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2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Contents

02 Televisa at a glance

04 Letter to Shareholders

08 Financial highlights

10 Content 

14 Cable

16 Sky

18 Other Businesses

20 Univision

22 Fundación Televisa

24 Management’s discussion and analysis of 

financial condition and results of operations

32 Board of Directors

34 Financial statements

Company profile
Televisa is a leading media company in the Spanish-speaking world, an 
important cable operator in Mexico and an operator of a leading di-
rect-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico. 

Televisa  distributes  the  content  it  produces  through  several  broad-
cast channels in Mexico and in over 50 countries through 26 pay-tv 
brands,  and  television  networks,  cable  operators  and  over-the-top 
or “OTT” services. 

In  the  United  States,  Televisa’s  audiovisual  content  is  distributed 
through Univision Communications Inc. (“Univision”) the leading media 
company serving the Hispanic market. Univision broadcasts Televisa’s 
audiovisual content through multiple platforms in exchange for a roy-
alty payment. In addition, Televisa has equity and warrants which upon 
their exercise would represent approximately 36% on a fully-diluted, 
as-converted basis of the equity capital in Univision Holdings, Inc., the 
controlling company of Univision. 

Televisa’s  cable  business  offers  integrated  services,  including  video, 
high-speed data and voice services to residential and commercial cus-
tomers as well as managed services to domestic and international car-
riers through five cable Multiple System Operators in Mexico. Televisa 
owns a majority interest in Sky, a leading direct-to-home satellite pay 
television system in Mexico, operating also in the Dominican Republic 
and Central America.

Televisa also has interests in magazine publishing and distribution, radio 
production  and  broadcasting,  professional  sports  and  live  entertain-
ment, feature-film production and distribution, and gaming.

Fully integrated media and    
content distribution platform

Our  world  is  changing  rapidly  and  the  industries  where  we 
operate are changing at an even faster pace. Media and tele-
communications  continue  to  converge,  and  viewing  habits, 
content  preferences,  and  the  way  people  communicate  are 
all evolving at a rapid pace. 

We  have  been  a  leading  producer  of  Spanish-language 
content  for  many  decades.  Today,  we  are  also  a  successful 
and  growing  participant  in  Mexico’s  telecommunications 
industry. We embraced change many years ago and, as such, 
these changes keep presenting us with opportunity. 

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This is Televisa

Our company at a glance

Content

In  2016,  Televisa  produced  more  than  90,000 
hours of content for free-to-air and pay-TV.

Advertising
Televisa  operates  four  broadcast  channels—2,  4, 

5,  and  9—  in  Mexico  City  and  complements  its 

network  geographic  coverage  through  affiliat-

ed  stations  throughout  the  country.  Televisa  also 

sells advertising on its pay-TV networks and online 

properties. 

Network Subscription 
Revenue
Televisa produces and distributes 26 pay-TV brands 

and  52  feeds.  In  the  United  States,  the  Company 

distributes  its  pay-TV  channels  through  Univision. 

In  2016,  Televisa  produced  more  than  27,000 

hours of content for pay-TV networks.

Licensing & Syndication
Televisa exports its programs and formats to television 

networks around the world. In the United States, Tele-

visa distributes its content through Univision under a 

Programming  License  Agreement  (“PLA”).  This  year, 

the PLA resulted in royalties to Televisa of U.S.$324.6 

million dollars. The royalty rate is set to increase from 

the current 11.84% on much of Univision’s audiovisual 

revenues to 16.45% in 2018. 

Sky

Televisa  owns  a  58.7%  interest  in  Sky,  a  leading 

direct-to-home  satellite  television  system.  Sky 

operates in Mexico, Central America, and the Do-

minican  Republic.  In  2016,  Sky  added  more  than 

23.4%

contribution to 
segment net sales

742,000 subscribers.

Subscriber base: 8 million

Sky operates in: 

MEXICO

CENTRAL
AMERICA

DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC

4.4%

contribution to 
segment net sales

44+

million pay-TV 
subscribers

9.1%

contribution to 
segment net sales

80+

countries worldwide, 
approximately reach

36.9%

contribution to 
segment net sales

37.9%

contribution to OSI*

22.1%

contribution to 
segment net sales

25.4%

contribution to OSI*

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Cable

Unconsolidated 
Businesses

Through seven operations in Mexico, Televisa is an 

Univision:  Televisa  holds  a  10%  direct  economic 

important  player  in  the  country’s  Cable  industry. 

interest  in  Univision,  the  leading  Spanish-language 

Televisa operates through two business divisions:

media company in the United States and the number 

•  The  Multiple  System  Operators  (“MSOs”)

five network regardless of language. Upon the exer-

division  which  offers  video,  high-speed  data, 

cise of the warrants Televisa will hold approximately 

and voice services to residential and commercial 

36% of the equity capital of Univision on a fully-di-

customers,  including  small-  and  medium-sized 

luted, as-converted basis.

