Univision Announces Multi-Year Carriage Agreements With Insight Communications and More Than 50 Other Distributors
Univision Announces Multi-Year Carriage Agreements With Insight Communications and More Than 50 Other Distributors
NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Univision Communications Inc., the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States, announced today a multi-year distribution agreement with Insight Communications, the 9th largest cable operator in the United States.
The company also announced carriage agreements with more than 50 distributors across the country, including Atlantic Broadband, Baja Broadband, Etan Industries, Grande Communications, Guadalupe Valley Communications, Qwest Communications, Service Electric and TVMAX. These agreements include continued distribution of Univision's broadcast networks, Univision and TeleFutura, and cable network, Galavision, and in certain markets, carriage of stations owned and operated by Univision. Certain of the agreements include carriage of affiliated stations owned and operated by Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE:EVC) and Equity Media Holdings Corporation.
The terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
Univision Communications is a leading integrated media company in the U.S., with one of the top five television networks in America regardless of language -- which is the No. 1 Spanish-language broadcast television network; the second leading Spanish-language broadcast television network; the No. 1 television station in the country regardless of language; the No. 1 Spanish-language cable network; the N. 1 Spanish-language radio group and the No. 1 U.S. Spanish-language Internet portal.
About Univision Communications
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general- interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Interactive Media, which includes http://www.univision.com/, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S., and Univision Movil, the industry's most comprehensive Spanish-language suite of mobile offerings. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net/.
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CONTACT: Adriana Ruiz-Lopez, Univision Communications, +1-212-455-4712,
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Web site: http://www.univision.net/
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