Current Report

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2008

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-12223

(Commission File Number)

  

95-4398884

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

605 Third Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10158

(Address of principal executive offices)

(212) 455-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NO CHANGE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

At a status conference attended by Univision Communications Inc. (the “Company”) and Grupo Televisa S.A. (“Televisa”), on June 12, 2008, the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles – Central District of California continued the trial date between such parties from July 1, 2008 to October 14, 2008. The trial, which involves the program license agreement between the Company and Televisa, under which Televisa provides the Company’s television networks with a majority of prime time programming and a substantial portion of their overall programming, had been scheduled to begin on July 1, 2008.

Details of the litigation between the Company and Televisa are described further in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the “Form 10-K”), under “Part I. Item 3 – Legal Proceedings” and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, under “Part II. Item 1 – Legal Proceedings” and the risks to the Company arising from such litigation are described further in the Form 10-K under “Item 1A. Risk Factors – We receive from Televisa a significant amount of our network programming and we are engaged in litigation with Televisa.”

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

        UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    (Registrant)
  By:   /s/ PETER H. LORI
     
Date: June 18, 2008     Peter H. Lori
    Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer