New TelevisaUnivision CEO Calls Engaging With Viewers “In Their Own Language” A Game Changer As Hispanic Voters Key To Presidential Election
deadline.comCEO Daniel Alegre, at the helm of TelevisaUnivision for three weeks, said the political influence of U.S. Hispanic voters has never been more evident than in the current Presidential cycle, “where our audience will play a decisive role in the outcome of this election in the United States.” It was his first quarterly earnings call for the giant Spanish-language producer, broadcaster and parent of Vix streaming platform created from the merger of Univision and Mexico’s Television.
Former CEO and investor Wade Davis, an executive at the company formerly called Viacom (now Paramount Global) for 15 years through 2019, put the merger together.
He kicked off the Wall Street convo after financials reported this morning, saying there’s no one better than Alegre, formerly of Activision Blizzard, Google and Bertelsman “to drive this next phase of our journey.” “There’s huge value to be unlocked in this next phase, but this opportunity comes with unique challenges.
It was with this in mind that we initiated our succession planning process earlier this year. We were looking for a leader that had a unique combination of skills and experiences difficult to find in one executive.
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