Paris – Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Televisa, will be honoured as the MIPCOM 2012 Personality of the Year. Azcárraga Jean will accept the award on October 10, during a gala dinner for industry executives at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.

That same day, the Grupo Televisa Chariman will also give a keynote address in the Palais des Festival’s Grand Auditorium, as part of MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind series of presentations.

Emilio Azcárraga Jean´s speech at MIPCOM will focus on his commitment five years ago: to go global and become a good partner to grow with. He will explain how Televisa has expanded the reach of its finished products and coproduction efforts around the world; and will close with his thoughts about the future of content, distribution and the transmedia landscape.

Under Emilio Azcárraga Jean’s leadership, Grupo Televisa has doubled its operating margin and constantly garnered over 70 percent of the Mexican Broadcast TV Market.