Sports

Univision Los Angeles will be the exclusive Spanish-language broadcaster of Los Angeles Rams preseason games. 

UDN, multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), has announced the return of Portugal’s Primeira Liga and Dutch Eredivisie.

The Denver Broncos announced that Telemundo Denver (KDEN) and KNRV Radio (1150 AM) are the team’s new Spanish-language broadcast partners.

Telemundo Deportes revealed its team of presenters, announcers and commentators for the Rio 2016 Olympics today, featuring more than 25 well-known figures in sports journalism who will cover the games for TELEMUNDO, NBC UNIVERSO and Telemundo Deportes digital properties.

Univision Deportes announced its broadcast plans for the 2016/2017 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League tournament across UDN and Galavisión network.

The 1948 London Games were the first Summer Olympics to be televised, reaching about 500,000 viewers who mostly lived within 50 miles of Wembley stadium. Comparing those figures to the estimated 3.6 billion people who watched the 2012 London Games from more than 220 countries and territories, it’s clear why the 2016 Summer Olympics have advertisers seeing gold.  By: IBISWorld Procurement Research Analyst, Ashley Cruz

Latinobaseball.com will pay tribute to David “Papi” Ortiz with the “2016 Player of the Year Award” on Dominican Republic Day at Fenway Park on July 27, 2016, prior to the Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers 1:35pm game.

The iHeart Media station, which enjoys a full-market signal, will now be run via multi-year LMA with Dallas-based Deportes Media LLC.  By Adam R Jacobson – Publisher, Hispanic Market Overview

Telemundo Deportes unveiled its digital coverage plans for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which begin on Wednesday, August 3rd with women’s soccer, two days before the Opening Ceremony. In total, Telemundo Deportes will offer more than 100 hours of additional Olympic coverage than it did for London 2012.

Azteca San Antonio announced an exclusive two year agreement to broadcast three live pre-season games of the Dallas Cowboys games in Spanish on Azteca Stations KVDF San Antonio, KADF Austin, and KYDF Corpus Christi.

The Los Angeles Rams have reached an exclusive rights agreement selecting KWKW 1330 AM/ESPN Deportes as their official Spanish language flagship radio station. The agreement includes the broadcasts of all preseason, regular season, and postseason games.

Univision Deportes announced the beginning of its Sábado Futbolero  every Saturday night during the Liga MX season.

As the clock ticks down to the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Coca-Cola has its eyes set on celebrating gold.  But not just the gold found on top of the world’s most elite podium. In the 88th year of this special partnership, Coca-Cola will celebrate with fans across the world the gold feeling that comes from accomplishing something great, however simple, in an everyday moment.  

Fantástico announced it has secured a corporate partnership with the New York Cosmos for the 2016 North American Soccer League Fall season.

Telemundo Denver / KDEN announced that Erasmo Provenza has been named Sports Anchor for Noticiero Telemundo Denver, which airs weekdays at 4:30 PM, 5 PM and 10 PM.

Univision Deportes announced the Balón de Oro Awards to honor the top athletes in the Liga MX.

Our first annual report on how well stakeholders are serving children and communities through youth sports offers grades, the latest data on participation rates, exclusive insights, and 50+ key developments in the past year in each of the areas of opportunity identified in our seminal 2015 report Sport for All, Play for Life: A Playbook to Get Every Kid in the Game.

Univision Deportes announced a partnership with Lexus to deliver for the first time ever in the U.S. in depth, comprehensive soccer analyses.

Fútbol De Primera Radio Network (FDP) announced that broadcast sales executive Robert Pantanini is returning to Fútbol De Primera Radio Network as Executive Vice President Network Sales, effective immediately.

With two weeks until the kickoff of UEFA European Football Championship, ESPN is debuting “More Than Football,” an integrated marketing campaign celebrating the world’s most competitive international soccer tournament. Starting June 10, the month-long event will feature 51 matches in 10 cities throughout France.