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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
MONTERREY, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB+' rating to Grupo Televisa, S.A.B's (Televisa) proposed US$400 million senior unsecured notes due 2040. Proceeds from the proposed issuance will be used by the company for liability management and general corporate uses. Fitch currently rates Televisa as follows:-- Local currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'BBB+';-- Foreign currency...
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CEOWORLD Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Grupo Televisa SA , (NYSE:TV) Mexico’s largest provider of pay-television service, is snatching phone customers from Carlos Slim’s Telefonos de Mexico SAB (NYSE:TMX). Televisa’s cable business, luring customers with packages of TV, phone and high-speed Internet services, gained almost 25,000 phone lines last quarter from other carriers, government statistics show. Telmex, as Slim’s...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Described by some as a Latin American Rupert Murdoch, Azcarraga is among the most famous men in Mexico, and his company is by far the country's dominant broadcaster. Practically since the day he was born, in 1968, Emilio Azcarraga Jean has owned one of the most famous names in Mexico.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avail-TVN®, the largest independent digital media services company in North America today announced an industry-wide VOD services deal with TuTv LLC, a joint venture of Grupo Televisa and Univision Communications Inc., that provides Spanish-language programming to U.S. cable and satellite customers. The deal covers movies from TuTV’s linear channels, De Película...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
The Spanish-language broadcaster has blunted blows dealt by the economic recession and its legal battle with programming giant Grupo Televisa, but stopgap measures aren't solutions. When Spanish-language broadcasting giant Univision Communications Inc. was sold for $13.7 billion three years ago, the highly leveraged deal was, in the words of one veteran banker, "priced for perfection."
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Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
If the Univision vs Televisa fight is at least half as interesting as the telenovelas they are known for, we are in for a treat: the two Hispanic media entities are fighting on whose holds the U.S. rights to retransmit the Televisa-produced shows online. The current version of this lawsuit, being heard starting today in federal court in Los Angeles, is an offshoot of the bigger fight the two frienemies...
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
Introduction Bill Gates's personal portfolio is managed as Cascade Investments by seasoned money manager Michael Larson. In this overview, we shall cover Bill Gates's top holdings, his sector/industry distribution, and any new buys that he has made recently, as well as any other interesting investing commentary. Bill Gates's Top Five Holdings Warren Buffett once said that Bill Gates can do what he...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 02/02/2009
Paul Price submits: Grupo Televisa S.A. is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world, and a major player in the international entertainment business. It has interests in television production and broadcasting, programming, direct-to-home satellite services, publishing and publishing distribution, cable television, radio production, show business, feature film and internet portal. Grupo...
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Media Money with Julia Boorstin (Free subscription) | 01/23/2009
Posted By: Julia Boorstin It's been, a long, pricey road: years of conflict, a four year legal battle culminating in several weeks of court testimony. Read More Topics: Lawsuits | Movies & Film Studios | Television | Technology | Media Sectors: Technology | Media Companies: Grupo Televisa S.A. MEDIA: PHOTO Permalink
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HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 01/23/2009
Trial Ends After Companies Amend Long-Term AgreementJanuary 22, 2009By Laurel WentzAfter negotiating through the night, Univision Communications and Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa ended their courtroom dispute over TV programming today and said they will amend a long-term agreement that...
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