UniMÃÆ'¡s (styled as Union MÃÆ' S , and was originally known as TeleFutura since it was launched on January 14, 2002 to January 7, 2013) is a Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision Communications. Network programming, aimed at Hispanic Americans in the 18-34 age range, including telenovela and other serial drama series, sports, sitcoms, reruns of imported series aired on Univision's parent network, reality series and diversity, and features released theatrical film (mainly consisting of an American version of a movie dubbed in Spanish).
The network is operated from the Univision headquarters in South Florida on the outskirts of Miami, Doral, Florida. Since its launch, the network has made major breakthroughs in overall and demographic audiences, eventually ranking as Spain's second highest-rated Spanish language network in the key day section, behind only the Univision sister network, by 2012.
UniMÃÆ'¡s is available on cable and satellite television in most of the United States, with local stations in over 40 markets with large Hispanic and Latino populations. Most of these stations rely on content from the main network programming feed, which offers limited to no exclusive local programming. Univision's Chief Operating Officer, Randy Falco has overseen network operations since his appointment in position by the company on June 29, 2011.
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Origins
The network traces its origins to the acquisition of Home Shopping Network by Barry Diller in November 1995 and its broadcasting arm Silver King Communications, which has an affiliated HSN television station in some of the larger media markets. In June 1998, renamed USA Broadcasting (which had been incorporated into Diller's United States Network in 1997) launched a customized independent station format, "CityVision", which injects syndication programs - including some produced by sister production unit Studios USA which also aired nationally on the USA Network - with a limited number of local entertainment and magazine programs (reminiscent of the format used by CITY-TV in Toronto and more clearly, the shared station that became the Citytv outlet charter, when CHUM Limited expanded the format to another Canadian market as a television system in 2002). The Miami US outlet, WYHS-TV, serves as a test station for the format, revokes the rights of HSN and transforms into a public entertainment outlet under the new WAMI-TV call letter.
In September 2000, USA Broadcasting expanded the third of the thirteen other HSN entertainment outlets - with several stations adopting a summons calling their common nickname - WHOT-TV (now WUVG-DT) in Atlanta, KSTR-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth and WHUB-TV (now WUTF-DT) in Boston. Before the group could convert the proposed proposals from other stations to independent stations, USA Networks announced that it would sell television group groups in the summer of 2000, to focus on cable networks and television production properties. Among the prospective buyers for the thirteen stations are The Walt Disney Company (which will create a duopoly with ABC-owned and operated stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston); Univision Communications bought Broadcasting USA station for $ 1.1 billion on December 7, 2000; the sale was completed on 21 May 2001.
As TeleFutura
On May 15, 2001, during Univision's initial presentation, Univision Communications announced its intention to form an unnamed secondary television network that would compete with the recently launched Univision, Telemundo and Azteca Amà © à © rica. The organization's plan for the network called for a former Broadcasting USA station recently acquired to serve as the core of the network, with its program serving bilingual Latin with a preference for watching English-language television programs, as well as young adult males between the ages of 18 and 34 who rarely watch television Spanish in addition to sports events; Univision executives expect the network to reach 80% of all Hispanic and Latin households across the US that have at least one television set at launch. Although Univision retained the dominant market share among the Spanish-speaking Spanish network (holding 83% of Latin audience share during prime time at the time), Univision Communications executives did not believe that the second network would result in the cannibalization of a major network of shares.
On July 31, 2001, Univision announced that TeleFutura would be the name for the new network, with the chairman of Communications Univision and chief executive officer A. Jerrold Perenchio noted the name was suggested in part by two company employees to "represent...] The future of Spanish-language television ". Univision continued to run nine HSN affiliates and four independent stations as an English-speaking outlet for several months after the purchase of Broadcasting USA.
TeleFutura was officially launched at 7:00 pm. Eastern Time on January 14, 2002, debuted initially on 18 Univision stations (consisting of twelve former US Broadcasting stations - additional stations, WQHS-TV in Cleveland, converted into a master station operated and operated by others, Univision instead it will bring UniMa on sub-channels) - and the other six acquired by Univision Communications thereafter) and 24 affiliates owned by other companies. Initial programming on the network - the opposite to offer a different program that does not directly compete with events that aired on Univision - including EscÃÆ'¡ndalo TV ("Scandal TV"; the program was originally titled EscÃÆ'¡ ndalo en el Medio Dia , before being changed due to the same Mexican program produced by Televisa), a three-hour gossip/entertainment program designed to compete with similar news magazines such as Telemundo's Cotorreando and running on the network until October 2011); and the monica talk show Monica .
The remainder of the TeleFutura program consists of imported telenovela from a Latin American production company where Univision maintains a programming agreement including Televisa, Venevisi, Coral Productions, RCTV, RCN and Rede Globo, which aired only in the afternoon on the day of its release. Evenings and weekends consist primarily of feature films, which consist exclusively from Spanish prints about American releases from the 1980s onwards, as part of the umbrella featuring "CinePlex" (for daytime movies, usually aired at the end week), "CinEscape" (for late night film), "Cine Especial" (for a special film presentation) or "Cine de las Estrellas" (for prime time film). The network also features sports news and updates during prime time, as well as several sports programs and events including Contacto Deportivo ("Sports Contact"), an hour-long sports news program for an hour; a weekly boxing match on Friday night; and football matches from the MX League on the afternoon weekend.
On June 27, 2006, Univision Communications was acquired by Broadcasting Media Partners Inc. - a consortium of investment companies led by Sabim Capital Group owned by Haim Saban (who previously owned Saban Entertainment up to sale to The Walt Disney Company in June 2001). , as part of the sales of Fox Family Worldwide News Corporation), TPG Capital, LP, Providence Equity Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, and Thomas H. Lee Partners - for $ 12.3 billion (increased to $ 13.7 billion or $ 36, 25 per share on closing sales), plus a $ 1.4 billion debt assumption. The sale received federal approval and was officially enhanced on 27 March 2007.
During the sweeping period of February 2007, according to Nielsen Media Research, TeleFutura made significant gains in views at the expense of Telemundo, which aired for second place among major Spanish-language networks in key demographics Adults 18-34, Men 18 -34 and Men 18-49. On February 26, 2010, TeleFutura once again ranked as the second-largest Spanish-speaking network in the United States and earned the highest rank for special entertainment in network history, with the final of the reality competition series Buscando La Doble de Selena (" Search Selena Double "), which attracted 1.9 million total viewers. TeleFutura completes 2012 as the youngest broadcast network with an average age of 36 years and completes an average 642,000 viewers aged 2 years and over. It also ranks as the second-highest Spanish-language network in 2012 in the prime days between Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.
Relaunch as UniMa
On December 3, 2012, Univision Communications announced that it would launch TeleFutura as UniMÃÆ'¡s - loosely translated as "Univision Plus", to highlight its relationship with its parent network, Univision - with the redefinition of programs to attract more men Latin between the ages of 12 and 35 years. The altered network will feature programs imported from Televisa, Caracol TelevisiÃÆ'³n and RTI Colombia in Mexico and Colombia (the latter two competing with RCN in the Colombian domestic market), which has retained the old program and production agreements with rival Telemundo, through a hit contract. months before re-launch; it will also increase its dependence on sports content for its weekend itinerary.
The brand new logo and identity, which debuted at 5 am CST on January 7, 2013 (exactly one week before the network's 11th anniversary), was made in collaboration with the Troika Design Group brand company. As part of a campaign to announce the launch, Univision Communications is launching an extensive advertising campaign for UniMa that includes promotional sites, digital ads, print ads, and outdoor advertising in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami. The network primed time was changed to showcase several new serial dramas formatted from grittier properties rather than the romance-themed telenovela produced by Televisa that airs on Univision to attract male viewers including the adaptation of Colombia Breaking Bad , MetÃÆ'¡stasis ; drama crime Made in Cartagena and Ã,¿QuiÃÆ' Â © n Eres TÃÆ'º? ("Breach"); and Cloroformo boxing drama ("Chloroform"), which was among the first premiered network offerings.
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Programming
UniMÃÆ'¡s operates on a schedule of a 126 hour programming network, which has been maintained since it was launched as TeleFutura in January 2002. It provides a public entertainment program for stations owned and operated and affiliated every day from 6:00 am to 1:00 pm. Eastern and Pacific Time. Two separate children's programming blocks known as "Toonturama" and "Toonturama Junior" - featuring programs that fit the FCC education programming requirements - air for five hours every Saturday at 7:00 am Eastern and Pacific Time. All other time periods are filled with infomercials.
