Televisa facts for kids
For the Venezuelan television network, see Televisa (Venezuela).
| Sociedad Anónima Bursátil | |
| Traded as | BMV: TLEVISA NYSE: TV |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Predecessor | Telesistema Mexicano (1955) Television Independiente de Mexico (1965) |
| Founded | January 8, 1973 |
| Founder | Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta |
| Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Emilio Azcárraga Jean (CEO), Ervin Azcárraga Jean, Bernardo Gómez Martínez, Alfonso de Angoitia, José Bastón Patiño |
| Products | Broadcasting, cable TV, radio, publishing, Internet |
| Revenue |  US $5.3 billion (2012) |
| US$ 672.7 million (2012) |
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Number of employees
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24,362 |
| Subsidiaries | Televisa Interactive Sky México (58.7%) |
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (Spanish pronunciation: [teleˈβisa]) is a Mexican multimedia mass media company and the largest in Hispanic America and the Spanish-speaking world. and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract in the Univision (Latin America tv channel).
Channels
- Las Estrellas
- Foro TV
- El Canal 5*
- Gala TV
Other channels
- Tiin
- Golden
- Golden Edge
- Golden Premier
- Ritmoson Latino
- Telehit
- TLNovelas
Noticieros Televisa
- Noticieros Televisa is the news division of Grupo Televisa, which produces national and local news for Televisa's TV channels and local stations across Mexico.
It is headed by Leopoldo Gómez, the Vice President of News for Televisa.
Images for kids
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Logo of Telesistema Mexicano, one of the two networks that fused to become Televisa in 1973
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Protest before a Televisa truck in the Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico city, July 8, 2006.
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Televisa facilities in Torreón, Coahuila, MEX.
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Previous logo of Televisa (1973-2000). It was designed by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez. In 2001, it was re-designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mexican television. The logo represents a human eye looking at the world through a television screen. It retains the original logo's yellow and orange colors that contrast with a dark blue background while the center of the logo is a sphere that represents the known contemporary world with its focus on communications, specifically television.
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