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Univisions' Broadcast of Mexico vs. Argentina Match Shatters All Previous Records; Univision Network Doubling and Tripling Previous World Cup Ratings.


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.
 -- With an audience totaling 6.7 million Persons 2+, including 4.3 million Adults 18-49, the Univision Network's (NYSE NYSE

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:UVN UVN Ustredni Vojenska Nemocnice (Prague) ) telecast of Saturday's Mexico versus Argentina World Cup match broke all previous audience records. These results place the game as the single largest sports telecast among Hispanic viewers ever, including all previous Superbowls, as well as the #1 most-watched sports telecast in Spanish-language television history, breaking the record set previously during this year's tournament. Also, even though it was not a primetime telecast, it also secured the #5 most-watched broadcast of any type on Spanish-language television ever.

Through Saturday, June 24th, the Univision Network's 2006 World Cup coverage is doubling and tripling past World Cup averages:
World Cup '06 To Date (Through 6/24/06)
                 Source: NTI 2006, NHTI 1998 and 2002

Demo              (000)         % Chg vs. 2002         % Chg vs. 1998
HH                1442              +133%                    +86%
P2+               2166              +155%                    +91%
A18-34             724              +124%                    +76%
A18-49            1355              +147%                   +104%
A25-54            1242              +143%                   +105%
M12-24             293              +244%                   +121%
M18-34             438              +124%                    +75%
M18-49             814              +135%                   +109%
M25-54             736              +127%                   +112%
K2-11              226              +223%                    +73%
T12-17             191              +365%                   +125%
P12-24             458              +252%                   +116%
P12-34             724              +151%                    +84%



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 on either TeleFutura or the Galavision cable network.

On the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises  2006 FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association]

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 World Cup(TM) is driving record traffic to Univision.com with nearly a million daily visits. Univision.com has already delivered an all-time high of 60 million pages of sports content, up 128% from the previous record for total sports pages sports pages nplpáginas fpl deportivas  delivered in a month. Univision.com's record-breaking traffic figures are fully accredited accredited

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 by the Media Rating Council (MRC See Maximum return criterion. ). With exclusive Spanish-language near-live video offerings in the U.S., complete match coverage and breaking news alerts, Univision.com expects its tremendous traffic growth to continue throughout the tournament.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company 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. . 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 Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. ; 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 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 www.univision.net.
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