Nature of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Nature of Business	1. NATURE OF BUSINESS Nature of Business Entravision Communications Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Company") is a global advertising solutions, media and technology company. The Company's operations encompass integrated, end-to-end advertising solutions across multiple media, comprised of digital, television and audio properties. The Company's digital segment, whose operations are located in Latin America, Europe, the United States, Asia and Africa, reaches a global market, with a focus on advertisers in emerging economies that wish to advertise on digital platforms owned and operated primarily by global media companies. The Company's television and audio operations reach and engage U.S. Hispanics in the United States. The Company's management has determined that the Company operates in three reportable segments as of December 31, 2021, based upon the type of advertising medium: digital, television and audio (formerly radio). The Company's digital segment provides digital end-to-end advertising solutions that allow advertisers to reach online users worldwide. These solutions are comprised of four separate business units: • the Company's digital commercial partnerships business; • Smadex, the Company's programmatic ad purchasing platform; • the Company's branding and mobile performance solutions business; and • the Company's digital audio business. Through the Company's digital commercial partnerships business – the largest of its digital business units – the Company acts as an intermediary between primarily global media companies and advertising customers or their ad agencies. The global media companies represented by the Company include Meta Platforms, or Meta (formerly known as Facebook Inc.), Twitter, Inc., or Twitter, ByteDance Ltd., also known as TikTok, and Spotify AB, or Spotify, as well as other media companies, in 30 countries throughout the world. The Company's dedicated local sales teams sell advertising space on these media companies' digital platforms to its advertising customers or their ad agencies for the placement of ads directed to online users of a wide range of Internet-connected devices. The Company also provides some of its advertising customers billing, technological and other support, including strategic marketing and training, which it refers to as managed services. Smadex is the Company's proprietary automated purchasing platform, on which advertisers can purchase ad inventory. This practice – the purchase and sale of advertising inventory electronically – is referred to in the Company's industry as programmatic advertising. Smadex is also a “demand-side" platform, which allows advertisers to purchase space from online marketplaces on which media companies list their advertising inventory. Most advertisements acquired through Smadex are placed on mobile devices, but they may also be placed on computers and Internet-connected televisions. The Company also provides managed services to some of its advertising customers in connection with their use of its Smadex platform. The Company also offers a branding and mobile performance solutions business, which provides managed services to advertisers looking to connect with consumers, primarily on mobile devices. The Company's digital audio business provides digital audio advertising solutions for advertisers in the Americas. The Company also has a diversified media portfolio that targets Hispanic audiences. The Company owns and/or operates 49 primary television stations located primarily in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Washington, D.C. The Company’s television operations comprise the largest affiliate group of both the top-ranked primary Univision television network of TelevisaUnivision Inc. (“TelevisaUnivision”) and TelevisaUnivision’s UniMás network. The Company owns and operates 46 radio stations in 14 U.S. markets. Its radio stations consist of 37 FM and 9 AM stations located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. The Company also sells advertisements and syndicates radio programming to more than 100 markets across the United States. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Company’s Business Notwithstanding periodic increases in COVID-19 cases from time to time during 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic had a lessened impact on the Company's business during the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021 compared to previous periods since the pandemic began in March 2020. Subject to the extent and duration of possible resurgences of the pandemic and the uncertain economic environment that has resulted from the pandemic, the Company anticipates that the pandemic will continue to have diminishing or little effect on its business, from both an operational and financial perspective, in future periods. Nonetheless, the Company remains cautious due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic and its effects. In the first quarter of 2021, the Company experienced some cancellations of advertising and a decrease in new advertising placements in its television segment and especially in its audio segment, continuing a trend that the Company had begun to experience since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, although this trend ended during the second quarter of 2021. During the quarter ended December 31, 2021, and for the full year ended December 31, 2021, the Company did not experience material cancellations of advertising or a decrease in new advertising placements in its television and audio segments. Nonetheless, at this time the Company does not know if certain behavioral changes by audiences in their television viewership and radio listening habits during the pandemic are permanent and the impact any such changes could have on the Company's results of operations in future periods. In order to preserve cash during this uncertain period, the Company has instituted certain cost reduction measures that are still in effect. On March 26, 2020, the Company suspended repurchases under its share repurchase program. Effective May 16, 2020, the Company suspended company matching of employee contributions to their 401(k) retirement plans. The Company reduced its dividend by 50% beginning in the second quarter of 2020, and it may continue to do so in future periods. Other cost reduction measures that the Company instituted during 2020 were restored to original levels by the end of 2020. The Company will continue to monitor all of these actions closely in light of current and changing conditions and may institute such additional actions as it may believe are appropriate at a future date. Additionally the Company elected to defer the employer portion of the social security payroll tax (6.2%) as provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020, commonly known as the CARES Act. The deferral was effective from March 27, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The deferred amount is considered to be timely paid if 50% is paid by December 31, 2021 and the remainder is paid by December 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid 50% of the deferred amount. The Company believes that its liquidity and capital resources remain adequate and that it can meet current expenses for at least the next twelve months from a combination of cash on hand and cash flows from operations.

