|
|
|
|
|
Univision Accepts Peabody Award for its Health Initiative “ˇSalud es Vida… Entérate!”
New York, NY -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN), the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States, today announced that its cross-platform health initiative “ˇSalud es Vida… Entérate!” was honored at the Sixty-Fourth Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Univision’s ‘ˇEntérate!’ was chosen as one of 32 programs that represents the best in electronic media for 2004, earning the Univision Network the distinction of becoming the first Spanish-language network to receive a Peabody Award.
“We are enormously pleased to have been recognized with the prestigious Peabody for the Company’s efforts in launching the first national multi-media campaign to address health issues facing Latinos in the U.S.,” said Ivelisse Estrada, Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Relations. “The Peabody Award affirms the importance of Univision’s quest to make health education a reality for the entire Hispanic community, and we are proud of our unyielding commitment to our viewers.”
The Peabody Awards, considered the broadcast and cable industry’s most prestigious prize, recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. Presented annually by the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, this year’s Peabody Awards Ceremony was hosted by veteran CBS News correspondent and “60 Minutes” co-editor Morley Safer.
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 83% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 27 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 33 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 17 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 labels 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.
| Contacto: |
Shannon Provost
Citigate Sard Verbinnen
212-687-8080
|
|
|
|
