Televisa, Univision to Merge, Forming Spanish-Language Media Powerhouse

Two of the biggest Spanish-language media companies in the world are planning to merge.

Mexico's Televisa and Univision are set to combine media, production and content into a new company to be called Televisa-Univision, the two announced Tuesday. Univision will pay about $4.8 billion for Televisa's content assets. Univision CEO Wade Davis will hold the same title at the combined company, with Televisa co-CEO Alfonso de Angoitia serving as executive chairman of the board. Televisa will have the largest stake in the new venture, holding 45 percent equity.

The merger will be partly financed by $1 billion of new Series C preferred equity investment led by SoftBank's Latin American Fund, along with current Univision investor ForgeLight LLC, Google and The Raine Group; and $2.1 billion of debt commitments arranged by J.P. Morgan.The merger would create the largest Spanish-language media company in the world with bases in the two biggest Spanish-speaking markets: Mexico and the United States.

"This strategic combination generates significant value for shareholders of both companies and will allow us to more efficiently reach all Spanish-language audiences with more of our programming," said Emilio Azcárraga, executive chairman of the Televisa board of directors."Together, Televisa-Univision can more aggressively pursue innovation and growth through digital platforms as the industry continues to evolve.

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