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businesses and hotels.

•  The  Enterprise  division  which  provides  tele-

Ocesa Entretenimiento: Televisa holds 40% eq-

communications services, including voice, data, 

uity interest in OCESA, a live-entertainment com-

and  managed  services,  to  domestic  and  inter-

pany  in  Mexico,  Central  America  and  Colombia. 

national  carriers  and  to  enterprise,  corporate, 

The Company organized 2,969 events in Mexico 

and  government  customers  in  Mexico  and  the 

and Colombia in 2016. The most successful tour 

United States.

in 2016 was The Rolling Stones. 

The  MSOs  footprint  provides  Televisa  with  the 

ability  to  leverage  an  extended  network  across 

Other Businesses
Publishing: The leading Spanish-language magazine 

our coverage areas, including cities such as Mex-

publisher; published 136 titles in 2016. 

ico  City,  Monterrey,  Tijuana,  Zapopan,  Queréta-

Gaming: Casino sites and online lottery business.

ro, Cancún, Mérida, Mexicali, and San Luis Potosí, 

Soccer: A first division soccer team of the Mexican 

among others. Televisa’s network consists of more 

league and owner of Mexico’s Azteca stadium.

than 80,000 kilometers of coaxial cable and more 

Radio: Network of owned radio stations, comple-

than 33,000 kilometers of fiber optic.

mented by affiliated radio stations owned by third 

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RGUs
(Includes Cablevisión, Cablemás, Cablecom,

Telecable, and TVI)

Video: 4,205,864

Broadband: 3,411,790

Voice: 2,113,282

Total RGUs: 9,730,936

parties.

Feature-Film  Distribution:  Distributes  movies  in 

Mexico and Latin America. 

Publishing Distribution: Distributes publications in 

Mexico and Latin America. 

Segment net sales
percentage

9

37

Advertising: 24
Network 
subscription: 4
Licensing and  
Syndication: 9

32

Operating segment income
percentage

38

3

25

Content  

Cable

Sky 

Other Businesses

32.1%

contribution to 
segment net sales

34.0%

contribution to OSI*

8.9%

contribution to 
segment net sales

2.7%

contribution to OSI*

*  Operating  segment  income  (OSI)  is  defined  as  operat-
ing  income  before  corporate  expenses,  depreciation,  and 
amortization, and other expense, net. For a reconciliation 
of total operating segment income with consolidated op-
erating income, see Note 25 to our year-end consolidated 
financial statements.

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9.4%

increase in 
consolidated 
revenues and 9% 
in OSI, in 2016.

US$325

million in royalties from Univision.       
Twice the amount received six years ago. 

Sky revenue and OSI have expanded 
over the last ten years at a compounded 
annual growth rate of 11% and 10%, 
respectively.

11.9%

increase in Cable 
revenues and 150 
basis points growth in 
OSI margin, in 2016.

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Dear Shareholders:

As  I  look  back  at  2016,  I  realize  how  much  we  achieved 
during  the  year.  In  our  advertising  sales  business,  in  pay-
TV, and in our growing presence in Mexico’s fixed voice and 
data markets.

Our new advertising sales strategy started to pay off
The restructuring of our advertising sales strategy in mid-2015 was chal-
lenging to our business, but also necessary. Among other measures, we re-
organized  the  leadership  of  the  team  and  restructured  our  rate  card.  We 
significantly changed the way in which we had been running this business for 
more than 20 years. 

From the beginning, we implemented the restructuring of this business with 
conviction and discipline. We took the right step. Our 2016 results showed 
us that Televisa’s free-to-air channels continue to be the most efficient way 
for our customers to run their advertising campaigns and reach their mar-
keting goals. 

Univision posted strong financial results and royalties reached 
U.S.$324.6 million dollars
Univision continued to serve Hispanic audiences like no other company. In 
the most recent broadcast season, and for the 24th consecutive year, Uni-
vision’s flagship network finished as the number one network in the United 
States among Hispanics. Univision delivers the most ratings among Hispan-
ics  in  many  fronts;  it  is  the  number  one  newscast,  the  number  one  cable 
entertainment network, and the number one cable sports network. 

During 2016, Univision reported, for the first time ever, revenues in excess 
of U.S.$3 billion dollars. As a result, royalties to Televisa reached U.S.$324.6 
million dollars in the year. This is twice the amount of royalties received by 
Televisa just six years ago.

