2008 Olympic Games at Telemundo.

This summer, Olympic Games 2008 fever comes to Telemundo exclusively, live in Spanish and directly from Beijing, China. Covering a wide variety of Hispanics’ favorite sports, the Spanish-language network kicks off its summer Olympic broadcast on Wednesday, August 6 and continues through Sunday, August 24. In its second Olympic broadcast, Telemundo will offer an unprecedented 380+ hours of exclusive coverage through its standard daily broadcast schedule ˆ 2am to 6am ET/PT and 8am to 10am ET/PT – as well as its 24/7 broadband-exclusive video coverage in its exclusive webpage, http://www.OlimpiadasTelemundo.com.

“Every four years the world comes together to focus on the Olympic Games. It’s an extraordinary and transforming event where nations come together in peace to compete and celebrate excellence. Four years ago Telemundo made history for being the first US Hispanic network ever to broadcast the Olympic Games in Spanish. Today, we are delighted to carry on this tradition by bringing back the Olympics in our audience’s native language, on both the TV screen and through our extensive Olympic webpage,” said Don Browne, President of Telemundo.

Telemundo’s Olympic programming includes the broadcast of sports events narrated in Spanish, as well as a series of special programs focusing on the participating Latin American countries, Hispanic athletes and all the excitement from the Olympic Games in Beijing.

“For the first time on Telemundo, our viewers will enjoy the complete Olympic experience and will have the opportunity to sample a diverse offering of events. But, most importantly, Telemundo will be the only Hispanic network to highlight the drama and personal quest for glory of our athletes in Beijing” said Jorge Hidalgo, SEVP of Telemundo Sports & Executive Producer of Telemundo’s Olympic coverage.

The network Olympic coverage will feature competitions in the following sports, among others: men’s and women’s soccer, basketball, gymnastics, diving, volleyball, as well as track and field, swimming and baseball.

In addition, Telemundo is launching www.OlimpiadasTelemundo.com, featuring more than 220 hours of up-to-the-minute information and exclusive broadband video content 24/7. Photo galleries, videos, profiles of prominent Olympians, news, historic information and images from past Olympics, as well as from Beijing, will be available on the network’s webpage. The site also provides recaps of past Latino Olympic performances, medal stats, Olympic information by country, real time scores and full digital access to the Summer Olympics.

Telemundo will soon be announcing the official hosts and its Olympic team covering the Games in Beijing and the Network studios, as well as a detailed Olympic schedule.