Televisa
Mexican multimedia mass media company
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| 2024 | Televisa begins the process of acquiring AT&T's controlling stake in Sky México, pending regulatory approval. |
| 2024 | Emilio Azcárraga takes an administrative leave due to a United States Department of Justice investigation into broadcasting rights for FIFA tournaments. |
| February 20 2024 | Televisa completes spin-off of gambling and sports operations into a new company called Ollamani. |
| 2023 | Televisa announces plans to spin off its gambling and sports operations into a separate company. |
| January 31 2022 | The transaction with Univision Communications was completed, with Televisa retaining a 45% stake in the new company. |
| January 24 2022 | The American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves the Televisa-Univision merger. |
| September 15 2021 | Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) approves the sale of Televisa's content assets to Univision. |
| April 13 2021 | Televisa announces the sale of its content assets to Univision Communications, planning to merge their media operations into a new company called TelevisaUnivision. |
| 2017 | Televisa sold its content assets to Univision, marking a major shift in the company's media distribution strategy. |
| 2017 | The company initiated a spin-off process for its gambling, publishing, and sports-related assets, restructuring its business focus. |
| October 2017 | The long-standing family ownership and leadership pattern was broken, marking a significant transition in the company's corporate governance. |
| October 2017 | Emilio Azcárraga Jean renounces leadership of Televisa, marking the first time a non-Azcárraga family member will lead the company, in response to declining viewership and changing media landscape. |
| September 2017 | Televisa was accused of spreading fake news during the Puebla earthquake relief efforts, which involved fabricating stories about rescue operations and donations that misled the public about the actual situation on the ground. |
| September 21 2017 | Mexican Navy officials publicly confirmed that the Frida Sofia story was entirely false, criticizing Televisa for spreading fake news and distracting rescue teams during the earthquake aftermath. |
| September 19 2017 | Televisa reported a false story about a 12-year-old girl named Frida Sofia being trapped in earthquake debris during the 7.1 magnitude Mexico City earthquake, which was later proven to be fabricated. |
| November 21 2016 | Televisa released the telenovela 'La candidata', which was speculated to be a politically motivated storyline designed to favor Margarita Zavala in the upcoming 2018 elections by portraying a fictional narrative resembling her political aspirations, while potentially undermining Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidential campaign. |
| September 11 2016 | During a live television news broadcast of 'Monterrey al Dia', Televisa news reporter Karla Minaya was caught on record suggesting to minimize coverage of Nuevo León governor Jaime 'El Bronco' Rodríguez Calderón, revealing potential political bias against the potential 2018 presidential candidate. |
| January 2016 | Televisa introduced new branding, including an updated version of its 1973 logo and new slogan 'Tu companía, tu más'. |
| 2014 | The film 'The Perfect Dictatorship', directed by Luis Estrada, was released as a black-comedy critiquing Televisa's perceived political favoritism towards the PRI and media manipulation in Mexico. |
| September 2014 | Grupo Salinas acquired Televisa's 50 percent stake in Iusacell, Mexico's third largest wireless operator, for $717 million. |
| August 2014 | Televisa announced acquisition of remaining shares in Mexican cable firm Cablecom for approximately $653.96 million. |
| August 23 2012 | 18 alleged Televisa employees were arrested in Nicaragua on charges of international drug trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering. Six company vans with production equipment were seized, along with $9.2 million in cash. Televisa claimed the detainees were not company employees and that vehicle documents were falsified. |
| May 19 2012 | Nation-wide 'Marchas Anti-Peña' (Rallies Against-Peña) were held in multiple cities including D.F., Guadalajara, Monterrey, and others. Protesters accused Televisa of biased news coverage favoring Enrique Peña Nieto's political campaign, claiming the media company was actively helping him win the election through intense coverage of his activities as Governor of Estado de Mexico. |
| 2011 | Televisa began extensive media coverage of the arrest and incarceration of Chiapas ex-governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia, who was accused of multiple crimes. During an interview with journalist Carmen Aristegui, Rafael Loret de Mola discussed potential political prosecution and highlighted a legal document showing a connection between news anchor Adela Micha Zaga and Salazar Mendiguchia involving a real estate transaction. |
| 2011 | Televisa began airing reports criticizing Carlos Slim Helu's Telmex and America Movil (Telcel), alleging monopolistic practices in national cellular phone service, including claims of customer overcharging and excessive interconnection fees. |
| 2011 | Televisa began airing a series of controversial reports targeting Grupo Reforma's classified advertisements, implying connections to potential crimes like human trafficking and sexual slavery. This was believed to be a retaliatory action stemming from complex media and telecommunications disputes. |
| 2010 | Televisa, in collaboration with TV Azteca, aired news reports alleging that businessman Isaac Saba Raffoul held a monopoly in pharmaceutical distribution, which was believed to be a response to Saba's potential business partnership with General Electric to create a third national television network that could challenge Televisa's market share. |
| October 2010 | Televisa acquired a 5% stake in Univision and extended their program license agreement, expanding rights to include Internet and mobile platforms, and covering key Mexican football (soccer) broadcasting rights through at least 2020. |
| July 16 2010 | Televisa sold its stake in Volaris airline on this date. |
| January 2010 | Televisa announced an offer to acquire a 30% stake in Nextel Mexico from NII Holdings for US$1.44 billion, but subsequently terminated the agreement. |
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