Televisa & Telemundo to broadcast Mexican Team soccer matches in the USA.

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. and Telemundo Communications Group Inc. announced an agreement which enables Telemundo to broadcast in the U.S. all of the soccer matches played at the home stadiums of six of Mexico’s premiere teams. These rights also include matches that would involve these teams from the playoffs, semifinals and finals of the Mexican National Championship.

Ricardo Perez Teuffer, Vice President of Sports and Special Events of Televisa, said, “The demand in the United States to view top quality soccer from Mexico is substantial and growing, reflecting the popularity of the sport and the rapid increase in both size and influence of the Hispanic population in the U.S. Working with Telemundo, we together are assuring the United States market full access to a very special and highly sought after product through the unique content and distribution strengths respectively of Televisa and Telemundo.”

“This opportunity will strengthen Telemundo’s position in delivering quality sports content that is relevant to the U.S. Hispanic audience,” added Jorge Hidalgo, Senior Executive Vice President Network Sports, Telemundo. “We are delighted to be working with Televisa to bring this great property into the Telemundo Network and extending our Mexican soccer coverage to our viewers.”