Nature of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

1. NATURE OF BUSINESS

Nature of Business

Entravision Communications Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Company") is a global advertising solutions, media and technology company. The Company's operations encompass integrated, end-to-end advertising solutions across multiple media, comprised of digital, television and audio properties. The Company's digital segment, whose operations are located in Latin America, Europe, the United States, Asia and Africa, reaches a global market, with a focus on advertisers in emerging economies that wish to advertise on digital platforms owned and operated primarily by global media companies. The Company's television and audio operations reach and engage U.S. Hispanics in the United States. The Company's management has determined that the Company operates in three reportable segments as of December 31, 2021, based upon the type of advertising medium: digital, television and audio (formerly radio).

The Company's digital segment provides digital end-to-end advertising solutions that allow advertisers to reach online users worldwide. These solutions are comprised of four separate business units:

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the Company's digital commercial partnerships business;

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Smadex, the Company's programmatic ad purchasing platform;

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the Company's branding and mobile performance solutions business; and

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the Company's digital audio business.

Through the Company's digital commercial partnerships business – the largest of its digital business units – the Company acts as an intermediary between primarily global media companies and advertising customers or their ad agencies. The global media companies represented by the Company include Meta Platforms, or Meta (formerly known as Facebook Inc.), Twitter, Inc., or Twitter, ByteDance Ltd., also known as TikTok, and Spotify AB, or Spotify, as well as other media companies, in 30 countries throughout the world. The Company's dedicated local sales teams sell advertising space on these media companies' digital platforms to its advertising customers or their ad agencies for the placement of ads directed to online users of a wide range of Internet-connected devices. The Company also provides some of its advertising customers billing, technological and other support, including strategic marketing and training, which it refers to as managed services.

Smadex is the Company's proprietary automated purchasing platform, on which advertisers can purchase ad inventory. This practice – the purchase and sale of advertising inventory electronically – is referred to in the Company's industry as programmatic advertising. Smadex is also a “demand-side" platform, which allows advertisers to purchase space from online marketplaces on which media companies list their advertising inventory. Most advertisements acquired through Smadex are placed on mobile devices, but they may also be placed on computers and Internet-connected televisions. The Company also provides managed services to some of its advertising customers in connection with their use of its Smadex platform.

The Company also offers a branding and mobile performance solutions business, which provides managed services to advertisers looking to connect with consumers, primarily on mobile devices. The Company's digital audio business provides digital audio advertising solutions for advertisers in the Americas.

The Company also has a diversified media portfolio that targets Hispanic audiences. The Company owns and/or operates 49 primary television stations located primarily in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Washington, D.C. The Company’s television operations comprise the largest affiliate group of both the top-ranked primary Univision television network of TelevisaUnivision Inc. (“TelevisaUnivision”) and TelevisaUnivision’s UniMás network. The Company owns and operates 46 radio stations in 14 U.S. markets. Its radio stations consist of 37 FM and 9 AM stations located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. The Company also sells advertisements and syndicates radio programming to more than 100 markets across the United States.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Company’s Business

Notwithstanding periodic increases in COVID-19 cases from time to time during 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic had a lessened impact on the Company's business during the quarter and year ended December 31, 2021 compared to previous periods since the

pandemic began in March 2020. Subject to the extent and duration of possible resurgences of the pandemic and the uncertain economic environment that has resulted from the pandemic, the Company anticipates that the pandemic will continue to have diminishing or little effect on its business, from both an operational and financial perspective, in future periods. Nonetheless, the Company remains cautious due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic and its effects.

In the first quarter of 2021, the Company experienced some cancellations of advertising and a decrease in new advertising placements in its television segment and especially in its audio segment, continuing a trend that the Company had begun to experience since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, although this trend ended during the second quarter of 2021. During the quarter ended December 31, 2021, and for the full year ended December 31, 2021, the Company did not experience material cancellations of advertising or a decrease in new advertising placements in its television and audio segments. Nonetheless, at this time the Company does not know if certain behavioral changes by audiences in their television viewership and radio listening habits during the pandemic are permanent and the impact any such changes could have on the Company's results of operations in future periods.

In order to preserve cash during this uncertain period, the Company has instituted certain cost reduction measures that are still in effect. On March 26, 2020, the Company suspended repurchases under its share repurchase program. Effective May 16, 2020, the Company suspended company matching of employee contributions to their 401(k) retirement plans. The Company reduced its dividend by 50% beginning in the second quarter of 2020, and it may continue to do so in future periods. Other cost reduction measures that the Company instituted during 2020 were restored to original levels by the end of 2020. The Company will continue to monitor all of these actions closely in light of current and changing conditions and may institute such additional actions as it may believe are appropriate at a future date.

Additionally the Company elected to defer the employer portion of the social security payroll tax (6.2%) as provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020, commonly known as the CARES Act. The deferral was effective from March 27, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The deferred amount is considered to be timely paid if 50% is paid by December 31, 2021 and the remainder is paid by December 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid 50% of the deferred amount.

The Company believes that its liquidity and capital resources remain adequate and that it can meet current expenses for at least the next twelve months from a combination of cash on hand and cash flows from operations.