Emilio Azcárraga Jean
Chairman of the Board, President and 
Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Televisa

Sky reached 8 million pay-TV subscribers
During the year, Sky added more than 742 thousand subscribers, reaching 8 
million customers. Since 2010, when it launched its pre-paid VeTV package, 
Sky has added 5 million subscribers. The growth in revenue and profitability 
has also been outstanding. Over the last ten years Sky revenue and operat-
ing segment income have expanded at a compounded annual growth rate of 
11% and 10%, respectively. 

Local loop unbundling has been mandated in Mexico for the preponderant 
economic  agent  in  the  telecommunications  sector.  Sky,  having  one  of  the 
most  respected  brands  in  Mexico  and  the  operational  scale  necessary  to 
launch new services, is very well positioned to benefit from this. The recent 
changes  to  the  Mexican  regulation  with  regards  to  local  loop  unbundling 
have  to  be  put  to  the  test,  but  the  chances  that  Sky  launches  triple-play 
services in an effective and profitable manner increase every day.

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For the second 
consecutive year, 
all our three core 
businesses posted 
operating segment 
income margins in 
excess of 40%.

Profitability in our cable assets continued to benefit from integration
In our cable division, 2016 was marked by relevant improvements in the ca-
pacity of our network and by many integration initiatives to combine the op-
erations of our five cable companies. 

During 2016, we invested close to U.S.$1 billion dollars in this segment, and 
a very relevant portion of it was directed at rebuilding the network in the ma-
jority of the markets we serve. Today, close to 80% of our network has been 
updated to meet the standards of the cable industry, and we are now able to 
offer up to 100 megabits of speed in those markets.

The  integration  of  our  various  cable  operations,  a  process  which  began  in 
2015,  intensified  in  2016.  This  process  was  not  easy.  The  inevitable  inter-
ruptions in the delivery of our services contributed to the increase in churn of 
customers during the year, but the benefit of integration was clearly shown in 
the increase in profitability. During 2016, margins reached a record, expanding 
by 380 basis points from 2014. 

Our cable division continued to gain share in voice and data services
During the year, our cable assets continued to gain share in fixed voice and 
data  by  offering  better  services  on  attractive  terms  for  the  customer.  Our 
share of fixed voice services increased to approximately 10%, and our share 
of fixed data services reached approximately 21%.

The  opportunity  for  us  continues  to  be  significant.  According  to  the  OECD, 
Mexico is the country with the lowest penetration of data services among the 
35 countries of the OECD, and according to the Mexico’s Federal Institute of 
Telecommunications (“IFT”), about half of those data service customers have 
a DSL connection.

The opportunity for our cable segment rests not only in the growing adoption 
of these services, particularly data, but also as DSL data customers seek faster 
speeds and migrate to cable operators. 

We have made very important upgrades to the network, so we have plenty of 
room to grow. Today, we have approximately 2.1 million voice customers, 3.4 
million data customers, and 4.2 million video customers. That is a fraction of 
the close to 13 million homes that we reach with our cable companies.

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Enthusiastic about our future
We are excited about the years to come with many opportunities ahead for 
us. Our cash flow profile is improving, our upfront advertising sales are a very 
good  start  for  the  year,  and  our  relationship  with  Univision  keeps  evolving 
every day.

Capital expenditures, for the first time in many years, will come down in 2017. 
The reduction in capital expenditures is possible thanks to the conclusion of the 
main rebuilding phase in the majority of our cable systems. This will be followed 
in 2018 by the step-up in the royalties we get from Univision. Our current share 
of Univision’s audiovisual revenues will grow from 11.84% today to 16.45% in 
2018. There is no incremental cost to us resulting from the increase in the royal-
ties, so their contribution to free cash flow is very relevant. Both of these events 
will positively change the trajectory of cash flows for Televisa.

In addition, last December we concluded the negotiation of the 2017 upfront 
advertising sales with a growth in customer deposits of 8.9%. The growth in 
full-year advertising revenues will continue to be closely linked to the growth 
in the economy, and our quarterly results are likely to be volatile. The result of 
the 2017 upfront sales, however, is a very good and encouraging start.

Finally, during 2017 we plan to produce content in a more coordinated manner 
with Univision. In addition to producing content that will better capture the 
hearts and minds of audiences in both markets, we will look for synergies in 
the production of content by both companies. Mexico and the U.S. Hispanic 
market together represent a combined audience of over 175 million viewers 
and by far the most important region for Televisa’s content. While results will 
not be immediate, we believe that this initiative will allow both companies to 
compete more effectively in their respective markets.

Thank you
We  have  set  for  ourselves  very  aggressive  goals  for  the  coming  year,  from 
improving the ratings of our content and expanding its reach globally, to con-
tinuing  increasing  the  number  of  our  video,  voice  and  data  customers.  The 
opportunity for us is immense, and we look forward to sharing with you many 
more successes in the years to come.

