Univision Communications

Univision Communications is an American Spanish language media company in the United States. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.^[1] Prior to 2007,^[2] the headquarters were in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA.^[3][4]

History

Univision Communications, Inc. was founded in 1992 by businessman A. Jerrold Perenchio, Televisa and Venevision when the Univision Network was acquired from Hallmark Cards.

From September 1996 to April 2007, Univision Communications, Inc. traded in the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol UVN.

In 2001, Univision acquired USA Broadcasting, the station group of USA Networks, which included 13 full-power television stations. Most of these stations became part of a new network called TeleFutura. Others joined Univision.

In March 2007, Univision Communications, Inc. was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. which includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc., TPG Capital, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and Saban Capital Group Inc.^[5]

In May 2008, Univision Music Group was sold to Universal Music Group and combined with its latin label to become Universal Music Latin Entertainment.

Properties

• Univision Network
• Telefutura Network
• Galavision
• Univision Radio
• Univision Interactive Media
• Univision Music Group (2001–2008)
• Univision Television Group
• Telelatino (50%)
• Telefutura Television Group
• TuTV (50% with Televisa)

Univision-owned television stations

Notes:
1) ** -- Indicates a station owned by Univision prior to the formation of Univision Communications in 1992;
2) ++ -- Indicates a station owned by USA Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Univision in 2001;

Footnotes:

• ¹ These stations are owned by Univision, but are operated by Entravision Communications under local marketing agreements.
• ² WQHS is the only network-owned station bordering Canada. It is also one of only two stations near the Canadian border. The other station, KUNS-TV in Seattle, Washington, is third-party owned. However, neither the network nor either of the two stations are available on cable or satellite in Canada due to foreign broadcast restrictions established by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
• ³ WLII and WSUR were taken over by Univision in 2002, but this was under a local marketing agreement with Raycom Media until Univision bought the stations outright in 2005.
• ⁴ WSTE was taken over by Univision in 2002, but this was via WLII's local marketing agreement with Siete Grande Television (and in turn Univision's LMA with Raycom until 2005). Univision bought WSTE outright in 2007.
• ⁵ KUTH is owned by Univision, but was operated by Equity Media Holdings under a local marketing agreement until Univision took full control of the station in 2009.
• ⁶ KNIC is the only station to be built and signed-on by Univision Communications.

Corporate governance

Executive Officers

• Randy Falco, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Cesar Conde, Univision Networks President and Chief Operating Officer
• Andrew W. Hobson, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Strategic Officer
• C. Douglas Kranwinkle, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
• Peter H. Lori, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Board of Directors

• Zaid F. Alsikafi, Director - Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
• Alfonso de Angoitia, Executive Vice President - Grupo Televisa
• David Bonderman, Founding Partner – TPG Capital, L.P.
• Adam Chesnoff, President and Chief Operating Officer - Saban Capital Group, Inc.
• Henry Cisneros, Executive Chairman - CityView
• Michael P. Cole, Director - Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
• Kelvin L. Davis, Partner - TPG Capital, L.P.
• Randy Falco, President and Chief Executive Officer, Univision
• Michael N. Gray, Principal - Providence Equity Partners
• Gloria Estefan, Vice-President - Estefan Enterprises
• Emilio Azcarraga Jean, Chairman of the Board and CEO - Grupo Televisa
• Randy Falco, President and CEO - Univision
• Mark J. Masiello, Managing Director - Providence Equity Partners
• Jonathan M. Nelson, Chief Executive Officer - Providence Equity Partners
• James N. Perry, Managing Director - Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
• David Trujillo, Principal - TPG Capital, L.P.
• Enrique F. Senior Hernandez, Managing Director - Allen & Company
• Haim Saban, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - Saban Capital Group, Inc.

References

External links

• Corporate site
• Univision.com