NALIP Supports Univision Foreign Ownership Petition
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers supports the application from Univision and Grupa Televisa to allow Univision to be up to 49 percent foreign owned, it said in a comment in FCC docket 16-217. Univision is seeking a declaratory…
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ruling to allow for the foreign ownership, along with an application to be owned 40 percent by Grupa Televisa. “NALIP has had the opportunity to partner with both Univision and Televisa on media diversity and promotion of Latino content creators and can attest to the companies’ continued commitment to the Latino community,” the filing said. NALIP said it's part of a joint incubator program with Televisa and Univision to “boost Latino diversity in television, digital media, documentary and production." The broadcaster's request is expected to be OK’d (see 1607080051), which also got backing from another filing in the docket. DOJ "with the concurrence of the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security" asked the FCC to "defer action" on the Univision petition, said a letter filed in the docket. The three federal agencies "are reviewing this matter for any national security, law enforcement, and public safety issues but have not yet completed that effort," said the letter. They want the FCC to wait until their review is complete, the letter said. "The Agencies will advise the Commission promptly upon completion of their review.”