Over the last two years we have made some very important changes to our 
Board and senior management team. I am very lucky to count on their exper-
tise, passion and support. I want to express my gratitude to them and to all 
the  employees  of  Grupo  Televisa  for  their  continued  dedication,  and  to  our 
customers and audiences for their patronage.

On behalf of all of us at Grupo Televisa, I thank you, our shareholders, for the 
trust that you place in us. 

Sincerely,

Emilio Azcárragaaaaaaaaaaaaaa JJJJJJJJean
Emilio Azcárraga Jean
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Televisa

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2016 was also marked by increased competition and growing macroeco-
nomic uncertainty
During 2016, competition intensified across all our businesses. The new free-
to-air network launched in the Fall of 2016 capturing a share of Mexico’s broad-
cast audience, and is competing aggressively for a greater share of the market. 

Also, the IFT reported that the other direct-to-home operator in the country 
added close to 1.4 million pay TV customers during the year, a growth of 45%. 

In addition, the incumbent telephony company discounted the price of its ba-
sic  double  play  telecom  offering  by  over  60%,  from  $999  at  the  time  we 
launched our flagship offer, to $389 pesos today. 

In addition to increased competition, the Mexican economy slowed down to-
wards the end of the year. Expectations for GDP growth were close to 3% at 
the beginning of 2016, but actual growth was lower, at 2.3%. Higher eco-
nomic uncertainty was clearly felt by Sky and Cable in the pace of net addi-
tions during the fourth quarter.

Also,  the  peso  depreciated  even  further  after  an  already  steep  decline  in 
2015. It has now come down from $14.76 pesos per U.S. dollar at year-end 
2014, to $17.22 at year-end 2015, to $20.64 pesos per U.S. dollar at the 
end of 2016. In this environment, it has been very important and valuable 
for us to have close to U.S.$1 billion dollars in revenues that are either U.S. 
dollar-denominated  or  dollar-linked,  and  over  U.S.$4  billion  dollars  in  U.S. 
dollar-denominated assets.

We continued to thrive in a challenging environment
In spite of increased competition, a slower economy and a weaker peso, during 
2016 we were able to post a growth in consolidated revenues and in operating 
segment income of 9.4% and 9.0%, respectively. 

Over the last ten years, Grupo Televisa has delivered solid growth every year, 
posting an average growth in consolidated revenue of 9.4%. During 2017, we 
expect consolidated revenue will approach the 100 billion pesos mark, three 
times as much as in 2005. 

During  this  period  of  time,  the  growth  in  revenues  has  been  accompanied 
by growth in profitability. For the second consecutive year, all our three core 
businesses, Content, Sky, and Cable, posted operating segment income mar-
gins in excess of 40%.

Consolidated net sales
billions of pesos (as reported)

96.3

88.1

80.1

73.8

69.3

62.6

57.9

52.4

48.0

37.9

41.6

32.5

 9.4%

 net sales increase in 2016

  05  06  07  08  09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16

Operating segment income 
billions of pesos (as reported)

38.9

35.7

32.3

28.4

29.9

25.4

23.1

20.7

19.9

18.1

16.9

13.4

 9.0%

OSI increase mainly driven by 
Cable segment in 2016

  05  06  07  08  09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16

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Financial highlights

2016  

2015  

Var. %

Consolidated net sales  

$   96,287   $   88,052 

Operating segment income1  

38,923  

35,695  

9.4

9.0

Segment margin  

Operating income  

Margin  

39.2%  

39.6%

16,598  

18,745   -11.5

17.2%  

21.3%

Net income attributable to  
stockholders of the Company  

3,721  

10,899  -65.9

Earnings per CPO  

1.28  

3.77

Shares outstanding at year-end  
(in millions)  

Cash and cash equivalents at  
year-end  

341,268  

338,468

$   47,546   $   49,397 

-3.7

Temporary investments at year-end  

5,498  

5,331  

3.1

Long-term investments at year-end  

6,792  

6,007   13.1

Total debt at year-end  

126,998  

110,411 

15.0

Net debt position at year-end  

67,162 

49,676   35.2

In millions of Mexican pesos, except per CPO amounts and shares outstanding.

1 Operating  segment  income  (OSI)  is  defined  as  operating  income  before  corporate  expenses, 
depreciation and amortization and other expense, net. For a reconciliation of operating segment 
income with operating income, see Note 25 to our year-end consolidated financial statements.

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+90

thousand hours of 
content produced      
in 2016

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Content

on the move

Advertising
During 2016, we remained disciplined and committed to our new adver-
tising sales strategy and the results were encouraging.

With  four  free-to-air  channels  in  Mexico  City  —2,  4,  5,  and  9—  which 
Televisa operates with a combination of owned and affiliated network stations 
throughout Mexico, a strong portfolio of pay-TV networks, and new media 
platforms, Televisa is one of the largest providers of advertising alternatives 
in the Mexican market.

