is a
Spanish-language Television Network owned by
Univision with headquarters in
Miami, Florida .
The network started on January 14, 2002 a month behind
Telemundo 's launch of its second network, the bilingual
Mun2 , with programs such as the 3 hour gossip/Entertainment show ''
Escandalo TV '', designed to compete with similar offerings like ''
Cotorreando '' from
NBC Universal 's Telemundo. The Spanish channel often has their commercials on Univision.
Telefutura has in its programming
Venezuelan Telenovelas from
Coral Productions ,
RCTV , and game shows from
Televisa and
Venevision . The network also airs movies (mainly recent American releases dubbed into Spanish), boxing, ''Futbol Liga Mexicana'' broadcasts, news (including
Contacto Deportivo ) and game shows (like
Cien Mexicanos Dijeron ).
In late 2005, Telefutura started a newscast at 7pm called ''En Vivo y Directo'' (opposite the taped 4pm news on
Galavision ),the network pulled the plug on "En Vivo y Directo" due to low ratings and have replaced the newscast with movies.
There were rumors that Tribune Company would buy Telefutura from Univision Communications and creating duopolies in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Miami and Sacramento. As of 2006, this has not occurred.