As TeleFutura, this network features a wide range of programming, which consists of telenovela, sports, movies, entertainment news magazines, comedy series (such as Ã,¡QuÃÆ' Â © Locura! ("What Madness! ") And Chespirito ), game show (such as Family Feud adaptation Ã,¿QuÃÆ' Â © dice la gente? (" What People Say ? ") and 100 Mexicanos Dijeron (" One Hundred Mexican People Say "))) and various series (such as Pepsi MÃÆ'ºsica (" Pepsi Music ") and Sabadazo i>). In January 2009, TeleFutura launched a daily gossip event La Tijera , hosted by Charitin Goyco, Liliana Rodriguez, Paul Bouche, Carolina Sandoval and Augusto Valverde. The hosting staff gradually changed for two years to include Tanya Charry, Raul Garcia, Anabelle Blum and Rodolfo Jimenez joining Sandoval; the show was canceled in October 2011. On October 10, 2011, La Tujera was replaced by the daily gossip show TÃÆ'³mbola , while the network also debuted on the noche talk show at night Noche de Perros ; due to low ratings, Tombola was canceled on January 17, 2012, followed by Noche de Perros three months later on April 20th.
Currently, the majority of the UniMa program consists of telenovela and the series produced by Televisa (the majority comes from the company's main network in Mexico, Canal de las Estrellas), Caracol Television and RTI Colombia; some of the Televisa program sourced from the network (including Casos de FamÃÆ'lia ("Family Case") and El Chavo del 8 ) were also previously aired on Univision's parent network, many of which had aired on the network for years before it was broadcast on UniMÃÆ'¡s. It also carries a number of moderate first-run original programming produced by Univision Studios' s brother production units, including the Veredicto Final reality show and the NBA Zone sports magazine program.
In particular, UniMa is to replace Telemundo as a US Spanish broadcaster from Miss Universe and the Miss USA contest through an agreement with the Miss Universe Organization signed on 5 February 2015. However, Univision Communications chose to waive rights to two parades on June 25 of that year, as part of his decision to break the business relationship with co-owner of Miss Universe Organization at that time Donald Trump in response to a controversial statement he made during a June 16 speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination nominee in which Trump stated that the Mexicans who immigrated to The US is responsible for the transport of illegal drugs, bringing criminals, rapists and drug dealers into the country, and calls for the construction of a wall along the Mexican-American border. Termination of the agreement caused Trump and the Miss Universe Organization to jointly file a breach of contract and defamation against the United Nations in the New York Union on June 30, 2015, seeking $ 500 million in damages.
News programming
The only public news program aired on the network for its debut date on October 17, 2005, when TeleFutura began broadcasting En Vivo y Directo ("Live and Direct"), midnight half-hour news broadcast broadcasted at 7 nights Eastern Time (as opposed to the 4:00 pm news program on the sister network GalavisiÃÆ'³n) featuring in-depth analysis of news affecting the US Hispanic community. The program was canceled in April 2006 due to low ratings, replacing newscasts with movies.
As UniMa, on September 20, 2015, the network began airing Fusion Presenta (Fusion Presents), a weekly Sunday night block consisting of Spanish versions of the original document series that aired on the English-language Fusion cable sister network. In November 2015, the network also began to simulate the Univision's endowment, Noticiero Univision EdiciÃÆ'³n Nocturna at night, when Univision started some simulcasting efforts to maximize its rankings, including having the opening program Contacto Deportivo aired both on Univision and Univision Deportes Network to compete with major English broadcast and ESPN Deportes Spanish version of ESPN SportsCenter .
Sports programming
Through its relationship with Univision sports division, Univision Deportes (which is also responsible for sports content production at GalavisiÃÆ'³n and Univision Deportes Network special cable-satellite sports channel), UniMa broadcasts an association football match of the MX League (which has aired since the beginning of the network in January 2002) and Major League Soccer. The network also broadcast the most weekly boxing game Friday for most of its history; as TeleFutura, the network debuted a new weekly boxing, SÃÆ'³lo boxeo , on April 30, 2010.
The network also serves as an additional Spanish announcer of the FIFA Women and FIFA World Cup through Univision Communications's exclusive contract with FIFA for the right of Spanish-language television to the tournament ending in 2014 (Telemundo and NBC Universo assume the contract starts with the 2015 Women's World Cup). As TeleFutura, he brings eight straight games during the 2006 FIFA Women's World Cup, all happening during the final days of the group playing when multiple games are played simultaneously (in the same capacity that ESPN2 presented to ESPN English copyright holders); the network also broadcast replays of tournaments and World Cup recapitulation events. In 2007, TeleFutura gained exclusive rights to broadcast the weekly Major League Soccer game on Sunday afternoons; his relationship with the league was expanded in 2012, when the network aired the MLS Cup, which was watched by 485,000 viewers (a 58% increase from the 2011 final and a 109% increase from the 2010 final, both aired in GalavisiÃÆ'³n).