Advertising revenues now represent 63.3% of our Content revenues and 23.4% 
of our segment net sales. 

We are constantly working to improve our content in order to better support 
our customers to achieve their advertising goals. During 2016, advertising sales 
posted a growth of 0.8%.

Content revenues
billions of pesos (as reported)

33.8 34.9 34.3

36.7

  13  14  15  16

Advertising revenues
billions of pesos (as reported)

25.5

24.9

23.0 23.2

  13  14  15  16

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Network Subscription Revenue
Televisa Networks is one of the most successful 
producers  and  distributors  of  content  for  pay-
TV platforms in Mexico.

Licensing and Syndication(cid:1)
Televisa(cid:1)keeps(cid:1)creating(cid:1)innovative content  that 
travels  far  and  reaches  audiences around the 
world.

We are one of the world’s leading producers of origi-
nal Spanish-language content for pay-TV platforms. 
We  commercialize  26  pay-TV  brands  through  52 
domestic and international feeds, which reach over 
44 million subscribers around the world.

Over  the  years  we’ve  assembled  a  portfolio  of 
channels for pay TV that improve every day, and 
that  capture  many  of  the  viewers  that  migrate 
from free to air networks to pay-TV.

Televisa’s pay-TV networks continue to be among 
the most watched networks on pay-TV platforms 
in Mexico. In 2016, Televisa produced over 27,000 
hours of content for our pay-TV networks.

Network  Subscription  Revenue  expanded  by 
22.4% in 2016, partially helped by the deprecia-
tion of the peso.

In  the  United  States,  through  our  Programming 
License  Agreement  (“PLA”)  with  Univision,  we 
reach a very important demographic in the Spanish 
speaking world: the Hispanic market. 

Our PLA grants Univision exclusive access to most 
of  our  audiovisual  content  in  any  format  for  dis-
tribution  in  the  United  States.  In  exchange,  we 
receive a royalty payment of 11.84% from Univi-
sion  on  all  its  audiovisual  revenues.  This  year,  we 
received U.S.$324.6 million dollars in the form of 
royalties from Univision. 

The  PLA  also  contemplates  an  increase  in  the 
royalty rate from the current 11.84% to 16.13% 
starting  in  January  2018.  The  royalty  rate  will 
again increase to 16.45% starting in June 1, 2018. 

Televisa’s content has been distributed globally for 
many decades and has an enduring base of follow-
ers beyond Mexico and the United States. During 
2016,  we  exported  over  93,473  hours  of  our 
original programming to 80 countries.

As of December 31, 2016, we had 264,671 half-
hours  of  television  programming  in  our  library 
available for licensing. During 2016, Licensing and 
Syndication revenue grew 17.6%. 

Network Subscription Revenues
billions of pesos (as reported)

4.4

3.6

3.3

2.9

  13  14  15  16

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Televisa’s content has been 
distributed globally for many 
decades and has an enduring base 
of followers beyond Mexico and 
the United States.

With four free-to-air channels, 

Televisa is one of the largest 

providers of advertising 

alternatives in the Mexican 

market.

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In 2016, revenues in our 
Cable segment grew

11.9%

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Cable

on the move

During 2016 we kept on investing to create one of the most advanced 
networks in Mexico, with the capacity to deliver high-quality and af-
fordable pay-TV, broadband and fixed telephony services.

Televisa’s Cable business includes five cable compa-
nies:  Cablevisión,  Cablemás,  Cablecom,  Telecable, 
and TVI. Our Cable business offers cable and con-
vergent services across 29 states in Mexico, cover-
ing the main metropolitan areas of the country. 

During 2016 we continued upgrading our network, 
which now reaches close to 12.7 million homes in 
the country. Our network has been updated to the 
cable  industry  standard,  combining  traditional  hy-
brid  fiber-coaxial,  fiber  deep,  and  deployments  of 
Gigabit Passive Optical Networks, also called GPON.

Additionally,  our  Enterprise  division  offers  tele-
communications  services  through  a  network  of 
more than 30,000 kilometers of fiber to domes-
tic  and  international  carriers  and  to  enterprise, 
corporate,  and  government  customers  in  Mexico 
and the United States. Our network covers several 
important  cities  and  economic  regions  in  Mexico, 
and connects with the United States, enabling us 
to provide high capacity connectivity between the 
United States and Mexico. 

Internet Protocol Access and Large Scale Core net-
works  are  in  place  and  Voice  over  IP  Cores  were 
placed  in  several  regions  to  support  telephony 
traffic  for  residential  and  enterprise  customers. 
We are now able to deliver up to 100 megabits of 
speed per second. 

