Azteca America Adds Time Warner Cable in Laredo, Brownsville-McAllen, El Paso, San Antonio and Corpus Christi

Azteca America Adds Time Warner Cable in Laredo, Brownsville-McAllen, El Paso, San Antonio and Corpus Christi

LOS ANGELES, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Azteca America, the fastest-growing Hispanic television network of the United States, announced today that its programming is available on the Time Warner Cable systems in Laredo, Brownsville-McAllen, El Paso, San Antonio and Corpus Christi, effective since June 1.

"These cable carriage agreements are expected to represent considerable gains in our cable coverage, and consolidate our presence in Texas," said Luis J. Echarte, Chairman of Azteca America. "This is a tribute to the tenacity and business sense of our friends at Una Vez Mas and Time Warner."

The Brownsville-McAllen, San Antonio and Corpus Christi markets correspond to existing over-the-air stations KNDF, KVDF and KYDF. The Laredo and El Paso markets are new to Azteca America. The signals are available to consumers through Time Warner's basic cable service. All markets are operated by Azteca America's Una Vez Mas affiliate station group.

"We continue to consolidate our operations in Texas because it's a primary target for Una Vez Mas and a natural market for Azteca America," said Terry Crosby, CEO of Una Vez Mas. The station group currently has 17 stations with Azteca America, making it the largest affiliate station group of the network.

About Azteca America

Azteca America is the fastest-growing Hispanic network in the United States. The network is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television content in the world. Azteca America currently has presence in 48 Hispanic markets, including: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, San Antonio, Phoenix, Brownsville-McAllen, Albuquerque, San Diego, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, El Paso, Fresno-Visalia, Denver, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Tampa, Austin, Tucson, Corpus Christi, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Hartford, Monterey-Salinas, Bakersfield, Portland, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Salt Lake City, Laredo, Colorado Springs, Odessa, Santa Barbara, Lubbock, Amarillo, Palm Springs, Naples-Ft. Myers, Yakima, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Reno, Boise, Omaha, Victoria, Chattanooga and Charleston.

For more information, visit http://www.aztecaamerica.com/corporate.

About Una Vez Mas

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Dallas, Una Vez Mas is Azteca America's largest affiliate group currently with stations in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, McAllen- Brownsville, Las Vegas, Laredo, Lubbock, Odessa, Phoenix, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, Tampa and Tucson. Una Vez Mas' current station line-up delivers over 20% of the total U.S. Hispanic buying power.

Visit: http://www.uvmtv.net/.

Source: Azteca America

CONTACT: Daniel McCosh of Azteca America, +011-5255-1720-0059, or
dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com; or Nora Crosby of Una Vez Mas, +1-214-754-7008,
ext. 203, noracrosby@uvmtv.com

Web site: http://www.aztecaamerica.com/
http://www.aztecaamerica.com/corporate
http://www.uvmtv.net/

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