After changing the image to UniMa, the network increased sports offerings with events such as football matches from the Mexican National Team and MX League, and the right to the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013, the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 and Copa Amà © rica Centenario, along with the Cup FIFA World 2014. TeleFutura shows carried over to the re-launched Union including sports programs such as Solo Boxeo and evening sports news program Contacto Deportivo (which will eventually move to Univision after twelve years ). year run at TeleFutura/UniMÃÆ'¡s on March 8, 2015). On November 1, 2014, UniMa began broadcasting a re-release of El Rey Network free style wrestling showcase Lucha Underground on Saturday afternoon. On May 3, 2015, the network debuted with the weekly sports magazine program NBA Zone ("NBA Zone"), displaying news and interviews from around the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Children programming
For much of its history, most of TeleFutura/UniMa's children's programs come from live-action and animation programs from American and international producers, mostly consisting of series-produced versions produced in English (including Bob the Builder) >, Stories from Cryptkeeper and The Dumb Bunnies ).
When the network was launched in 2002, TeleFutura launched three blocks of children's programs aimed at different audiences: "Mi Tele" ("My TV"), a two hour animated block on a weekday morning featuring a mixture of imported Spanish-language cartoons such as Fantaghiro and El Nuevo Mundo de los Gnomos ("The New World of Gnomes"); and two blocks of weekend mornings, "Toonturama", a three-hour line featuring mainly the American and European animated series of substitutes and anime series (such as Flight Squad and Child Problems , < i> Lost Universe , Universe Tenchi and Red Baron ; Kodak Frog is an exception for dubbing as it is necessary to use English to improve translation of the problem) and the two-hour companion block that preceded it on Saturday and Sunday morning, "Toonturama Junior", featuring programs aimed at preschoolers who meet the educational program requirements specified by the children of the Federal Communications Commission of the Television Act (among the programs featured on "Toonturama Junior" is Plaza SÃ © Å © samo ("Sesame Square City"), Televisa and Sesame Workshop Spanish adaptation of Sesame Street > displays a mixture of original segments displaying characters based on its US-based parent series and dubbed from aforementioned original programming program, which has been airing on Univision since 1995 and authorized on US television rights to TeleFutura at its launch).
Station
In October 2015, UniMa has 26 owned and operated stations, and current and pending affiliate agreements with 19 additional television stations covering 19 states, the District of Columbia and the US territory of Puerto Rico. Only counting affiliates by conventional air, this network has a national coverage of 46.54% of all households in the United States (or 145,419,291 Americans with at least one television set).
Although Univision has over-the-air expansion since its sister network launched as TeleFutura, UniMa has been slower in expanding its national coverage through broadcast television channels and lacking over-the-air stations in some major markets with a relatively large population of Hispanic Population and Latin where Univision and/or at least one of its Spanish-language networks has broadcast affiliates, notably Seattle, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; Amarillo, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Midland, Texas. Partly to fill this void, UniMa provides a national cable network feed that is distributed directly to cable, satellite and IPTV providers as an alternative method of distribution in the market without the availability or demand for local ownership and -work or affiliate stations.
These networks retain affiliations with low-power stations in several markets, such as Philadelphia (WFPA-CD), Bakersfield, California (KBTF-CD), Las Vegas (KELV-LD) and Palm Springs, California (KEVC-CD). In some markets, including those mentioned above, these stations also store digital broadcasts on sub-channels from shared/jointly owned power stations. UniMa also maintains a handful of subchannel-only affiliates in some markets, the largest by market size is WUVG-DT2 in Atlanta, Georgia, whose master station operates as a station owned and operated by Univision.
Currently, Entravision Communications Corporation is the largest operator of the UniMa station in terms of total and total market coverage, owning or providing services to 20 UniMa affiliated stations, including those forwarded to the sub-channels of the two ruling sisters and two operated by the company at under a local marketing agreement with Univision Communications' parent network (including market stations such as Boston (WUTF-DT) and Orlando (WOTF-DT)).
Related services
Video-on-demand service
UniMa provides video access on demand to catch a glimpse of complete episodes of network programming through a variety of ways, including through Hulu's Hulu Latino platform through content agreement with the service. The network is also a traditional VOD service - UniMa on Demand - which is performed on most traditional cable and IPTV providers, originally launched on February 1, 2011 as TeleFutura On Demand, and also offers network news programs, a recording-pending version of sports and content broadcast the movie beside telenovela.
