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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


[TELEVISA LOGO]                                         PRESS RELEASE
                                                        FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


       GRUPO TELEVISA ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING RECENT MEDIA SPECULATION

Mexico City,  September 18,  2006--In light of recent media  speculation,  Grupo
Televisa S..A. ("Televisa"; NYSE:TV; BMV:TLEVISA CPO)reported today that it does
not intend to make another bid for Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN).


Grupo Televisa, S.A., is the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world
and a major  participant in the  international  entertainment  business.  It has
interests  in  television   production  and  broadcasting,   production  of  pay
television  networks,  international  distribution  of  television  programming,
direct-to-home satellite services, publishing and publishing distribution, cable
television,  radio  production and  broadcasting,  professional  sports and live
entertainment,  feature film production and distribution, and the operation of a
horizontal  internet portal.  Grupo Televisa also owns an unconsolidated  equity
stake in  Univision,  the leading  Spanish-language  media company in the United
States, and in La Sexta, a free-to-air television venture in Spain.


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TELEVISA INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS:           MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS:

MICHEL BOYANCE / ALEJANDRO EGUILUZ              MANUEL COMPEAN
Tel: +52 (55) 5261-2445                         Tel: +52 (55) 5728-3815
Fax: +52 (55) 5261-2494                         Fax: + 52 (55) 5728-3632
ir@televisa.com.mx                              mcompean@televisa.com.mx


                                                JEREMY FIELDING/SCOTT HYNES
                                                Kekst and Company
                                                Tel: +1 (212) 521-4800


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