TelevisaUnivision and Disney are getting nearer in an period when extra media corporations are desperate to strike new alliances to place their streaming choices in entrance of larger teams of customers.
The Spanish-language big will acquire entry to Disney’s Hulu+Live service, which can characteristic U.S. networks together with Univision, UniMás, TUDN and Galavisión on its core channel line-up beginning June 3. will launch on the Hulu+ Live TV core channel line-up on June 3. Additionally, TelevisaUnivision channels together with N+FORO, tlNovelas, Bandamax, De Película, De Película Clásico, Telehit and Telehit Música will later be added to the Español add-on for Hulu + Live TV subscribers.
Also beginning in early June, the businesses will promote a bundle of the Spanish-language streamer ViX and Disney+ in Mexico.
“TelevisaUnivision is the top producer of Spanish-language content in the world, and this deal underscores two critically important elements: our portfolio is a main anchor for any pay TV distributor — without TelevisaUnivision, there is no complete pay-tv offering; and our direct-to-consumer business continues to break boundaries as ViX further strengthens its powerful connection to Hispanics around the world,” mentioned Rafael Urbina, president of streaming and digital at TelevisaUnivision, in a press release.
Many giant media corporations are placing unorthodox partnerships in a bid to realize wider acceptance for his or her streaming companies, now see by many CEOs as a key to progress at a time when utilization of conventional linear TV is in decline. Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery in 2024, for instance, launched a bundle that included Disney+, Hulu and Max. These agreements counsel that buyers will gravitate to bigger streaming packages that convey them broader entry to content material at an inexpensive worth, relatively than paying for a number of companies on an a la carte foundation. Such a mannequin evokes, oddly sufficient, the association customers have with cable distributors.
“This new partnership allows us to strategically build upon our current channel offering and Spanish-language content available on Hulu + Live TV, while providing subscribers in Mexico with a meaningful opportunity to access” each Disney and TelevisaUnivision content material in a single package deal, mentioned Lauren Tempest, normal supervisor of Hulu and government vice chairman of direct-to-consumer content material partnerships, in a press release.
