UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 or 15d-16
UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the
month of December, 2007
GRUPO
TELEVISA, S.A.B.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
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Av.
Vasco de Quiroga No. 2000, Colonia Santa Fe 01210 Mexico,
D.F.
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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Form
20-F
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x
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Form
40-F
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(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained
in
this Form is also furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to
Rule
12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
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Yes
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No
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x
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(If
“Yes”
is marked indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g-3-2(b): 82.)
INNOVA
AND SKY BRASIL SIGN AGREEMENT WITH INTELSAT
TO
BUILD AND LAUNCH NEW SATELLITE
Mexico
City, December 5, 2007 – Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (“Televisa”; NYSE:TV;
BMV:TLEVISA CPO), today announced that its subsidiary Innova, S. de R.L.
de C.V.
(“Innova” or “SKY Mexico”), and SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda. (“SKY Brasil”), have
reached an agreement with Intelsat Corporation, and an affiliate, to build
and
launch a new 24-transponder satellite (“IS-16”) for which service will be
dedicated to SKY Mexico Innova and SKY Brasil over the satellite’s estimated
15-year service life.
The
satellite will provide back up for both platforms, and will also double
SKY
Mexico’s current capacity. Innova plans to use this extra capacity for HD and
other value-added services.
The
satellite, to be manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, is expected
to
launch in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Innova,
S. de R.L. de C.V., is a joint venture indirectly owned by Grupo Televisa,
S.A.B., a Mexican corporation (“Televisa”), and The
DIRECTV Group, Inc, a Delaware corporation (“DIRECTV”). For
more information, please visit www.sky.com.mx.
Grupo
Televisa S.A.B., is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world
and
a major participant in the international entertainment business. It has
interests in television production and broadcasting, production of pay
television networks, international distribution of television programming,
direct-to-home satellite services, publishing and publishing
distribution, cable television, radio production and broadcasting, professional
sports and live entertainment, feature film production and distribution,
gaming,
and the operation of a horizontal internet portal. Grupo Televisa also
owns an
unconsolidated equity stake in La Sexta, a free-to-air
television venture in Spain. For more information, please visit
www.televisa.com.
SKY
Brasil Serviços Ltda. is the leading provider of digital television
entertainment services in Brazil, with approximately 1,600,000
subscribers. SKY Brasil is indirectly owned by the The
DIRECTV
Group with an approximate 74% stake in the company and by
Globo Comunicações e Participações (Globo), a Brazilian
communications group, with an approximate 26% stake. For more
information, please visit www.sky.com.br
The
DIRECTV Group is a world-leading provider of digital television entertainment
services. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United
States, Brazil, Mexico and other countries in Latin America, the DIRECTV
Group
provides digital television service to more than 16.6 million customers
in the
United States and over 4.6 million customers in Latin America.
This
press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Innova and
SKY
Brasil new satellite agreement. Actual results could differ
materially from these statements. The forward-looking statements in this
press
release, could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any oral statements made by authorized officers of the
Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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Michel
Boyance
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Manuel
Compeán
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María
José Cevallos
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Media
Relations
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Investor
Relations
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Grupo
Televisa SAB
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Grupo
Televisa SAB
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(5255)
5728-3815
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(5255)
5261-2445
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mcompean@televisa.com.mx
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ir@televisa.com.mx
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Carlos
Ferreiro
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Juan
Carlos Muñoz
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Head
of Investor Relations
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Innova,
S. de R.L. de C.V.
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Innova,
S. de R.L. de C.V.
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Insurgentes
Sur No.694
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(5255)
5448-4000 ext.6642
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Col.
del Valle
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jmunoz@sky.com.mx
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Mexico
City, 03100
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(5255)
5448-4131
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cferreiro@sky.com.mx
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Fábio
Zamith
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Jonathan
Rubin
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Senior
Vice President, Investor Relations
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Sky
Brasil Serviços Ltda.
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DIRECTV
Group
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Av.
das Nações Unidas, 12.901
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(212)
462-5200
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Torre
Norte, 14º
andar
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jonathan.rubin@directv.com
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São
Paulo, 04578-000 Brazil
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(5511)
2123-4001
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fabio.zamith@sky.com.br
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SIGNATURE
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,
thereunto
duly authorized.
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GRUPO
TELEVISA, S.A.B.
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(Registrant)
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Dated:
December 6, 2007
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By:
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/s/
Jorge
Lutteroth
Echegoyen
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Name:
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Jorge
Lutteroth
Echegoyen
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Title:
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Controller,
Vice President
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