Univisión

Univisi?n Communications (also known as Univision or in Spanish, Univisi?n) is the largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, and overall the fifth largest American network (only Fox, ABC, NBC, and CBS are larger). Univisi?n is credited with turning what used to be three separate markets (Puerto Ricans in the eastern United States, Cuban-Americans in south Florida, and Mexican-Americans in the southwest) into what advertisers now consider a single national Hispanic market.

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Currently with today's large Mexican audience in the Northeast, many shows -- especially the news -- covers Mexican issues.

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Univisi?n's main competitor is Telemundo (which was eventually acquired by NBC). It has maintained a lead in ratings due in large part to Mexican telenovelas, and other programming produced by Grupo Televisa.

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Its evening news program Noticiero Univisi?n, co-anchored by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, has on several occasions outrated its major network English-language network evening news competitors.

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Univisi?n is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with major operations in Miami, Florida.

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United States: :For other uses, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation)....

Puerto Rican: Puerto Rican can refer to anybody who was born in or whose ancestors are from Puerto Rico. It can also refer to something from Puerto Rico, such as "Puerto Rican Rum". It should be noted that even though Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and its people have American citizenship, Puert...