Univision
Univision is one of the largest hispanic television channels in the United States.
Initially founded by the largest media company in Mexico (now known as Grupo Televisa) as a means to spread Spanish programming in the United States, Univision has grown to be the largest Spanish language media outlet in the U.S. It's daily News program Noticiero Univision, co-anchored by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, has in several occasions outdone (in number of ratings) major English language network evening news programming such as CBS, NBC, and ABC's World News Tonight.
Although Grupo Televisa still owns a large stake in Univision stock holding's, Grupo Cisneros of Venezuela purchased a large amount of shares becoming it's largest shareholder.
Univision and Telemundo USA have been competing for the top spot among Hispanic viewers for many years, often imitating each other's programming.
Univision however has constantly maintained a lead in ratings due in large part to Mexican telenovelas, or soap operas, and other programming produced by Grupo Televisa. Telemundo has recently grown more competitive with Brazilian telenovelas and also in large part because NBC has equipped the network since it purchased it.
Univision headquarters are based in Los Angeles, although much of its programming is filmed in Miami. Among it's shows are, El Show De Cristina (talkshow conducted by Cristina Saralegui) ,Don Francisco's Sabado Gigante, Despierta America (morning show), Primer Impacto (newsmagazine), Aqui y Ahora (premier investigative nightly newsmagazine), and Noticiero Univision (news program conducted by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas).
In addition to that, Univision has for years shown live boxing fights and soccer matches, and also the World Cup.
Univision has contracts with Mexico's Televisa and Venezuela's Venevision to showcase some of their telenovelas and tv shows,
and in 2001 it acquired Puerto Rico's WLII-TV (former Tele_Once) and WSTE-TV (former Super Siete, now a TeleFutura affiliate).
Referenced By
1985 in television | 2002 in memoriam | Adal Ramones | Amarillo | Amarillo, TX | Amarillo, Texas | Bienvenidos | Carmen Dominicci | Chabeli Iglesias | Cissy | Cristina Saralegui | Cristina Sánchez | Dallas | Dallas, Texas | Deaths in 2002 | Giselle Blondet | Houston | Houston, Texas | Jorge Paez | Jorge Páez | Jorge Ramos | Lily Estefan | List of American television channels | List of American television networks | List of Cubans | List of Spanish language television channels | List of Venezuelans | List of cancer patients | List of famous Cubans | List of famous Venezuelans | List of famous cancer patients | List of famous people who have suffered from or died of cancer | List of people by name: Ca | List of people by name: Go | List of people by name: Mar | List of television stations in Arizona | List of television stations in California | List of television stations in Colorado | List of television stations in Connecticut | List of television stations in Hawaii | List of television stations in Idaho | List of television stations in Illinois | List of television stations in Indiana | List of television stations in Maryland | List of television stations in Massachusetts | List of television stations in Nevada | List of television stations in New Jersey | List of television stations in New Mexico | List of television stations in North Carolina | List of television stations in Ohio | List of television stations in Oklahoma | List of television stations in Oregon | List of television stations in Texas | List of television stations in USA by Call Sign | List of television stations in Utah | List of television stations in Washington, DC | Maria Antonieta Collins | Maria Celeste Arraras | Maria Elena Salinas | Media in the United States | Media of the United States | Network TV | Network television | Odalys Garcia | Otro Rollo | Padre Alberto | Rafael Jose | Raul De Molina | Rosana Franco | Sabado Gigante | Sabados Alegres | Sabados Gigantes | Samy | Sissy | Sábado Gigante | Sábados Alegres | Sábados Gigantes | TV station | Tele Once | Telemundo | Television/Stations | Television channel | Television network | Television station | Television stations | US/Media | Vasiliy Jirov | Vassiliy Jirov | WUVC-TV
|
