Thursday, January 12, 2012

Univision adds new networks

Univision has landed its first distribution deal, with Dish Network, for three new cable networks set to launch on April 1 this year.  The flagship sports network, Univision Deportes will launch first, offering games from top Mexican soccer teams and other content from a Mexican sports channel..  Next to launch will be an all-novela network, building on the extensive and popular programming base for the long form drama series.  A 24/7 Spanish-language news channel will follow, hoping to take advantage of the U.S. election campaign as it starts to heat up.  Univision also announced programming deals that will enable it to add a second sports channel later in the year.  As part of the deal, Univision will make the novelas and other Spanish-language movie content available for Dish's Blockbuster@Home video-on-demand service.  The deal also calls for Dish to include retrs-consent payments for Dish carriage of Univision and Telefutura local TV stations.

Source:  Univision Lands First Carriage Deal For New Networks, MediaDailyNews

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