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Univision Names Jeff Zimmerman, Vice President, National Sales, Dallas
Los Angeles, CA -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN), the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, announced today that Jeff Zimmerman has been promoted to the position of Vice President, Univision and TeleFutura National Sales Dallas, serving all owned and operated stations as well as affiliated stations. His promotion will be effective September 1st.
Most recently, Zimmerman has served for 2 ˝ years as Vice President, Marketing & Business Development for the South Central region. He was promoted into that position after serving 5 years as a National Account Executive on the Dallas Univision sales team. Since his arrival at Univision in 1999, he has been successful in developing client and agency business within the South Central region with a specialty in automotive.
Prior to Univision, Zimmerman was a National Account Executive for Blair Television in Dallas for 5 ˝ years where he handled national/regional sales for NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX affiliated television stations nationwide. Additionally, he was responsible for opening the Telemundo National Sales Office in San Antonio in 1993. His experience also includes local sales for Telecable Targeting, representing ESPN and Prime Sports in the DFW Metroplex in the early 1990’s.
In addition to his sales experience, Zimmerman has served on numerous boards and is very involved in coordinating DFW media community charitable events. He has his degree in Psychology from Austin College in Sherman, Texas and lives in Flower Mound, Texas with his wife and two children.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records label as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net
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