TORONTO – Corus-owned Telelatino is rebranding its Spanish-language channel TLN en Español (TLNE) as Univision Canada after finalizing a licensing agreement with Hispanic media company Univision Communications Inc.
Already a Univision partner for over a decade, the TLNE schedule includes Univision-produced programming such as the Latin GRAMMY Awards and coverage of the FIFA World Cup, as well as shows like Sábado Gigante, Primer Impacto, Aqui y Ahora, El Gordo y La Flaca, Premio Lo Nuestro, Feliz Año, and the Noticiero Univision network newscasts. TLNE is currently available in over 1.7 million Canadian homes.
“We are proud that our longstanding relationship with Univision has culminated in officially putting the Univision stamp on TLNE, a channel that Spanish speaking Canadians have been embracing since its launch in 2007”, said Telelatino Network president Aldo Di Felice, in the news release. “As Canada's multichannel operator of branded ethnic services, we take pride in adding the iconic Univision brand to the stable of international ethnic channels that we have introduced to Canada such as Mediaset Italia Canada, Sky TG24 Canada and Cinelatino."
"With today's announcement, Univision's commitment to serving Hispanic audiences in the U.S. expands to Canada, as well," added Alberto Ciurana, president of programming and content for Univision Networks. "We are proud to bring our brand to the Corus Entertainment family of networks and offer even more of our quality programming and further our presence in another dynamic and growing Hispanic market."
