Telemundo signs deal with Televisa

Now that their legal battle is behind them, NBC Universal’s Telemundo and Grupo Televisa have signed an exclusive programming license agreement to distribute Telemundo content in Mexico broadcast TV, PayTV and emerging digital platforms.

Starting in April, the 10-year strategic alliance with Televisa will place more than 1,000 hours per year of Telemundo original programming on XEQ-Canal 9 – Mexico City‘s “Galavisión,” as well as on a new PayTV channel that Televisa will launch later this year.

A Telemundo press release today indicates Televisa and Telemundo will also sign agreements to distribute Telemundo’s content in Mexico through emerging platforms including Internet, mobile phones, home video and VOD.

This new relationship could put Telemundo in a beneficial position if Televisa’s legal dispute over their program licensing agreement ends their ties with Univision. At the moment, Televisa has an exclusive programming deal with Univision until 2017.