Televisa breaks their silence regarding the Vicente Fernández series

• Televisa breaks their silence regarding the Vicente Fernández series.
• The television network will premiere the bioseries despite the family’s lawsuit.
• «Don Vicente Fernández was always very close to Televisa.»

After the lawsuit filed by the family of Don Vicente Fernández to prevent the broadcast of the bioseries about the famous Mexican singer, the Televisa network, which has merged with Univisión, breaks their silence. The premiere was scheduled for Monday, March 14.

It should be remembered that the Charro de Huentitan died on December 12 after being hospitalized for more than 100 days. All this was the result of a terrible fall he suffered at his Los Tres Potrillos ranch while he was riding one of his horses, as was his habit.

Televisa releases statement about the Vicente Fernández series

Now according to Efe Agency, the newly formed TelevisaUnivision issued a statement on Sunday. They announced that they would premiere the biographical series about the famous singer despite his family’s lawsuit. They stated that the singer was very close to the Spanish-language network.

“TelevisaUnivision is respectful of the law and its authorities, but it has not received a judicial notice that prohibits the series The last King. The son of the people,” they said in the statement.

Is it a Vincente Fernández’s name a registered trademark?

Televisa stated on Saturday, March 12, that the Fernández family’s lawyer, Marco del Toro, had told the media that he had obtained a resolution from a civil court to stop the bioseries. He argued that «Vicente Fernández» is a registered trademark. The company responded that it is a “ruse” to allege that “the name of a person is “’registered,’” according to Efe.

“With that argument, any public figure could create a ‘registry’ and that would prevent the press, magazines, books and audiovisuals from talking about them. This immunity they seek would make it impossible to write or talk about politicians, about people from the artistic world,” they replied in the statement.

«He was always very close to Televisa»

Despite this, TelevisaUnivisión plans to broadcast the series on Monday, since they say that «Don Vicente Fernández was always very close to Televisa» and that «there were always talks to make a bioseries.» Their statement goes into more detail.

To make their argument clear, they also stated that they have the rights to more than 20 songs for the show. In the Mexican production, ranchero singer Pablo Montero will play Fernández, but Netflix is ​​preparing another version starring Mexican actor Jaime Camil.

A major controversy

This production has caused controversy since January, when the new merger of Televisa and Univision announced the series based on the controversial book, The Last King, by Argentine writer Olga Wornat. The title refers to Fernández’s role as the last icon of rancheras and archetype of the Mexican male, according to Agencia Efe. Filed as: Televisa press release Vicente Fernández

Televisa acquires the rights to The Last King

Mexico’s largest television company reached an agreement with Editorial Planeta Mexicana to acquire the rights to the singer’s unauthorized biography, written by Wornat and published days before Fernández’s death on December 12.

Given the family revelations that the journalist addresses, such as the experiences of Vicente Fernández Junior during his kidnapping in 1998, the alleged links of his second son, Gerardo, with drug trafficking, and the enmity between the brothers, the story was not well received by the Fernandez dynasty. Filed as: Televisa press release Vicente Fernández

“I thought we had gotten rid of watching that series”

The Chamonic 3 Instagram account shared the statement that Televisa released on Sunday about whether it will broadcast the Charro de Huentitán series. Immediately, users reacted and gave their opinion on this controversial topic.

“I thought we had gotten rid of watching that series, the good news is that it will not last long.” “How cheap, TelevisaUnivision must pay for the rights… This is how they treat their employees too.” “Now Televisa complains about censorship, when they are the kings of censorship.” “I don’t think Televisa would risk creating a series just because, if they recorded it, it is because they have something legal to support them,” were some comments. Filed as: Televisa press release Vicente Fernández

The release of Chente’s series on Televisa will not be allowed

As reported by El Universal, the judge notified the Federal Institute of Telecommunications (IFT) to prevent the release of the Vicente Fernández series by Televisa. In addition, the television network will not be able to use the concession that the Mexican State gave it to distribute this material.

For their part, the Fernández family requested several precautionary measures from the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property to prevent the content from being aired: “The IMPI ordered Televisa to withdraw from circulation any product with which they use or exploit, without authorization, the image of the singer and reserves the right to the stage name Vicente Fernández and El Charro de Huentitán in the series, as well as any adaptation.” Filed as: Televisa press release Vicente Fernández

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