Our flagship offer consists of a double-play pack-
age  that  includes  unlimited  telephony  to  almost 
every corner of the globe and 10Mbps of internet 
speed. In addition, this double-play package can be 
upgraded to a triple-play package by adding pay-
TV. At the end of 2016, this offer was available in 
the most important cities throughout Mexico.

Supported by a state-of-the-art network and by 
the success of our offers, revenues for our Cable 
segment  grew  by  11.9%  in  2016,  adding  over 
700  hundred  thousand  revenue  generating  units. 
As of December 31, 2016, Televisa provided video 
services to 4.2 million subscribers, broadband ser-
vices to 3.4 million subscribers, and voice services 
to 2.1 million subscribers throughout Mexico.

9.7

9.0

RGUs
millions

6.9

5.1

  13  14  15  16

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Sky

on the move

Sky has added close to five million customers in the 
last six years closing 2016 with over 8 million cus-
tomers.  Sky  is  one  of  the  most  successful  pay-TV 
operations in the region.

Sky is our direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television operation. It reaches ev-
ery corner in Mexico, plus the Dominican Republic and Central America. Sky 
offers pay-TV packages, including exclusive content that ranges from sports 
to concerts and special events.

In February 2016, Sky launched VeTV Plus, a new product that targets low 
income households willing to spend more on TV services. During 2016, the 
success of VeTV Plus contributed to Sky’s revenue growth. We believe that, as 
the economy progresses, consumers will increasingly demand premium pay-
TV offerings that Sky can deliver.

2016 was another year of strong growth for Sky, with over 742,000 new 
subscribers and a 14.0% increase in revenue, mainly explained by the success 
of its low-cost, prepaid package VeTV Plus and also driven by the transition 
from analog to digital television. 

By the end of 2016, Sky reached more than 8 million subscribers becoming 
one of the most competitive DTH pay-TV companies in the continent.

Subscribers
millions

8.0

7.3

6.6

6.0

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742,000

new Sky subscribers in 2016 

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Other Businesses

Televisa’s Other Businesses serve as important complements to our core 
businesses, while providing with further diversification opportunities. 

Televisa’s Other Businesses segment includes pub-
lishing, gaming, radio, soccer, feature-film distribu-
tion, and publishing distribution businesses.

quality standards and a new product offering. The 
operating  segment  income  grew  double-digits  for 
the seventh consecutive year.

Multijuegos,  Televisa’s  lottery  business,  ended  the 
year  with  positive  results  and  has  started  all  the 
preparations  to  implement  a  new  platform  which 
will include new retail and digital products. 

Radio
As  an  important  participant  in  Spanish-language 
radio in Mexico, Televisa broadcasts news, music, 
and talk show programming through a network of 
99 radio stations. Of these stations, 17 are owned 
and 82 are affiliates owned by third parties.

Our  radio  stations  use  various  program  formats 
that target specific audiences and advertisers, and 
cross-promote  talent,  content,  and  programming 
of our other businesses, including television, sports, 
and news. We produce some of Mexico’s top-rat-
ed  radio  stations,  W  Radio  (News-talk),  Deportes 
(Sports),  Ke  Buena  (Mexican  music)  and  Los  40 
(Pop music), and Ke Buena AM (Music in Spanish). 
Our exclusive broadcast of soccer matches and oth-
er  sporting  events  has  placed  Televisa’s  radio  sta-
tions among the highest-rated sports-broadcasting 
radio stations in Mexico.

Televisa’s  entertainment  and  information  radio 
programs  are  broadcast  to  more  than  70%  of 
Mexico’s population. Four of our most popular sta-
tions— Los 40, Ke Buena, W Radio, and Ke Buena 
AM — are streamable over the Internet as well.

Our  Radio  business  is  always  innovating  by  ex-
panding  its  programming  and  services  offering 
for the benefit of both our audiences and adver-
tising customers.

Publishing
Televisa publishes 136 magazine titles in 15 coun-
tries. These titles cover a wide variety of consum-
er interests from health, beauty, fashion, and pop 
culture, to technology, travel, sports, and science. 
Some of our titles aim to capitalize on the success 
of  Televisa’s  audiovisual  content  and  to  engage 
with our audiences at a deeper level.

As a result of structural challenges in the publishing 
industry,  including  shifts  in  reading  habits,  wider 
availability of online content, higher penetration of 
fixed and broadband accesses, and growing com-
petition  from  emerging  platforms,  we  continued 
streamlining  our  operations,  taking  advantage  of 
synergies that exist in the development of content 
and our back office activities, including purchasing, 
printing, and distribution.

