Univision and Verizon Announce Multi-Year Carriage Agreement

Univision and Verizon Announce Multi-Year Carriage Agreement

NEW YORK, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Univision Communications Inc., the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States, announced today that it has secured a multi-year carriage agreement with Verizon's FiOS TV.

The agreement includes continued carriage of Univision's owned and operated broadcast stations; affiliated stations owned and operated by Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE:EVC) and Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSCI); and distribution of the cable network, Galavision, and the network feeds for Univision and TeleFutura.

The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Verizon's FiOS TV is the only all-digital TV service delivered by a major provider over an advanced fiber network straight to customers' homes and businesses.

Univision Communications is a leading integrated media company in the U.S., with one of the top five television networks in America regardless of language -- which is the No. 1 Spanish-language broadcast television network; the No. 1 television station in the country regardless of language; the No. 1 Spanish-language cable network; the No. 1 Spanish-language radio group and the No. 1 U.S. Spanish-language Internet portal.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Interactive Media, which includes http://www.univision.com/, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S., and Univision Movil, the industry's most comprehensive Spanish-language suite of mobile offerings. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net/

Source: Univision Communications Inc.

CONTACT: Monica Talan, Univision, +1-212-455-5331, mtalan@univision.net

Web site: http://www.univision.com/
http://www.univision.net/

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