Mexico’s Newest TV Drama Is a Bid to Block a Third Broadcaster - Grupo Casa Saba y Mr. Saba’s role

“What neither Televisa nor TV Azteca mentions is that Mr. Saba has his eye on another business: television.

Mr. Saba is the Mexican partner of Telemundo, the NBC Universal unit that is the No. 2 Spanish-language television broadcaster in the United States. In September, Telemundo and another company Mr. Saba owns, Grupo Xtra, formally requested a license for a broadcast television network.

Both Televisa and TV Azteca say that their coverage is driven only by news judgment. “The high cost of medicines in a poor country with great health needs is a real issue, and it is not related to Saba and his other businesses,” said Manuel Compean, a spokesman for Televisa.”

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