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El Rey Network and Univision Communications Announce Strategic Partnership
- Client News
- May 14, 2013
El Rey Network and Univision Communications jointly announced their entry into a joint venture pursuant to which Univision made a strategic investment in El Rey, a new general entertainment, English-language cable network geared towards young-adult, Hispanic audiences that will launch later this year. El Rey was created by acclaimed film director Robert Rodriguez and Paul, Weiss client FactoryMade Ventures. Rodriguez, who has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Machete and Sin City, unveiled plans for the new network and showcased one of its slated programs, based on the hit action/horror franchise from Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk Til Dawn, at Univision's 2013 Upfront presentation in New York. As the lead curators of content for El Rey Network, Rodriguez and FactoryMade will cultivate a mix of reality, scripted and animated series, movies, music and sports programming. Univision will be responsible for the back office operations, sales and distribution of the network. Financial details were not disclosed.
The Paul, Weiss team advising FactoryMade Ventures included corporate partner James Schwab; entertainment partner Charles Googe; employee benefits partner Lawrence Witdorchic; real estate counsel Barry Langman; and tax partner Jeffrey Samuels and counsel Alyssa Wolpin.