DISH announced it will launch Univision’s new networks – Univision Deportes, Univision tlnovelas, Univision Noticias – and offer exclusive access to Univision Deportes Dos in the first half of this year.
Both companies signed a multi-year, multi-platform agreement, announced on Monday during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
DISH will provide broad distribution of Univision Deportes, and Univision will provide DISH with thousands of hours of novelas and Spanish-language movies for inclusion in DISH’s Blockbuster @Home package. In addition, the agreement includes distribution of Univision’s networks: the Univision Network, TeleFutura, Galavisión and a suite of six TV channel offerings – De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Clásico TV.