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Mexico: Regulator thinks Televisa is ‘too dominant’

By  |  March 18, 2015

The investigative unit of Mexico’s industry regulator has decided in a preliminary decision that Grupo Televisa SAB has substantial power in the pay-TV market, setting the nation’s largest broadcaster up for potential sanctions.

The unit of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute posted a draft with its findings, which applies to Televisa’s cable and satellite TV units, on the agency’s website. The document was presented to the board on March 13 and is subject to final approval.

Televisa was also designated Mexico’s dominant broadcaster last year by the regulator. The company, which controls about 70 percent of the nation’s viewers, has a competitive pay-TV advantage in more than 2,100 regional markets and presents a significant barrier of entry to other operators, the regulator’s unit said.

 

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