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TelevisaUnivision And DirecTV Reach Multi-Year Carriage Renewal, Expanding Distribution To New Pay-TV Packages
TelevisaUnivision and DirecTV have reached a multi-year carriage renewal, expanding their distribution agreement to encompass new pay-TV packages.
The deal provides the roughly 11 million customers of DirecTV with networks from the Hispanic media giant, including Univision, UniMás, TUDN and Galavisión, as well as owned and operated local stations. DirecTV and Disney clashed last September and 11 million customers lost access to ABC, ESPN and other channels at the start of the college and NFL football season. “Whether it’s news, live sports, telenovelas and general entertainment, local civic affairs or any of itsother key genres, TelevisaUnivision is synonymous with some of the very best in Spanish-languageprogramming,” said Rob Thun, Chief Content Officer at DirecTV.
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