AEG and Televisa will forge a partnership

WHOLMAN2 · Jul 12, 2005

Looks like AEG really likes doing business with the millionaire$ to the south

...and that the deal to buy the Quakes is part of a much larger partnership being forged by Phil Anschutz and Emilio Azcarraga Jean, who as CEO and president owns 49 percent of Grupo Televisa.

Televisa produces television, radio, Internet, and print content. It operates four television networks and owns, wholly or in part, nearly 225 affiliated stations. It also publishes several magazines, and last June reported in the fiscal year ending last December $2.63 billion in total sales and net revenues of $387.4 million. Televisa is the leading producer of Spanish-language content, much of which airs on Univision.

Through Grupo Televisa, Azcarraga owns the Spanish-language rights to the 2006 World Cup and Anschutz, through Soccer United Marketing (SUM), controls the English-language rights. Azcarraga and Anschutz are reportedly discussing all manner of World Cup coverage, from over-the-air broadcasts to cable telecasts to pay-per-view, as well as Azcarraga's ambitious plans to dominate Spanish-language entertainment in the United States.
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Could this mean SAP in English on Televisa telecasts in the future?

Kryptonite · Jul 12, 2005

That would be very cool.

anderson · Jul 12, 2005

Well, PPV wouldn't be great. I'm not sure it would help grow the game in the long term to have US games on PPV, but I suppose many of us would gather at bars and such to watch US games anyway. It would be interesting to see how this part of an AEG-Televisa deal works out.