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Univision Beating ABC and ESPN2 for World Cup Audiences in Key Demos; Breaking All Previous World Cup Records by Double and Triple Digits.


MIAMI Miami, cities, United States
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1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896.
 -- In the first 14 of 64 matches of the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association]

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 World Cup 2006(TM) tournament, Univision (NYSE NYSE

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:UVN UVN Ustredni Vojenska Nemocnice (Prague) ), the championship's official Spanish-language television network, has outdelivered English-language networks ABC ABC
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 and ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 2 by +11%, averaging 2.3 million Persons 2+.

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), Univision also averaged 1.4 million Adult 18-49 viewers versus ABC/ESPN2's 1.2 million for an +18% advantage. Among Kids 2-11 and Teens 12-17, Univision held the advantage over ESPN2 by +57% and +20%, respectively.

In addition, Univision's record-breaking telecast of last Sunday's Mexico versus Iran match was also the #1 Weekend Daytime program (Saturday/Sunday 7am-7pm) among Men, Women and Adults 18-34 among all networks. It was also the #2 sports telecast for the entire weekend among Men and Adults 18-34, behind only ABC's primetime coverage of the second NBA Finals Game.

Through 14 matches, Univision's 2006 World Cup coverage is doubling and tripling past World Cup averages:
World Cup '06 to Date (Through 6/13/06)
                   Source: NTI Fast Nationals, NHTI

    Demo        (000)       % Chg vs. 2002          % Chg vs. 1998
    ----        ----        --------------          --------------
    HH          1466          +120%                   +86%
    P2+         2255          +148%                   +101%
    A18-34      758           +117%                   +70%
    A18-49      1439          +143%                   +110%
    A25-49      1171          +134%                   +109%
    A25-54      1330          +140%                   +109%
    M12-24      290           +216%                   +138%
    M18-34      475           +119%                   +74%
    M25-54      827           +140%                   +126%
    K2-11       226           +203%                   +76%
    T12-17      187           +352%                   +159%
    P12-24      454           +240%                   +130%
    P12-34      946           +141%                   +83%


Univision will carry live coverage of 56 games, including the final championship match, and sister network TeleFutura will broadcast 8 live games. All games will be rebroadcast during primetime on either TeleFutura or the Galavision cable network.

On the Internet, Univision.com is delivering an average of 800,000 unique browsers and over one million visits per day, traffic figures that are fully accredited accredited

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 by the Media Rating Council (MRC See Maximum return criterion. ). With exclusive video content and extensive online and on-air promotion driving fan participation, Univision.com is forecasting record traffic growth throughout the tournament.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group The Univision Music Group Is the #1 Latin music company in the U.S. with approximately 45% market share. Founded in April 2001 with a vision of releasing and marketing the best of every genre of Latin music, the Univision Music Group now includes three record labels: Univision , which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at http://www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net.
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