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Univision-Televisa trial begins

April 28, 2008 by Veronica Villafañe

The court battle between Univision and Televisa starts tomorrow. Grupo Televisa claims in a suit filed three years ago Univision cheated the Mexican company out of more than $100 million in royalties. At stake: breaking up a programming partnership that makes Univision the ratings leader among Spanish-language viewers in the U.S.

According to the L.A. Times, Univision last year generated $538 million in advertising from Televisa programming. Their net revenue was $2.1 billion. Univision paid Televisa about $145 million in license fees.

Televisa seeks to end its long-term programming agreement, currently set to expire December 2017. This would allow Televisa to charge higher fees for its shows…. or explore selling its programming elsewhere in the U.S.

Univision was purchased last year by a group of investors for $13.7-billion dollars.

It’s estimated the trial could last 4 weeks, with Televisa CEO Emilio Azcárraga Jean and other executives from both sides testifying.

Filed Under: TV & Radio Tagged With: Televisa, trial, Univision

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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