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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of November, 2018
 
GRUPO TELEVISA, S.A.B.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
 
Av. Vasco de Quiroga No. 2000, Colonia Santa Fe 01210, Mexico City, Mexico
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
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Investor Relations
PRESS RELEASE
 
Grupo Televisa announces that IFT authorized the renewal of its broadcast television concessions

Mexico City, November 2, 2018 – Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (“Televisa” or the “Company”; NYSE:TV; BMV:TLEVISA CPO) informs that the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (“IFT”) approved the renewal of the concession titles for the broadcast television signals known as Las Estrellas, Canal 5, Canal 9, Foro TV and other local television stations, for a term of 20 years after the existing expiration dates.

The Company expects to receive formal notice from the IFT in the following days.
 

 
Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company’s results and prospects. Actual results could differ materially from these statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release should be read in conjunction with the factors described in “Item 3. Key Information – Forward Looking Statements” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20 - F, which, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made in this press release and in oral statements made by authorized officers of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Televisa

Televisa is a leading media company in the Spanish-speaking world, an important cable operator in Mexico and an operator of a leading direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico. Televisa distributes the content it produces through several broadcast channels in Mexico and in over 50 countries through 26 pay-tv brands, and television networks, cable operators and over-the-top or “OTT” services. In the United States, Televisa's audiovisual content is distributed through Univision Communications Inc. ("Univision") the leading media company serving the Hispanic market. Univision broadcasts Televisa's audiovisual content through multiple platforms in exchange for a royalty payment. In addition, Televisa has equity and warrants which upon their exercise would represent approximately 36% on a fully-diluted, as-converted basis of the equity capital in Univision Holdings, Inc., the controlling company of Univision. Televisa’s cable business offers integrated services, including video, high-speed data and voice services to residential and commercial customers as well as managed services to domestic and international carriers through five cable Multiple System Operators in Mexico. Televisa owns a majority interest in Sky, a leading direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico, operating also in the Dominican Republic and Central America. Televisa also has interests in magazine publishing and distribution, radio production and broadcasting, professional sports and live entertainment, feature-film production and distribution, and gaming.
 
 
 
 


Investor Relations:
Carlos Madrazo / Tel: (52 55) 5261 2445 / cmadrazov@televisa.com.mx
Santiago Casado / Tel: (52 55) 5261 2438 / scasado@televisa.com.mx

Media Relations:
Alejandro Olmos / Tel: (52 55) 4438 1205 / aolmosc@televisa.com.mx
María Eugenia Zurita / Tel: (52 55) 52 24 63 60 / mezurita@televisa.com.mx

www.televisair.com
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 

SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
GRUPO TELEVISA, S.A.B.
 
(Registrant)
     
     
Dated:  November 5, 2018
By:
/s/ Luis Alejandro Bustos Olivares
  Name:
Luis Alejandro Bustos Olivares
 
Title:
Legal Vice President and General Counsel