Televisa launched a then-unnamed film division on May 12, 1971, with its first film at the time being
La Celestina, released in 1976. The film division was officially named Televicine on January 24, 1978. Its first film produced under the new name was
El Chanfle, released in 1979. Videocine was founded as a second film division of
Televisa.{when?} In 1999, both Televicine and Videocine merged into a single company, maintaining the Videocine name. In 2006, managing director Eckehardt von Damm stepped down after serving since 1994. In 2021, parent company
Televisa announced that it would sell its content assets to US-based
Univision Communications, affecting Videocine and other brands owned by Televisa. ==Logo==