Televisa univision trial

If we were to send our programming into the U. District Judge Philip Gutierrez, is set to conclude on Friday but it is not clear whether he will rule immediately in the case.

The case is Televisa S. Univision Communications, Case No. The trial date is now July 1. Televisa declined comment. Univision said it could not comment on the delay. The case dates back to when Televisa filed a lawsuit demanding royalty payments it said Univision had withheld as part of the programming deal that expires in At stake is viewership and growth in the United States, where Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority and the Spanish-language television market is considered underserved.

But it leans on Televisa for hit soap operas and other entertainment productions that lure viewers for its three networks: Univision, Galavision and Telefutura. Televisa is playing the role of the spurned suitor seeking justice, while Univision is trying to keep a financially successful, if unhappy, marriage intact.

The year agreement was set to continue through Hispanic audiences. When the lawsuit was first filed in , it was just about recouping payments Mexico City-based Televisa said it was owed. But Televisa raised the legal stakes by alleging a material breach of contract, which would allow it to cancel the deal entirely.