Univision to Roll Out VOD - Sports, news, movies and entertainment on tap for Jan. ‘09

Univision Communications, beginning January 2009, will offer more than 1,000 hours of video on demand that will include sports, news, movies and entertainment previously televised on its two broadcast networks, Univision and TeleFutura, and it’s cable network, Galavisión.

Plans call for offering games from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The new VOD plan was announced during the NCTA conference in New Orleans today.

“Univision is focused on providing our distributors with the opportunity to tap into the huge growth opportunity with U.S. Hispanics,” said Tonia O’Connor, executive vp of distribution sales and marketing for Univision.”*

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