Grupo Televisa (simply known as Televisa), shortened name for Televisión Vía Satélite is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company, founded by Emilio Azcárraga Milmo on January 8, 1973 after the merger of Telesistema Mexicano (TSM), owners of Canal 2, Canal 4 and Canal 5 and Televisión Independiente de México (TIM), the owner of Canal 9 respectively Until 2022, Televisa was the largest commercial TV corporation in Mexico and one of the largest in the world. In the United States, Televisa has an exclusive contract with Univision
1973–2000[]
Designer:
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
January 8, 1973
This was the first logo with the eye symbol inspiration from CBS making as an orange oval broken into ten lines with the sun in the scenery. The eye logo was designed by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, symbolizing as the spectator's vision to watch the world throughout the television.
1973–1980[]
The wordmark "Tele Visa" was stacked without the letter "I". The letter "T" was a two striped cross unified with the letter "V" and "I" as the letter "t" in lowercase.
1981–2000[]
1981–1990[]
The wordmark was dropped in 1981, and the circle representing the sun was colored yellow. This logo was still used as a secondary variation, seen in some idents and promos until 2001.
1990–2000[]
In 1990, the wordmark was added to the 1981 logo.
1998–2000[]
In 1998, the logo was given a three dimensional look, and the lines through the "sun" took off. It was used only on Televisa Deportes and Noticieros Televisa as a blue logo.
Televisa launched a new logo on January 1, 2001, reducing the scanlines to eight with the circle now being a 3D sphere, representing an eye, and the wordmark was Helvetica Black.
2012–2016 (secondary); 2016–present (primary)[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Helvetica Neue Heavy
Launched:
January 16, 2016
On January 16th, 2016, the company updated its logo which removed the sphere part and became a single flat color. However, it was first seen in a In Memoriam video from 2012, four years before its on-screen debut.
As of 2022, the logo is currently being used by TelevisaUnivision, under license from Grupo Televisa for Televisa-branded programming, as well as its intro logos.
2022-present (corporate)[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Helvetica Neue Heavy
Launched:
January 31, 2022
In 2021, Televisa announced that it will sell its entertainment assets to Univision Communications. The sale was completed on January 31, 2022 and UCI renamed itself to TelevisaUnivision in the process. After that, Televisa became a telecommunications company, under its corporate name, Grupo Televisa.