NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of
Directors of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. ("Televisa" or the "Company";
NYSE:TV; BMV:TLEVISA CPO) today announced the appointment of
Bernardo Gomez and Alfonso de
Angoitia as co-Chief Executive Officers of Televisa, reporting to
the Board of Directors. Emilio Azcárraga Jean will continue to lead
the long term strategy of the firm as Executive Chairman of the
Board. In addition, Mr. Azcárraga will continue to have direct
responsibility for Televisa's soccer business, including the
America soccer team, as well as for Fundación Televisa. These
changes will take effect on January 1,
2018.
Full press release with additional information is available in
the company's corporate website at www.televisair.com.
About Grupo Televisa
Televisa is a leading media company in the Spanish-speaking
world, an important cable operator in Mexico and an operator of a leading
direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico. Televisa distributes the content it
produces through several broadcast channels in Mexico and in over 50 countries through 26
pay-tv brands, and television networks, cable operators and
over-the-top or "OTT" services. In the
United States, Televisa's audiovisual content is distributed
through Univision Communications Inc. ("Univision") the leading
media company serving the Hispanic market. Univision broadcasts
Televisa's audiovisual content through multiple platforms in
exchange for a royalty payment. In addition, Televisa has equity
and warrants which upon their exercise would represent
approximately 36% on a fully-diluted, as-converted basis of the
equity capital in Univision Holdings, Inc., the controlling company
of Univision. Televisa's cable business offers integrated services,
including video, high-speed data and voice services to residential
and commercial customers as well as managed services to domestic
and international carriers through five cable Multiple System
Operators in Mexico. Televisa owns
a majority interest in Sky, a leading direct-to-home satellite pay
television system in Mexico,
operating also in the Dominican
Republic and Central
America. Televisa also has interests in magazine publishing
and distribution, radio production and broadcasting, professional
sports and live entertainment, feature-film production and
distribution, and gaming.
Investor Relations:
Carlos
Madrazo / Tel: (52 55) 5261 2445 /
cmadrazov@televisa.com.mx
Santiago Casado / Tel: (52
55) 5261 2438 / scasado@televisa.com.mx
Media Relations:
Alejandro
Olmos / Tel: (52 55) 4438 1205 /
aolmosc@televisa.com.mx
María Eugenia Zurita / Tel:
(52 55) 52 24 63 60 / mezurita@televisa.com.mx
www.televisair.com
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SOURCE Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.