In  Mexico  we  embarked  in  restructuring  our  op-
erations,  moving  from  an  organization  based  on 
titles  and  brands  to  creating  teams  dedicated  to 
best serve our clients’ needs offering a wide range 
of segmented audiences through different media. 
Our premises now include facilities for the devel-
opment  of  online  video,  which  complements  our 
contents  and  has  opened  a  new  way  of  offering 
advertising inventory to our clients. We have de-
ployed  aggressive  marketing  campaigns  with  the 
aim  of  increasing  brand  awareness  of  our  titles, 
as  well  as  expanding  our  subscription  base.  We 
have  already  started  rolling  out  similar  initiatives 
throughout  the  rest  of  our  operations  in  Latin 
America.

Gaming
Play  City,  Televisa’s  casino  business,  includes  17 
sites across the country with close to 6,500 Elec-
tronic Gaming Machines. In 2016, we set historical 
records in OSI margin and visitors both driven by a 
combination of more floor space, an increase in our 

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Televisa’s casino business, includes 
17 sites across the country with 
close to 6,500 Electronic Gaming 
Machines.

Televisa publishes 136 magazine 

titles in 15 countries.

Revenues
billions of pesos

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The most-watched Spanish-

language broadcast television 

network in United States.

The United States market is an 
integral part of Televisa’s strategy 
to keep on expanding its global 
reach and the partnership and 
alignment with Univision is key for 
the success of this expansion. 

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Univision

In the United States, Televisa has equity and warrants, which upon exercise, 
would represent, as of the date of this report, approximately 36% on a ful-
ly diluted, as-converted basis of the equity capital in Univision Holdings Inc., 
the controlling company of Univision Communications Inc., the leading media 
company serving the Hispanic market in the United States. It includes:

(cid:404) Univision Network, one of the leading networks in the United States re-
gardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast
television network in that country available in approximately 92% of U.S.
Hispanic television households.

(cid:404) UniMás, a leading Spanish-language broadcast television network available

in approximately 86% of U.S. Hispanic television households.

(cid:404) Univision  Cable  Networks,  including  Galavisión,  the  most-watched  U.S.
Spanish-language entertainment cable network, as well as UDN (Univision
Deportes Network), the most-watched U.S. Spanish-language sports cable
network,  Univision  tlnovelas,  a  24-hour  Spanish-language  cable  network
dedicated  to  telenovelas,  Fusion,  a  24-hour  English-language  news  and
lifestyle TV and digital network, ForoTV, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable
network  dedicated  to  international  news,  and  an  additional  suite  of  cable
offerings: De Película, De Película Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson and Telehit.

(cid:404) Univision Television Group, which owns 59 television stations in major U.S.

Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico.

(cid:404) Various  digital  properties  consisting  of  online  and  mobile  websites  and
apps, including Univision.com, the most visited Spanish-language website
among U.S. Hispanics, Univision Now, a direct to consumer video service,
Uforia, a music application featuring multimedia music content, The Root,
the  leading  online  news,  opinion,  and  culture  destination  for  African-
Americans,  a  stake  in  The  Onion,  the  nation’s  leading  comedy  and  news
satire brand, and Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group
in the U.S. which owns and operates 67 radio stations including stations in
16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico.

(cid:404) Univision’s  assets  also  include  a  minority  stake  in  El  Rey  Network,  a  24-

hour English-language general entertainment cable network.

(cid:404) Headquartered in New York City, Univision has television network opera-
tions in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major
cities throughout the United States.

One of the leading networks in 

the United States regardless of 

language.

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television stations in 
major U.S. (cid:72)ispanic 
markets and Puerto Rico

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Fundación Televisa

We  are  deeply  committed  to  strengthening  com-
munities  throughout  Mexico  and  investing  in  their 
development.  During  the  last  16  years,  through 
Fundación Televisa, or Fundación, we have created 
and  supported  programs  that  provide  educational 
opportunities,  promote  cultural  identity  and  en-
courage community engagement. Fundación offers 
a wide range of tools and opportunities that shape 
the lives of millions of Mexicans. 

We  have  taken  advantage  of  the  Company’s  wide 
range of media platforms to promote social aware-
ness campaigns, and digital platforms to foster civ-
ic  participation.  Fundación  has  developed  various 
digital educational platforms that, through innova-
tion and creativity, allow users to substantially im-
prove their abilities and capabilities. These no-cost, 
self-teaching  tools  are  broadly  available  to  many 
Mexicans that would otherwise lack basic tools and 
access to opportunities. Many of these efforts have 
improved the lives of thousands of people. 

Establishing strong, strategic partnerships is a prior-
ity for Fundación. These partnerships have improved 
Fundación’s  effectiveness  and  have  broadened  its 
reach.  We  continuously  seek  out  and  collaborate 
with experts in the academic, business, and financial 
fields, as well as with other organizations to benefit 
a greater number of people. During these 16 years, 
we  have  developed  partnerships  with  more  than 
400  non-governmental  organizations,  public  and 
private institutions.

