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Univision and Televisa Expand Relationship to Invest in Programming and Distribution

The increased ownership of Univision by Televisa starts to manifest itself as the two, slowly, start to merge operations/roles to drive synergies. https://www.portada-online.com/2017/01/17/univision-and-televisa-expand-relationship-to-invest-in-programming-and-distribution/

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