Univision Communications and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Unveil Unprecedented Education Initiative

Univision Communications and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Unveil Unprecedented Education Initiative

WHAT: Univision Communications Inc. in partnership with the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Department of
Education, U.S. Department of Labor and education,
civic and community leaders from around the country
will unveil a national, multi-year, multi-million
dollar education initiative.

WHO:
-- United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
-- United States Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
-- Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair & Trustee, Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation
-- The Honorable Lincoln Diaz Balart (R-FL)
-- The Honorable. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
-- Eduardo Padron, President, Miami Dade College
-- Jorge Ramos, Co-Anchor of "Noticiero Univision"
(Univision Network News)
-- Joe Uva, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Univision Communications
-- Cesar Conde, President, Univision Networks

WHEN: Tuesday February 23, 2010
9:00am

WHERE: The National Press Club
529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT:
Monica Talan
917-331-9327

Adriana Ruiz Lopez
212-455-4712

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 95% 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 Studios, which produces and co-produces telenovelas, reality shows, dramatic series and other programming formats for all of the Company's platforms; 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 68 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 www.univision.net

/PRNewswire -- Feb. 22/

Source: Univision

Web Site: http://www.univision.net/

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