement with Siete Grande Television (and in turn Univision's LMA with Raycom until 2005). Univision bought WSTE outright in 2007. *⁴ KUTH is owned by Univision, but was operated by

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under a local marketing agreement until Univision took full control of the station in 2009. *⁵ KNIC is the only station to be built and signed-on by Univision Communications. *⁶ Station that were owned by Univision but operated by Entravision until Univision took full control of the stations in January 2022.

Former Univision-owned stations

Awards

Univision and its executives have been recognized for their news, entertainment, humanitarian efforts and sports. Univision News has been recognized with the Peabody, Walter Cronkite and Gracies awards for its special “Entre el abandono y el rechazo”; the King of Spain International (Digital) Journalism Award for “Niños de la Frontera” part of Univision Noticia's La Huella Digital; and GLAAD Media Awards in the categories Outstanding Local TV Journalism for “Cobertura de Spirit Day” by Noticias 34 (KMEX-Univision 34) and Outstanding Documentary for “Identidad sin fronteras” part of Panorámica, a Univision/Pivot co-production. The Radio & Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA) also recognized Univision Noticias with eight Golden Mikes including the top honor, Broadcast Legend Award to Univision News anchor María Elena Salinas. Univision News anchor Jorge Ramos, described as “one of the most aggressive and influential newsmen in America” by Michael Scherer in his profile of Ramos published November 20, 2014, was named to the 2015

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, the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Univision's former president and CEO, Randy Falco, has been recognized by

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(NATAS) with Board of Trustees’ Award and by Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), with a Champion Award. Univision is also the recipient of ReadyNation's 2015 Business Champion for Children Award. The company's social impact initiative Univision Contigo has been recognized with a variety of awards, including Cynopsis Social Good Awards for its 2016 Vote For Your America campaign and its ongoing early childhood development initiative, Pequeños y Valiosos. Univision's sports network, Univision Deportes (TUDN) is recipient of two Sports Emmy Awards for Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish:

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and Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Fútbol Central by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS); additionally, UDNs’ President Juan Carlos Rodriguez has been bestowed the Sports Network Executive of the Year Navigator Award by Cynopsis, while UDN accepted awards in the categories ‘Tech Innovation’ and ‘Best Spot Over:30.’

Corporate governance

Executive officers * Wade Davis, Chief Executive Officer * Pierluigi Gazzolo, President and Chief Transformation Officer * Leopoldo Gomez Gonzalez, President, Univision News * Jonathan Schwartz, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer * Margaret Lazo, Chief Human Resources Officer * Juan Carlos Rodriguez, President of Sports Univision Deportes * Steve Mandala, President of Advertising Sales and Marketing * Christopher Furst, Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer * Diane Kniowski, President and Regional General Manager of Local Media * Sameer Deen, Chief Digital Officer * Rosemary Mercedes, Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer * Michael Cerda, Executive Vice President of Product and Technology, Streaming * Jonathan Schwartz, General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Government relations Board of directors * Wade Davis, Chief Executive Officer *

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, chairman and chief executive officer – Saban Capital Group, Inc. * Zaid F. Alsikafi, director –

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, LLC * Henry Cisneros, executive chairman – CityView * Alfonso de Angoitia Noriega, executive vice president –

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* Emilio Azcarraga Jean, chairman of the board and CEO –

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, chief executive officer –

* Michael P. Cole, director – Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC * Adam Chesnoff, president and chief operating officer – Saban Capital Group, Inc. * David Trujillo, partner – TPG Capital, L.P * Michael N. Gray, principal –

* Enrique F. Senior Hernandez, managing director –

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* David Bonderman, Founding Partner – TPG Capital, L.P. * Julie Hong Clayton, Principal – TPG Capital, L.P. * Bernardo Gomez Martinez, Executive Vice President – Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. * Paul Hudson, Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer – Glade Brook Capital, LLC * Jason Kilar, Chief Executive Officer – Vessel * Gregory Norden, Managing Director – G9 Capital Group, LLC

References

External links

Univision website

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