Clear Channel Entertainment and Televisa U.S. Joint Venture Announces a Strategic Alliance with Unipro Group.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2004 Corporate Alliance to Maximize Entertainment, Event Marketing and Promotional Efforts in the Top U.S. Hispanic Markets Vivelo, the U.S. Joint Venture between Clear Channel Entertainment and Mexico City-based Televisa, will form a strategic alliance with Miami-based Unipro Group. The companies are focused on delivering; quality Latin entertainment, event marketing, and promotional programs to top worldwide advertisers in key U.S. Hispanic markets. "We are excited to offer corporate America the quality services that are available with Unipro and Vivelo. The national presence of Clear Channel and Televisa assets, combined with the strong execution and creative services Creative Services are a subsector of the creative industries, a part of the economy that creates wealth by offering creativity for hire to other businesses. Examples include:
This is a concerted effort to extend the reach of nationwide tours of Spanish-speaking musical artists and other live events targeting U.S. Hispanics. The exciting combination of Unipro Group, Televisa and Clear Channel Entertainment will maximize marketing, promotional & sponsorship efforts by creating multi-market events & tours, cross-selling opportunities, client programs, and development of co-promotional efforts. "This new relationship will offer our mutual clients, both at the consumer and sponsor level, more opportunities within the entertainment and events world," said Unipro Group CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tomas Johansen. "We are excited to become part of an alliance with two great entertainment giants to better serve U.S. Hispanics." Some of the current programs the firms will be working on include; the exclusive U.S. tour of Chayanne, and tours with Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is a Spanish pop/ballad musician. Biography Alejandro Sanz is the second son of María Pizarro Medina from Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from Algeciras. , Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a singer/songwriter of Asian and European ancestry. Iglesias's career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market , as well as the exclusive representation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. of the premiere Mexican Soccer team, Club America. About Vivelo! Vivelo!, a Clear Channel Entertainment/Televisa Company, is the premier dedicated Hispanic entertainment and production company in the United States with direct presence through its regional offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NY), California (Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ), Texas (Houston), Florida (Miami) and Illinois (Chicago). Its activities include concerts, targeted marketing, special corporate events and sports. Vivelo's events reach several million Hispanics every year in key Latino markets. About Unipro Group, Inc. With headquarters in Miami, FL, Unipro Group, Inc. is a national entertainment, event marketing and promotional company serving U.S. Hispanics. Recognized as an industry leader, its mission is to continuously deliver innovative event properties and integrated promotional programs targeting the U.S. Hispanic market. Unipro Group is responsible for developing together with the Latin Recording Academy the Latin GRAMMY(R) Street Parties, a series of grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. concerts throughout high-density Hispanic neighborhoods in the top U.S. Hispanic markets. Unipro Group also owns the following event properties: America's Birthday Bash, House of Terror Amusement Park amusement park, a commercially operated park offering various forms of entertainment, such as arcade games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as food, drink, and souvenirs. , a Halloween themed attraction; and Downtown's Holiday Village, South Florida's premier holiday theme park. About Clear Channel Entertainment Clear Channel Entertainment, a leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Worldwide (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CCU CCU abbr. 1. coronary care unit 2. critical care unit CCU critical care unit. CCU Critical care unit, see there ), a global leader in the away-from-home advertising industry. Clear Channel Entertainment currently owns, operates and/or exclusively books approximately 130 live entertainment venues, including more than 100 in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and 30 in Europe. In 2002, more than 65 million people attended approximately 29,000 events promoted and/or produced by the company, including: Live music events; Broadway, West End and touring theatrical shows; family entertainment shows, and specialized sports and motor sports events. The company, which operates throughout North America, Europe, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Australia, also owns independently operated athlete representation businesses, which provide management, marketing and financial consulting services to many of the world's top professional athletes. More information may be found by visiting http://www.cc.com and http://www.clearchannel.com. About Grupo Televisa S.A. Grupo Televisa S.A., is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world, and a major player in the international entertainment business. It has interests in television production and broadcasting, programming for pay television, international distribution of television programming, direct-to-home satellite services, publishing and publishing distribution, cable television, radio production and broadcasting, professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and show business promotions, paging services, feature film production and distribution, dubbing dubbing removal of most of the comb of day-old chickens. See also decombing. , and the operation of a horizontal Internet portal. Grupo Televisa also has an unconsolidated equity stake in Univision, the leading Spanish-language television company in the United States. 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 1. Description of Business - Cautionary Statement" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F, which, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially for 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. |
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