La Academia Audience Continues to Grow

La Academia Audience Continues to Grow

-Second Consecutive Week on Nielsen's Top 25 List with 716,000 Viewers 2+

-This Marks the Fourth Consecutive Week for Azteca America With One or More Programs on the Top 25 List

NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Azteca America, the fastest-growing U.S. Hispanic television network, is proud to announce that its hit musical reality show "La Academia" has made the NHTI Top 25 list for the second consecutive week with 716,000 viewers 2+.

"For those that argued that we're just a soccer network, we invite them to tune in with the over 700,000 viewers that watched 'La Academia' across the country last Sunday," said COO Jorge Jaidar. "This is a 2+ viewership that is 48% above what Telemundo attracted even in their final concert of Nuevas Voces de America."

The programming success marks the fourth consecutive week that Azteca America has placed a program within Nielsen's Top 25 list of most-watched Hispanic programs. For more details, see http://www.top5s.com/ .

Company Profile

Azteca America is the fastest-growing Hispanic network in the United States. The network is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish language television content in the world. Azteca America currently has presence in 39 Hispanic markets, including: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Phoenix, Brownsville-McAllen, Albuquerque, San Diego, Fresno-Visalia, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Denver, Orlando, Austin, Tampa, Corpus Christi, Tucson, Las Vegas, Colorado Springs, Monterey-Salinas, Hartford, Salt Lake City, Bakersfield, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Omaha, Yakima, Naples-Ft. Myers, Wichita, Reno, Boise, Victoria, Oklahoma City, Charleston and Chattanooga. For more information, visit our website: http://www.aztecaamerica.com/

For further information, contact: Daniel McCosh 011 52 55 1720 0059 +1-646 253 9167 dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com

Juan Pablo Alvarez 011 52 55 1720 5705 +1-646 253 9167 jpalvarez@aztecaamerica.com

Source: Azteca America

CONTACT: Daniel McCosh, +011-52-55-1720-0059, or +1-646-253-9167, or dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com, or Juan Pablo Alvarez, +011-52-55-1720-5705, or +1-646-253-9167, o jpalvarez@aztecaamerica.com, both of Azteca America

Web site: http://www.aztecaamerica.com/

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