We  believe  that  the  best  way  to  enhance  quality 
of  life,  increase  economic  opportunities,  and  im-
prove  the  well-being  of  families  across  Mexico  is 
through  education.  Therefore,  we  offer  a  range  of 
programs tailored for every development stage, in-
cluding early stimulation programs for newborns to 
3 year-olds, access to high-quality elementary and 
basic education for 4 to 15 year-olds, programs to 
increase middle and high school completion rates for 
16 to 22 year-olds (including an educational pro-
gram that teaches children computer coding, which, 
in 2016, reached approximately 150 public schools 
in  six  different  states  in  Mexico  and  over  11,000 
students and 350 trained teachers in the country), 
and  programs  that  develop  employability  skills  for 
adults above the age of 23. These programs, which 
focus on enhancing the quality of education in Mex-
ico, include scholarships, school infrastructure, me-
dia  labs,  reading  workshops,  knowledge  competi-
tions, infrastructure for schools, and the promotion 
of entrepreneurship and universal values. 

Our  entrepreneurship  program  “Posible”,  has  be-
come the major startup non-governmental program 
in Latin America, enrolling more than 83,000 indi-
viduals in 2016, 40% of which are women. 

Fundación also focuses on expanding the reach of 
Mexican  culture.  We  promote  our  cultural  values 
inside and outside of Mexico, sponsoring and pro-
moting various exhibitions, collaborations, and in-
vestigative digital and editorial projects that bene-
fit from access to our photography and audiovisual 
collection,  one  of  the  most  important  visual  arts 
collections  in  Latin  America,  which  includes  more 
than 70 exhibitions in different countries, approx-
imately  30  published  books  and  various  format 
video content for 36 websites and 27 apps within 
social media networks.

In  2016,  Fundación  Televisa  participated  in  the 
implementation  of  several  cultural  and  educa-
tional projects that create virtual and augmented 
reality content by combining aerial, terrestrial and 
submarine  360-3D  format  footage.  In  particular, 
two  noteworthy  projects  were  accomplished:  (i) 
the participation in the pioneering effort that pre-
sented a virtual tour of the Anish Kapoor exhibition 
in  the  Museo  Universitario  Arte  Contemporáneo 
(MUAC) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de 
México (UNAM) in Mexico City; and (ii) the imple-
mentation  of  the  nature  conservational  program 
known as “Entrelazando Vidas,” which among other 
activities, focused on the conservation efforts that 
both  private  and  public  sectors  of  society  have 
developed and implemented in the Sea of Cortes 
natural environment.

In  the  United  States,  through  Televisa  Foundation, 
we support the Hispanic community. Our efforts are 
particularly focused on improving the lives of His-
panic  children  and  young  adults  through  programs 
focused on education and culture, including:

(cid:404) A  program  to  communicate  the  importance  of
early  stimulation  for  healthy  cognitive  devel-
opment  to  Hispanic  families.  To  that  end,  we
provide  practical  information  and  disseminate
our message through Univision and various oth-
er  social  media  platforms,  reaching  millions  of
people through a network of several key part-
nerships,  including  prestigious  international  or-
ganizations  such  as  UNICEF  (who  in  particular
adopted  the  concept  as  a  global  campaign).  In
2016, the World Bank recognized this program
as a high impact program.

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(cid:404) State  of  the  art  learning  materials  and  teacher
training programs to strengthen bilingual educa-
tion for young students. Our platform “Aprende
con el Chavo” has reached over a million users in
the  United  States,  and  our  online  courses  have
provided support to more than 1,500 teachers
around the United States.

(cid:404) A  program  directed  to  boost  the  development
of scientific and technological abilities in Hispan-
ic children, with an emphasis on young women.
This  program  has  gained  recognition  and  sup-
port through a national campaign in the United
States, and the United Nations has recognized it
as one of the top five global initiatives to close
the gender gap in the tech sector.

Televisa  Foundation’s  cultural  program  aims  to 
strengthen  the  sense  of  identity  among  Hispanic 
families  and  promotes  Mexican  visual  arts  in  the 
United States. 

Finally, in 2016 Televisa Foundation organized two 
exhibitions: 

(cid:404) La Calle de Alex Webb in collaboration with Ap-

erture Foundation in (cid:79)(cid:102)(cid:120) York.

(cid:404) Katharsis, images of ‘Lucha Libre’ (Mexican(cid:1)

wrestling), in Centro Cultural La Plaza, in Los(cid:1)
Angeles. 

Revenues
billions of pesos

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We have taken advantage of the 

Company’s wide range of media 

platforms to promote social 

awareness campaigns, and 

digital platforms to foster civic 

participation.

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