Azteca
America Adds Time Warner Cable in Laredo, Brownsville- McAllen,
El Paso, San Antonio and Corpus Christi
Los
Angeles, June 6, 2006 - Azteca America, the fastest-growing
Hispanic television network of the United States, announced
today that its programming is available on the Time Warner
Cable systems in Laredo, Brownsville-McAllen, El Paso, San
Antonio and Corpus Christi, effective since June 1.
"These cable carriage agreements are expected to represent
considerable gains in our cable coverage, and consolidate
our presence in Texas," said Luis J. Echarte, Chairman of
Azteca America. "This is a tribute to the tenacity and business
sense of our friends at Una Vez Más and Time Warner."
The Brownsville-McAllen, San Antonio and Corpus Christi
markets correspond to existing over-the-air stations KNDF,
KVDF and KYDF. The Laredo and El Paso markets are new to
Azteca America. The signals are available to consumers through
Time Warner's basic cable service. All markets are operated
by Azteca America's Una Vez Más affiliate station group.
"We continue to consolidate our operations in Texas because
it's a primary target for Una Vez Más and a natural market
for Azteca America," said Terry Crosby, CEO of Una Vez Más.
The station group currently has 17 stations with Azteca
America, making it the largest affiliate station group of
the network.
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About Azteca America
Azteca America is the fastest-growing Hispanic network in
the United States. The network is a wholly owned subsidiary
of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers
of Spanish-language television content in the world. Azteca
America currently has presence in 46 Hispanic markets, including:
Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, San Antonio, Phoenix, Brownsville-McAllen,
Albuquerque, San Diego, Sacramento-Stockton- Modesto, Fresno-Visalia,
Denver, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Tampa, Austin,
Tucson, Corpus Christi, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Hartford, Monterey-Salinas,
Bakersfield, Portland, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Salt Lake
City, Colorado Springs, Odessa, Santa Barbara, Lubbock, Amarillo,
Palm Springs, Naples-Ft. Myers, Yakima, Wichita, Oklahoma
City, Reno, Boise, Omaha, Victoria, Chattanooga and Charleston.
For more information, visit www.aztecaamerica.com/corporate.
Media Contact:
Daniel McCosh
011 (5255) 1720-0059 dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com
About Una Vez Más
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Dallas, Una Vez Más is
Azteca America's largest affiliate group currently with stations
in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Amarillo, Corpus Christi,
Dallas, El Paso, McAllen-Brownsville, Las Vegas, Laredo, Lubbock,
Odessa, Phoenix, San Antonio, Santa Barbara, Tampa and Tucson.
Una Vez Ms' current station line-up delivers over 20% of the
total U.S. Hispanic buying power.
Visit: www.uvmtv.net. UVM
Contact: Nora Crosby
(214) 754 7008 ext. 203 noracrosby@uvmtv.com
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