Azteca America Pushes into the Top 15 Hispanic Shows of the Week With 1.34 Million Viewers 2+ for the Tecos vs America Soccer Fi
02 Juni 2005 - 10:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
Azteca America Pushes into the Top 15 Hispanic Shows of the Week
With 1.34 Million Viewers 2+ for the Tecos vs America Soccer Final,
Surpassing Any Program for the Week From Telemundo or Telefutura La
Academia Sunday Concert Also Breaks the Top 25 List For First Time
in History NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Azteca America, THE
place for FLM Mexican League Soccer, announces a historic first for
our young network as the May 26 final of FLM Mexican League Soccer
attracted 1.34 million viewers 2+. The results place the
championship match at number 13 of the weekly most- watched
Hispanic programs, according to NHTI. "We are proud to say that
this marks the third consecutive week of having at least one
program in the Top 25 Primetime Hispanic programs, according to
Nielsen," said COO Jorge Jaidar. "And looking beyond soccer, our
Sunday concert of La Academia also broke into the list with over
600,000 viewers 2+." Starting with the May 12 quarter final between
Santos and Club America, Azteca America attracted 630,000 2+
viewers. The successive semifinals attracted 800,000 viewers for
the May 18 Tecos vs Monarcas Morelia semifinal and 807,000 for the
May 21 return match. On Sunday May 22, the Cruz Azul vs America
semifinal attracted 1.1 million 2+ viewers. "We're moving ahead and
not looking back," added Jaidar. For the complete list of top 25
Hispanic programs, visit http://www.top5s.com/ . Company Profile
Azteca America is the fastest-growing Hispanic network in the
United States. The network is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV
Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish
language television content in the world. Azteca America currently
has presence in 39 Hispanic markets, including: Los Angeles, New
York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Phoenix, Brownsville-McAllen,
Albuquerque, San Diego, Fresno-Visalia,
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Denver, Orlando, Austin, Tampa, Corpus
Christi, Tucson, Las Vegas, Colorado Springs, Monterey-Salinas,
Hartford, Salt Lake City, Bakersfield, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce,
Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Omaha, Yakima, Naples-Ft. Myers,
Wichita, Reno, Boise, Victoria, Oklahoma City, Charleston and
Chattanooga. For more information, visit our website:
http://www.aztecaamerica.com/ For further information contact:
Daniel McCosh +011-52-55-1720-0059 +1-646-253-9167 Juan Pablo
Alvarez +011-52-55-1720-5705 +1-646-253-9167 DATASOURCE: Azteca
America CONTACT: Daniel McCosh, +011-52-55-1720-0059, or
+1-646-253-9167, or , or Juan Pablo Alvarez, +011-52-55-1720-5705,
or +1-646-253-9167, or , both of Azteca America Web site:
http://www.aztecaamerica.com/ http://www.top5s.com/
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