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Univision Interactive Media's Coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Generates 108 Million Total Page Views
[June 18, 2010]

Univision Interactive Media's Coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Generates 108 Million Total Page Views


NEW YORK --(Business Wire)--

Univision Interactive Media's comprehensive coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ has generated 108 million total page views and 14 million visits across all interactive platforms for the tournament-to-date. Engagement with UnivisionFutbol.com's offering has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels throughout the tournament. Live streaming, extensive match coverage and commentary have generated 2.5 million hours of video to date. During the live matches, daily video consumption has increased to an average of 1 hour and 20 minutes and daily unique streams have grown to over a quarter million.

Univision Interactive Media has set record traffic every day since the start of the World Cup across the board - site wide on Univision.com, on UnivisionFutbol.com, during live video streaming, and across mobile offerings. In fact, traffic levels more than doubled that of the 2006 FIFA World Cup™.

Day seven's electrifying matches boosted the site to its best streaming day to date, with over 410,000 unique media players streaming the matches live. Simultaneous streams peaked at nearly 200,000 streams during the stellar match between Mexico and France.

Univision Fútbol's mobile offerings have also set multiple records. Over 24.5 million page views and more than 5 million visits have been served on mobile platforms since the tournament began. Day seven was the #1 day of the tournament for visits, with nearly 1 million visits generated.

Univision Communications has transformed itself into the U.S. World Cup destination across all its platforms - television, online, mobile and VOD - allowing U.S. audiences to have the best experience and unprecedented access to the biggest sporting event in the world no matter what device they connect from. All matches are being streamed live and for free on UnivisionFutbol.com in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The UnivisionFutbol.com online and mobile sites are engaging users daily with real-time results, news and all the latest coverage. The popular Univision Fútbol App is also providing instant game updates across all platforms and remains a top-ranked app in the Apple (News - Alert) App Store.

Sources

Video: Conviva, June 11-17, 2010

UIM: Source: Univision.com U.S./Puerto Rico Traffic (MRC accredited), Quattro Wireless (News - Alert), July Systems, MIA International

Mobile: Quattro Wireless, July Systems, MIA, June 11-17, 2010

Soccer App Ranking: Apple, iTunes Store, through June 17, 2010

About Univision Communication's Exclusive Spanish-Language Coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™

Univision Networks

Broadcasting all 64 games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ live and in high definition (HD), Univision offers the most comprehensive World Cup exprience bar-none through all its platforms - Univision, TeleFutura, and Galavisión Networks; Univision.com, Univision Móvil and Univision On Demand - with nearly 900 hours of coverage. The network's World Cup announcer team which include Pablo Ramírez, Jesús Bracamontes, Jorge Pérez-Navarro, Jorge Ottati, José Luis Chilavert and Diego Balado, as well as the host of all pre-, halftime and post-game coverage, "República Deportiva's" (Sports Republic) Fernando Fiore, comprise the most noteworthy, seasoned sportscasters and former soccer players, and will provide the greatest expertise covering the World Cup in television today.



Univision.com

Univision.com is an Official Internet Broadcaster of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and is offering live streaming of all games on www.UnivisionFutbol.com. Fans have access to real time game stats and minute-by-minute commentary. Live coverage of the tournament also includes interviews with players and coaches, exclusive behind-the-scenes video of soccer stars, and Univision talent reporting directly from the streets of South Africa. World Cup coverage also includes the latest tournament news, an in-depth look into the history of the matches including profiles of over 70 of the best players in FIFA World Cup™ history.


Univision Móvil

Univision Móvil is a Mobile Content Provider of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and is providing the latest news, game calendars and more on the UnivisionFutbol.com mobile website. Live mobile streaming of the matches is accessible to Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless V CAST subscribers where available.

Univision Fútbol App

Univision Interactive Media launched its new Univision Fútbol App which offers the latest news, video and photos directly from South Africa along with detailed stats and game results. Downloaded information across all platforms can be found here.

Univision On Demand

Univision On Demand is making the games available 24 hours after they air, free of charge to subscribers On Demand on various cable distributors (some distributors are offering the games in HD as well).

A complete schedule of Univision's World Cup coverage is available for download at www.UnivisionFutbol.com.

About Univision Interactive Media, Inc.

Univision Interactive Media, Inc. is the digital division of Univision Communications Inc., the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Univision Interactive Media, Inc. includes Univision.com (www.univision.com), the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S., and Univision Móvil, the industry's most comprehensive Spanish-language suite of mobile offerings. Univision Communications Inc. also owns and operates Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Studios, which produces and co-produces telenovelas, reality shows, dramatic series and other programming formats for all of the Company's platforms; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit www.univision.net.


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