History

2010

The world's leading Spanish-language media companies - Univision Communications Inc. and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. - announced an agreement in which Televisa will make a substantial investment in Univision and the long-term Program License Agreement (PLA) between the two companies will be expanded and extended. As a result, Televisa and Univision will enhance their respective business potential and value creation opportunities.(Press Release)
Televisa Networks enhances portfolio offer launching a news pay-TV channel: Foro TV.

2009

Televisa converts its long-term notes into 99.99% of the equity of Alvafig, which holds 49% of the voting equity of Cablemás, the second-largest cable company in Mexico based on number of subscribers and homes passed.
Televisa Networks and Televisa Deportes offer a new option in pay-TV initially in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean: Televisa Deportes Network (TDN). A new sports specialized pay-TV channel that offers 24-hour-a-day programming 365 days a year.
Sky continues to expand through out Central America and the Dominican Republic launching operations in El Salvador and Honduras.

2008

Televisa converts its long-term notes into 99.99% of the equity of Alvafig, which holds 49% of the voting equity of Cablemás, the second-largest cable company in Mexico based on number of subscribers and homes passed. (Press Release)
Televisa and NBC Universal's Telemundo, a U.S.-based producer of innovative Spanish-language content for Hispanics in the United States and around the world, enter into a strategic alliance agreement to distribute Telemundo content in Mexico across multiple platforms including broadcast TV, pay-TV and emerging digital platforms. (Press Release)
Sky continues to expand through out Central America and the Dominican Republic launching operations in Nicaragua, Panamá and Guatemala.

2007

Sky launches operations in Central America, closing the year with 33 thousand subscribers in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
Cablestar acquires the majority of the assets of Bestel. Cablestar is owned 70% by Empresas Cablevision, in which Televisa owns a 51% stake; 15% by Televisión Internacional; and 15% by Cablemás. (Press Release)
Televisa acquires 99.9% of the shares of Editorial Atlántida, the leading magazine publishing company in Argentina. (Press Release)
The Ministry of Communications and Transportation granted Televisa's subsidiary Empresas Cablevisión a concession to offer fixed telephony services through its network. Cablevision began offering triple play services the next year. (Press Release)

2006

Televisa changes its Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) ratio from 1 GDR per 20 Certificados de Participación Ordinarios (CPOs) to 1 GDR per 5 CPOs, a 1:4 GDR split. This ratio change was effective for holders of record on February 27, 2006. The effective date for the ratio change was March 22, 2006. (Press Release)
Televisa acquire a 50% interest in Televisión Internacional, a cable television company with a license to operate in the city of Monterrey and other areas in northern Mexico.