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Univision Announces Appointment of Steve Fapka Vice President of Network Sales in Chicago
New York, NY -- Univision Communications Inc., the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States, today announced that Steve Fapka has been appointed Vice President of Network Sales in Chicago managing sales for Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión, effective immediately. Fapka will be based in Chicago and will report to Carlos Deschapelles, Senior Vice President of Network Sales.
“Steve is a respected leader with excellent relationships in the Central Region,” said Deschapelles. “I am pleased to welcome Steve to the Univision team. We believe that his strong leadership skills and track record for success make him the ideal person to head up this important post in one of the top media markets in the country.”
Fapka commented: “I am excited to join Univision’s talented sales force in Chicago. I look forward to working with advertisers to help them leverage the passionate connection that Univision has with its audiences.”
Steve Fapka comes to Univision with over 15 years of media sales experience, which includes leadership positions at The Walt Disney Company, CBS, Inc., and most recently Viacom, as Vice President of Advertising Sales for the MTV Networks’ Entertainment Division which includes Comedy Central, CMT, Spike-TV and TV Land. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Advertising Sales, Central Region, for ESPN/ABC Sports Consumer Marketing. In that capacity, he was at the forefront of multi-media cross platform sales for ESPN/ABC Sports. Fapka attended Central Michigan University.
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 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records 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 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications has 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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