FuboTV, TelevisaUnivision Reach New Carriage Agreement

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NEW YORK & MIAMI—FuboTV and TelevisaUnivision have reached an agreement that will keep Univision’s networks on the virtual MVPD, avoiding a potential blackout that might have occurred when the previous contract expired on June 30th. 

Earlier this week the two companies had traded barbs with FuboTV claiming that the programmer wanted to double its rates and TelevisaUnivision complaining that FuboTV was unwilling to "pay market rates" for TelevisaUnivision’s Univision, UniMas, Galavision, and TUDN networks carried by FuboTV.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

In a statement, TelevisaUnivision said: “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with FuboTV that will continue to deliver Univision’s networks to customers and provide Hispanic viewers access to the most-watched Spanish-language news, sports and entertainment programming in America. We recognize FuboTV’s commitment to serving this growing and influential audience with the programming they love, and we look forward to continued partnership.”

In a separate statement released on July 1 on Twitter, the virtual MVPD said: “FuboTV has reached a new agreement with Univision. We are delighted to continue our partnership with the world’s leading Spanish-language media company to bring their popular sports, news and entertainment content to our market-leading Latino package at a reasonable cost to our customers.”

George Winslow

George Winslow is the senior content producer for TV Tech. He has written about the television, media and technology industries for nearly 30 years for such publications as Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and TV Tech. Over the years, he has edited a number of magazines, including Multichannel News International and World Screen, and moderated panels at such major industry events as NAB and MIP TV. He has published two books and dozens of encyclopedia articles on such subjects as the media, New York City history and economics.