ABC News and Univision launch joint news venture

The yet-unnamed cable channel is expected to debut during the first half of 2013 and will target the fast growing and increasingly desirable Latino audience.Speaking the language of the fast growing and increasingly desirable Latino audience, Walt Disney Co.'s ABC News and Univision Communications are teaming up to launch a 24-hour English-language news network.

The venture would be a bid by both companies to enter new territory. Disney's ABC would join the cable news war, and Univision would use the channel to reach English-speaking Latinos. Walt Disney Co.

ABC has confirmed plans for a joint venture with Univision to launch a 24-hour news network aimed at English-speaking US Hispanics

ABC News and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision have joined forces to create a TV news channel aimed at Hispanics who prefer English. But with a target audience that currently turns to the same news sources as everyone else, the venture isn't without risk.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

ABC News and Spanish-language broadcaster Univision have joined forces to create a TV news channel aimed at Hispanics who prefer English. But with a target audience that currently turns to the same news sources as everyone else, the venture isn't without risk.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Both companies hope to create a 24-hour cable news channel targeted at the growing group of Hispanic Americans who favour the English language

Univision and Disney are in negotiations to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday.

Two sources say Univision and Disney are close to a deal to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English.Both sources, who are close to the deal, declined to go on the record Monday because they ...