Contacto Deportivo @ TeleFutura.

TeleFutura, the new Spanish-language broadcast network in the U.S. has had an exceptional reception by Hispanic viewers in its first week. “Contacto Deportivo” which airs Monday through Sunday from 11:00 pm ET /10:00 CENTRAL as well as at 2:30 AM ET / 1:30 AM Central, premiered in TeleFutura, successfully attracting the highest concentration of young male adults (18-34 and 18-49) amongst any other Spanish-language programs on Hispanic Television. This exciting new program is unique not only due to its alternative-programming schedule but also because of its unparalleled coverage of breaking sports stories. It includes daily in-depth analysis and commentary by its team of experienced sportscasters. “Contacto Deportivo” will not only feature sports of particular interest to Hispanics such as soccer and boxing, but will also cover the major American Pro sports leagues such as MLB, NFL and NBA.

The members of the Contacto Deportivo team are:

Ricardo Celis: This young Mexican sportscaster has more than 10 years of experience as reporter and sports anchor of regional and network sports programs at Unvision Network and HBO Pay Per View, among others. He has covered everything from World Series to Super Bowls, Championship boxing fights, World Cup Soccer, and the Olympics and Pan-American games. He is also the host for TeleFutura’s Friday night boxing program, “Solo Boxeo”.

Jorge Pérez-Navarro. He joined the Galavision sports team in September 2000 and has covered everything from Copa Confederaciones, to Corea-Japon 2001. Additionally, he has provided commentary for the Copa America , the runoff games towards the World soccer games of “Corea-Japon 2002” as well as for boxing programs such as “El Boxeo en Ésta Esquina” and “Solo Boxeo”. Prior to this, he was the sports anchor for KINT-TV, a Univision affiliate in El Paso, Texas.

Adrián García Márquez. This sportscaster, who is originally from San Diego,California, began his career covering the Padres of San Diego baseball team for the radio. In the year 2000, he was given the opportunity to provide commentary in Spanish for the Oakland baseball games. That same year he joined ESPN as the Spanish-language commentator for the baseball Big Leagues and the NFL. With the start of the American football season he became part of the team providing commentary and hosting such programs as the “NFL BLAST” and “NFL FILMS”. In 2001, he relocated to Boston where he became the official Spanish-language voice of the Boston Red Sox.