Due to restrictions imposed on the streaming service by Univision Communications, Hulu limits daily streams of more recent episodes of UniMa program to subscribers to their subscription service up to eight days after their initial broadcast, to encourage live or similar -week (via both DVR and cable on demand). Like video-on-demand television services provided by other US broadcast networks, UniMa on Demand disables fast delivery of content provided through the service.
UVideos
Since the service was launched on October 29, 2012, Univision Communications' multi-platform streaming service, UVideos has created a complete episode of UniMa programs (including those produced by Televisa and other content providers) available on its website at UVideos. com and the companion mobile app for smartphones and tablet computers that support the iOS and Android platforms (with programs that can be streamed over 3G and WiFi networks). The latest episodes are usually available for streaming on the service (as well as Univision on Demand) a day after their original broadcast to subscribers from participating pay-TV providers (such as Comcast, Verizon FiOS and Time Warner Cable) using an ISP account through authenticated user logins. The service also includes selected original digital content, user-activated English subtitling for most programs (except for excerpts from Unicic Uniciero broadcasts) as well as social streams displaying viewer comments from UVideos and other social media platforms, syncing time to time zone local users to replicate the relay directly to the user as posted during the program's original broadcast.
Univision Now
On November 18, 2015, Univision Communications launched Univision Now, an over-the-top subscription video on demand streaming service, featuring program content from UniMa and Univision without requiring an existing pay-TV subscription to access. Services - available for $ 5.99 per month or $ 59.99 per year, although potential users may access content through a seven day free trial - initially available through a dedicated website (univisionnow.com), and applications for iOS devices and Android.
This service brings an alternate series of UniMa, the classic series previously seen on the network and live football matches of the League MX and Major League Soccer; live streams of major network feeds are also available, and incorporate the DVR-style "rewind" feature that allows users to play back live content up to 72 hours after their broadcast. New episodes of the prime time series aired on UniMa and Univision - both original content and programs from their distribution partners - are available for streaming the day after their broadcast on two linear television networks and accessible for seven days after their flight date. The restrictions imposed by the movie studios that provide such content for the network prohibit certain films brought by UniMa from available to Univision NOW.
UniMÃÆ'¡s HD
The UniMa parent feed is transmitted in high-definition 1080i, the native resolution format for the television network property of Univision Communications. However, twelve UniMa affiliate stations - all but one of them owned by Entravision Communications - currently transmits network programming in the standard definition of 480i, both due to technical considerations for affiliates from other major networks carrying programming from other networks in high definition on the main channel them or because the main feed of UniMa affiliates has not increased their transmission equipment to allow content to be presented in HD.
What later TeleFutura launched a high-definition simulcast feed at 12:02 am Eastern and Pacific Time on January 1, 2010, at East and West Coast's flagship station in New York City and Los Angeles, WFUT/WFTY-DT and KFTR-DT ( which, together with Univision, became the last two US broadcasting networks to start offering their programs in HD). Most of the network programming is presented in HD In October 2015 (including most telenovelaes, sports programs, including football events, news magazines, and most widescreen films, depending on the availability of high definition "movie" television pieces) broadcast by high definition networks; exceptions exist with certain telenovela, sitcoms and serials as well as selected children's programs that are shown as part of a children's block at the end of the pre-2008 networking week produced, which continues to be presented in their original 4: 3 standard definition format. DirecTV started carrying the East Time Zone feed from HD simulcast nationally on April 28, 2010; Dish Network then added it two weeks later on May 12, 2010. The TeleFutura HD format is also renamed to UniMÃÆ'¡s HD on January 7, 2013.
Controversy
Train strife
UniMa, along with his brother's channel, Univision, GalavisiÃÆ'³n, Univision Deportes Network, and Univision tlnovela were dropped by AT & T U-verse on March 4, 2016, due to transportation dispute. However, this does not affect DirecTV customers, though AT & amp; T, because they were made on a separate deal. All Univision channels (including UniMa) are then returned to U-verse lineup on March 24, 2016. On January 27, 2017, Charter Spectrum (along with Time Warner Cable and Bright House, the last to join the Communications Charter in 2016) face another dispute with Univision , Charter Communication Alert that UniMas and his sister channels can be removed from the Charter on January 31, 2017. Prior to that, Univision sued the Charter on salary rates at the New York Supreme Court in July 2016. On January 31, 2017, Charter Clients lost access to all Univision channels, including UniMa, and Galavision. On February 2, the New York High Court ordered Univision to terminate the Charter on the Charter as negotiations continued. This outage affects all Univision affiliates, even if Univision does not own them, so this dispute covers all stations owned by Entravision Communications, even if Entravision is not involved in the dispute.
Reference
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
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