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TelevisaUnivision unveils ViX streamer in bid to dominate Spanish-language market
TelevisaUnivision, fresh from its $4.8bn merger last month, has launched what it hopes will become…
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Televisa & Univision complete $4.8bn merger to create Spanish-language giant
Mexico-based media giant Televisa has completed its $4.8bn merger with US-based Univision, creating a company…
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Univision overhauls senior team ahead of Televisa merger
US-based Spanish-language broadcast group Univision has overhauled its senior leadership team, with changes to its…
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Univision unveils global streamer plans & hires Netflix exec to lead expansion
US-based Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has revealed plans to launch a global streaming service and has hired…
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Mexico’s Televisa expands ‘Masha’ deal with Russia’s Animaccord
Mexican and Latin American media powerhouse Televisa has expanded its partnership with Russian animation studio…
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Televisa and Univision merge to create global Spanish-language powerhouse
Mexican and Latin American media powerhouse Televisa is to merge its media, content and production…
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Kids round-up: ‘Kid-E-Cats’ expands in Italy; ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ increases LatAm foothold; YouTube Kids arrives on Freesat
CTC Media’s ‘Kid-E-Cats’ expands in Italy WarnerMedia-owned preschool network Cartoonito and German distributor and co-prod…
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Kids round-up: ‘Moominvalley’ lands in Nordics; Super RTL orders monster comedy; ‘Rainbow Rangers’ travels; and more…
Moomins return to the Nordics SF Studios in the Nordics, NRK in Norway and RÚV…
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News round-up: Showtime stretches schedule; Monte Carlo TV Festival cancelled; MTV; Jamie Oliver; Vuulr
Showtime shuffles schedule for Billions, The Chi US cabler Showtime has been forced to rejig…
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Univision sells majority stake to US investment duo Searchlight & ForgeLight
US Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has agreed to sell off a majority stake in the company….
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Univision and Televisa team to launch Univision channel in Latin America
Hispanic media firms Univision and Televisa are teaming up to launch a Univision-branded linear television…
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Televisia orders Mexican version of ‘Family Food Fight’
Endemol Shine Boomdog has been commissioned to produce Family Food Fight for Televisia in Mexico….
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Endemol Shine’s Boomdog & Televisa take ‘Masked Singer’ to Mexico
Televisa Studios and Endemol Shine’s Boomdog are set to co-produce an adaptation of The Masked…
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Televisa boards TRX platform
Online licensing platform TRX has signed up Spanish media giant Televisa. The Mexico-headquartered business is…
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NATPE: Walking Dead most in-demand; ITVS GE’s LatAm formats deal; MGM goes to court
Walking Dead named Parrot’s most in-demand series Parrot Analytics has named AMC’s The Walking Dead…
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LatAm scripted: The end of telenovelas?
For decades, the telenovela has been Latin America’s flagship TV genre, seducing audiences around the…
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Keshet licenses two dramas to Mexico’s Televisa
Keshet International (KI) has licensed formats Mythological Ex (pictured) and The A Word to Mexico’s Televisa….
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Azcárraga Jean exiting as Televisa CEO
Emilio Azcárraga Jean is exiting his role as CEO of Mexican TV giant Televisa, with…
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TBI Weekly: Disney challenges loom
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is…
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More on creation of global anti-piracy coalition ACE
Execs from the 30 global entertainment companies that have come together to form anti-piracy body…
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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
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Former HBO and Televisa exec takes Route One
Former Televisa and HBO executive Michael Garcia has inked a first-look deal with Route One…
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What went down at NATPE Miami
NATPE welcomed the usual mix of buyers, sellers, programme-makers and hustlers to Miami last week….
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Univision, Televisa unify content efforts
US Hispanic broadcaster Univision and Mexican media giant Televisa have decided to pool their development…
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Keshet Int’l sets up Lat Am production hub
The international arm of Keshet is opening up a new production hub in Mexico to…
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FCC allows Televisa to up Univision stake
Mexican broadcasting giant Televisa is set to significantly up its stake in Hispanic US network…
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Super! deal for Love, Divina
Live-action kids series Love, Divina has been sold to De Agostini’s Super! in Italy. The…
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Mattel’s Amazon series WellieWishers lands on Televisa
Mattel’s distribution division has sold its WellieWishers series to Televisa in Mexico. The animated kids…
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Nobel drama win for Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired Scandi thriller series Nobel. DRG sells the show…
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Televisa becomes key Mexican Ben & Holly home
Televisa has taken free-to-air rights to Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom and will become the…