Sports

Univision Deportes announced that it has finalized a three-year sublicensing deal with FOX Deportes for Spanish-language rights to matches from Germany’s top soccer league, Bundesliga. 

Telemundo Deportes announced seven exclusive Spanish-language live NFL game telecasts on Universo beginning this Thursday, November 9 with Seahawks at Cardinals on “Thursday Night Football presented by Bud Light”, and culminating with Super Bowl LII live on Universo on Sunday, February 4, 2018, from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Millennials enjoy sports just as much as members of other generations. It’s the way they consume sports that matters.

Simmons Research announced the release of its Sports Fan Engagement Study, a trusted solution that provides in-depth insights into sports fandom in the United States.

FOX Deportes has acquired long-term exclusive Spanish-language rights in the United States for Mexico-based teams, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente (Xolos) and Club Santos Laguna (Santos)

Univision Deportes has officially secured broadcast rights to all 18 of Liga MX’s soccer teams in competition through 2017/18.

MKTG’s Decoding 2.0 Study uncovers the vast differences in how fans in the US receive sponsor messaging around sport and lifestyle properties.

According to a series of recent online surveys conducted in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada by Ipsos on behalf of the United Bid Committee, just over half (55%) of all adults report having watched the men’s international soccer/ football tournament known as the (‘FIFA’ in Canada) World Cup in the past. However, viewership in Mexico (83%) is nearly twice as high compared to the U.S. (45%) and Canada (47%) – including a significantly greater proportion of adults in Mexico who say that they are avid watchers of past World Cup matches (33% vs. 17% U.S. and 11% Canada).

The United States soccer team’s shocking elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament hasn’t dampened NBCUniversal’s projections for a record-breaking tournament performance on Telemundo, according to company executives.  By: R. Thomas Umsteadf / Courtesy of MultiChannel News and Broadcasting & Cable

The failure of the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals is without question a tremendous setback for U.S. soccer. Millions of disappointed U.S. soccer fans are scratching their heads wondering who is to blame for this catastrophe.  By Jaime Cardenas – CEO, AC&M Group

NBCUniversal/Telemundo and América Móvil jointly submitted to the Mexican Football Federation bids for the Mexico National Team media rights, one for the United States, and the other for the rest of the world, for two World Cup cycles. The bids include rights to all men’s and women’s Mexico National Team divisions.

ESPN Deportes will present live coverage of 17 regular season Monday Night Football games, a Wild Card playoff game and the Pro Bowl.

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, the current Mexican soccer champion, faces off against the “Colombian king of cups,” Club Atlético Nacional, in what has been called the super cup of champions: “Supercopa de Campeones.” 

Univision Deportes, the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), announced  that it has sublicensed from beIN SPORTS, the radio rights for some of Europe’s top football clubs from Spain, Italy and France including Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, AS Roma, and Inter Milan. 

GLR Media Networks and international sports radio brand talkSPORT announce that they have launched an exclusive partnership for broadcast radio distribution and ad sales representation of the hugely popular English Premier League (EPL) in Spanish.

Telemundo Deportes, the Spanish-language home of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, will present exclusive coverage of the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2017, an annual esports competition to crown the best EA SPORTS™ FIFA player in the world, taking place August 16-18 live from London.

America has spoken, and they have one thing to say: “I’d rather be fishing.” With 1.5 million more participants than the previous year, fishing now has more than 47 million Americans hooked.

H Code Media announced the signing of an exclusive partnership with Futbol Sites (FSN) in Latin America.

The 26th edition of the Deloitte UK Sports Business Group’s publication returns to two familiar themes – the continuation of relentless revenue growth across Europe’s major leagues, in particular the Premier League, and the commitment of this money to spending on players via transfer fees and wages, again led by English clubs.

The Roberto Clemente Museum, in partnership with Pittsburgh-based advertising agency MARC USA, has launched a national grassroots petition campaign to retire number 21 across Major League Baseball.