Searchlight and ForgeLight complete acquisition of Univision following FCC approval, with Wade Davis becoming CEO
The Univision ownership change is now complete.
The Univision ownership change is now complete.
Spanish-language coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final Sunday averaged 2.05 million viewers on Univision and TUDN, a 41 percent jump over their coverage last year.
Univision will broadcast all of the remaining 2019-20 UEFA Champions League matches across their broadcast and cable channels.
Univision will overlay footage from fans' home video setups on the empty lower bowls of Liga MX stadiums.
The UEFA Champions League will remain on TUDN for three more years.
Univision changed hands for $13.7 billion in 2007, but seems set to go for $10 billion or less this time around.
The average audience of 411,000 viewers for Combate Americas beat broadcasts from Bellator, ONE Championship, and the PFL.
"If you had $1 billion, that is probably not enough money to compete with the UFC; they're so established and they're so good at what they do. I didn't want to recreate that. Combate, my feeling is very different; I think it's reinventing MMA."
"We see value in us being the leader in soccer regardless of language."
Univision bought the Gawker properties for $135 million in bankruptcy proceedings in August 2016, and is now looking to sell them and more.
A notable part of this fight is about Univision's direct-to-consumer streaming service, Univision Now.
Univision and Gizmodo Media allege that R.J. Bell and Charles Harder are seeking to silence reporters.
Univision is being sued for providing a free English stream of its Liga MX games on Facebook.