Grupo Televisa

Grupo Televisa, Mexico's largest media conglomerate, plans to expand its reach in the U.S. by teaming up with an American studio to make movies and television shows and to distribute its growing film library. Televisa signed a partnership agreement last week with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., an independent studio known for horror franchises such as "Saw," according to people close to the arrangement who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the record.

After years of bad blood and nearly three weeks of court testimony, Mexico's entertainment giant Grupo Televisa and the dominant Spanish-language TV company in the U.

A real-life soap opera in Spanish-language television -- a saga of family legacy, corporate ambition and allegations of treachery -- is expected to shift today to a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.

Grupo Televisa, Mexico's largest TV network, plans to slash about 4,000 jobs, or 20% of its work force, by the end of September as part of a yearlong cost-cutting effort.

When it comes to finding a buyer for Los Angeles-based Univision Communications Inc., all roads lead south of the border. Mexico's media colossus, Grupo Televisa, has long been looking for a way to increase its 10.

Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa on Tuesday accused its longtime television partner, Univision Communications Inc., of heavy-handed tactics and financial shenanigans during the opening day of a high-stakes trial in Los Angeles.