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Televisa finalises licensing agreement with Univision
MUMBAI: Mexico‘s Grupo Televisa has finalized a deal with New York-based Univision Communications to extend the programming licensing agreement that was announced last October. The deal will keep Televisa‘s telenovelas on Univision‘s networks for at least another 15 years.
As part of the deal, Televisa paid Univision $1.2 billion in exchange for a 5 per cent stake in Univision. This money can be used by the latter to refinance some of its debt taken on in its 2007 leveraged buyout by which media mogul Haim Saban and private equity groups Providence Equity Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Texas Pacific Group took over the company.
The deal lets Univision assume control of the pay television operation TuTV that was earlier a joint venture between the two companies. Univision will also be allowed to run Televisa‘s programming on the internet in the US and on other digital platforms.
As part of the arrangement, three Televisa officials will join Univision‘s board. Televisa chairman and chief executive Emilio Azcárraga Jean will join Univision‘s board while the other two officials would be Televisa executive vice president Alfonso de Angoitia and Televisa board member and managing director of Allen & Co., Enrique F. Senior Hernández.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
