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Telemundo
NBCUniversal owns Telemundo Communications Group (“Telemundo”),
a leading Hispanic media company that produces,
acquires and distributes Spanish-language content in the United States and internationally. Telemundo’
s operations include the
Telemundo Network. Telemundo owns and operates 14 stations affiliated with the Telemundo Network. Telemundo also owns and
operates a local television station in Puerto Rico and an independent, non-affiliated Spanish-
language local television station in the
Los Angeles DMA, which was placed into a divestiture trust on January 28, 2011. The table below presents a summary of these
owned television stations, which collectively reached approximately 57% of U.S. Hispanic television households as of
December 31, 2010.
DMA Served Station Hispanic Market Rank
Los Angeles, CA
KVEA, KWHY
1
New York, NY WNJU
2
Miami, FL WSCV
3
Houston, TX KTMD
4
Dallas
-
Fort Worth, TX
KXTX
5
Chicago, IL
WSNS
-
TV
6
Phoenix, AZ
KTAZ
7
San Antonio, TX
KVDA
8
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA KSTS
9
Fresno, CA KNSO
13
Denver, CO KDEN
15
Las Vegas, NV
KBLR
22
Boston, MA
WNEU
24
Tucson, AZ
KHRR
25
Puerto Rico WKAQ —
(a)
DMA served is defined by Nielsen Media Research as a geographic market for the sale of national spot and local advertising time.
(b)
Hispanic market rank is based on the relative size of the DMA among approximately 13 million U.S. Hispanic households as of December 31, 2010.
(c)
Independent Spanish-language television station placed into a divestiture trust on January 28, 2011; it is no longer managed by NBCUniversal.
(d)
Operated by a third party that provides certain non-network programming and operations services under a time brokerage agreement.
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(d)
(d)
Filmed Entertainment
NBCUniversal’s filmed entertainment business produces,
acquires, markets and distributes filmed entertainment and
stage plays worldwide in various media formats for theatrical,
home entertainment, television and other distribution
platforms. It offers a diverse mix of internally developed titles,
coproductions and acquisitions. Its content consists of
theatrical films, direct-to-video titles and its film library,
comprised of approximately 4,000 titles representing a wide
variety of genres. It distributes filmed entertainment globally
through theatrical releases, DVDs, television and,
increasingly, other digital media formats.
NBCUniversal’s filmed entertainment business produces
films both on its own and jointly with other studios or
production companies, as well as with other entities. Its films
are produced under both the Universal Pictures and Focus
Features names. Its films are marketed and distributed
worldwide primarily through NBCUniversal
’s own marketing
and distribution companies. It also acquires distribution rights
to films produced by others, which may be limited to
particular geographic regions, specific forms of media or
certain periods of time. NBCUniversal generally retains all
rights relating to the worldwide distribution of its internally
produced films, including rights for theatrical exhibition, home
entertainment distribution, pay and advertising-supported
television exhibition and other media.
After their theatrical premiere, NBCUniversal distributes its
films for home entertainment use on DVD and in various
digital formats. NBCUniversal also licenses its films for
distribution on broadcast, cable, satellite and pay television
channels and video on demand in both U.S. and international
markets.
Revenue from NBCUniversal’s filmed entertainment business
consists primarily of (i) theatrical revenue derived from the
worldwide theatrical release of owned and acquired films;
(ii) home entertainment revenue, which consists of the
license or sale of owned and acquired films, including
theatrical releases and direct-to-video releases, to retail
stores and through digital media platforms; and (iii) television
licensing revenue, which is primarily derived from the
licensing of owned and acquired films to pay and advertising-
supported television distribution platforms. It also generates
revenue from distributing third parties’ filmed entertainment,
producing stage plays, publishing music and licensing
consumer products.
Theme Parks
NBCUniversal’s theme parks business consists primarily of
its Universal Studios Hollywood theme park, Wet ‘n Wild
water park and fees from intellectual property licenses and
other services from third parties that own and operate
Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Singapore. It
also has a 50% equity interest in,