Telemundo Deportes, the Spanish-language home for all FIFA events including the 2019 Women’s World Cup France, presents exclusive coverage of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018, the sixth edition of the biennial international women’s youth soccer championship featuring 16 teams competing for the title.
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Telemundo Deportes to broadcast FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018
The Database: Getting Into the Game with Sports Marketing [PODCAST]
Around the world, sports are a favorite form of entertainment. For some fans, that means tracking every statistic and player nuance across an entire season, while others just enjoy the comradery of cheering on the same athlete or team
Combate Americas Teams Up to Encourage Hispanics To Commit To Vote
Combate Americas and ACRONYM announced an innovative PSA campaign to encourage U.S. Hispanics to vote. ACRONYM is running the largest digital program focused on registering and mobilizing voters to the polls on Election Day and electing progressives to state legislative seats across the country.
Formula 1 Fandom is Accelerating in the U.S.
With events in 21 countries across five continents, Formula 1 racing is a popular global motorsport with a fan base of more than 500 million.
Minor League Baseball’s “Copa de la Diversión” Hispanic Fan Engagement Initiative Expands to 72 Teams for 2019
The cornerstone of MiLB’s U.S. Hispanic/Latino fan engagement initiative, “Copa de la Diversión” established an innovative new platform authentically connecting MiLB teams with their diverse communities, embracing the culture and values that resonate most with Hispanics/Latinos nationwide.
The Mission: Combate Americas Is Changing The Face Of Latino Sports
The CEO and founder of Combate Americas wants to make mixed-martial arts (MMA) the most popular sport among Latinos in the world, after soccer. By Court Stroud
Univision Deportes to Bring Fanáticos the Inaugural UEFA Nations League Competition
Univision Deportes will deliver every match of the first-ever UEFA Nations League competition across its robust portfolio of linear and digital platforms.
Entravision Radio to broadcast 2018 NFL Regular and Post Season
Entravision Communications Corporation announced that it has renewed its NFL agreement for three more years, and will be the official NFL Spanish language radio broadcaster for Sunday Night Football through the 2020 season.
Combate Americas announces the opening of La Jalua Studios
Coming off the successful launch of its new season on Univision, with record ratings beating those of general market English language Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) properties, Combate Americas president Jacqueline Hernandez announced the opening of La Jaula Studios, a new multi-platform content production studio created to serve the most digitally native, multiracial and multicultural generations that have ever existed—Hispanic Millennials and Generation Z.
UEFA Champions League Comes to Univision Deportes
Univision Deportes begins its tenure as the official Spanish-language broadcaster of UEFA this month, highlighted by coverage of club soccer’s most prestigious competition, the UEFA Champions League.
Telemundo Deportes World Cup Experts return
Following Telemundo Deportes’ complete presentation of all 64 2018 World Cup matches, which featured 113 players from last season’s Premier League in the World Cup, the Telemundo Deportes soccer expert team returns to provide play-by-play commentary led by Andrés Cantor, Sammy Sadovnik, Copán Álvarez, Carlos Hermosillo and Manuel Sol. The commentators will also contribute to the pre and post analysis alongside Miguel Gurwitz.
Televisión Dominicana to air the Dominican Professional Baseball Winter League
Televisión Dominicana has exclusive U.S. television rights to the home games of Las Estrellas Orientales, Los Gigantes del Cibao, Los Leones del Escogido, and Los Toros del Este, which will include the regular season and playoff games.
Gaining Ground: Major League Soccer Popularity in the U.S.
Major League Soccer (MLS) has come a long way over the past decade. While “football” continues to dominate as the most popular sport globally, soccer has been fighting an uphill battle to match the interest of American football in the U
International Cup Challenge A World Cup Test For U.S. Marketers, Fans, Media
Fans and brands feeling down after the conclusion of the FIFA World Cup and seeing the hosting of the 2026 event as too far in the future have a respite in the International Champions Cup presented by Heineken.
Telemundo Deportes adds to broadcast team
Telemundo Deportes announced three-division World Champion and former Olympian athlete Abner Mares returns to join Boxeo Telemundo’s announce team and serve as a special correspondent for all major fights for Titulares y Más, after having served as an analyst for Telemundo’s coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Female Football Fandom Reaches Fever Pitch
The World Cup is not only becoming more popular among women but also increasingly effective in reaching female football fans. As England reaches the quarter finals, our data shows it’s time for advertisers to reevaluate their targeting strategies accordingly.
US Imagina Pleads Guilty to Bribing Soccer Officials
In federal court in Brooklyn, US Imagina, LLC (“Imagina US”) pleaded guilty to a criminal information (the “Information”) charging it with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy in connection with the participation of two of its senior executives in schemes to pay more than $6.5 million in bribes to high-ranking officials of the Caribbean Football Union (“CFU”) and four Central American national soccer federations to secure media and marketing rights to those federations’ World Cup qualifier matches.
World Cup Fandom is Booming en Espanol
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises released the groundbreaking study, “La Ola de la FIFA 2018” as part of the most comprehensive World Cup research initiative in the U.S. around soccer fandom.
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announces “ElCampeón en Ti” Winners
Telemundo doubles down on its commitment to provide youth the opportunity to play soccer, empower future champions and expand educational opportunities for Latino youth by investing over $35,000 in scholarships to high-need, distinguished student athletes from across the country.
Telemundo acquires rights to 2019 Copa America
Telemundo Deportes announced it is adding to its sports content portfolio the exclusive Spanish-language U.S. media rights to the 2019 Copa America to be held in Brazil. The 2019 Copa America will be the 46th edition of the quadrennial international men’s soccer championship organized by South America’s soccer ruling body CONMEBOL. Copa America is the oldest international continental soccer competition and it determines the continental champion of South America.