MEXICO, November 18, 2009.- Alliance between web site YouTube, subsidiary of Google, and Media US Company Univision will not include Mexican contents of Televisa, owner of most popular TV shows and soap operas rights of Univision. The agreement between both companies could relive and old fight for this market.

On November 17, the most popular video web site, YouTube sign an agreement with media Company Univision, for distribute its TV programs. Univision discloses that TV content of Galavision and Telefutura will be view in YouTube, but Televisa programs will not be included.

Univision buys Televisa more than 40% of its programs. The fight for the TV programs rights still in the air, meanwhile the US company sign an agreement with YouTube, because Univision has a lot of illegal downloads.

In 1992, Univision and Televisa sign an agreement for the next 25 years of exclusive rights of TV programs in United States. At that time, it was not clear, what will happen with content distribution in Internet, and that is the main cause of the problem. Televisa ask Univision the payment of content distribution in Internet.

On July, a US judge determine that Televisa has no right to distribute the contents sold to Univision in Internet, but he also establish that the US company has not right to earn money with them. Univision said that has lot of opportunities of winning the lawsuit and soon get the rights for its online distribution.   

Meanwhile, soap operas viewers of Televisa continue upload programs to Internet. YouTube known that these kinds of contents are once of the most seen for Spanish speakers in the web.

Univision tries to be a step forward in the agreement with YouTube and upload programs for the once the company has commercial right.

Televisa try to thwart effects of YouTube and upload its contents in its web site Esmas and in channels created to seen short programs in Internet.
  
Neither Univision nor YouTube disclose financial details of the agreement. (El Semanario Agencia ESA)