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Univision Deportes

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Network
  
Univision

Country of origin
  
United States

Launched
  
1962 (1962)

Headquarters
  
Doral, Florida

Owner
  
Univision Communications

Key people
  
Juan Carlos Rodriguez (president, Univision Deportes) Eric Conrad (Senior Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions, Univision Deportes) Olek Loewenstein (Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations, Univision Deportes) Sharon van Zwieten (Senior Executive Producer of News, Univision Deportes) Victoria Vitarelli (Vice President of Marketing, Univision Deportes) Marco A. Liceaga (Vice President of Marketing and Promotions, Univision Deportes) Randy Falco (CEO, Univision Communications)

Univision Deportes is the programming division of Univision, a Spanish language broadcast television network owned by Univision Communications, that is responsible for the production of sports events and magazine programs that air on the parent Univision network and sister network UniMás, and cable channels Galavisión and Univision Deportes Network. The division's premier sports properties are its broadcast rights to Liga MX, select matches involving the Mexico and United States men's national soccer teams, tournament matches from the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América. The division's headquarters are based at Univision Communications' South Florida headquarters in the Miami exurb of Doral, Florida.

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Current broadcast rights

Association football
  • Liga MX (encompassing Univision, Univision Deportes Network, UniMás and Galavisión)
  • América
  • Chiapas
  • Cruz Azul
  • Guadalajara (2013–present)
  • León
  • Monterrey
  • Necaxa
  • Puebla
  • Querétaro
  • Santos Laguna
  • Toluca
  • UANL
  • UNAM
  • Mexico national football team
  • CONCACAF Gold Cup (2000–present)
  • CONCACAF Champions League (2000–present)
  • Major League Soccer (2007–present)
  • MLS Cup (2007–present)
  • MLS All-Star Game (2007–present)
  • Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2012–present; Univision Deportes Network)
  • Primeira Liga (Univision Deportes Network)
  • U.S. men's national soccer team
  • U.S. women's national soccer team
  • UEFA (2018-2022):
  • UEFA Euro 2020 and qualifiers
  • UEFA Nations League
  • 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
  • UEFA Champions League (2018-2021)
  • Auto racing
  • Formula One (2013–present; Univision Deportes Network, UniMas)
  • Boxing
  • Premier Boxing Champions (2016-present; UniMás, Galavisión)
  • Other programming
  • Contacto Deportivo – weeknight sports news program (Univision, 2015–present; TeleFutura/UniMás, 2002–2015)
  • Fútbol Central – weekly soccer analysis/pre-game show (Univision Deportes Network, 2012–present; Univision, 2015–present)
  • Fútbol de Primera - weekly soccer analysis/highlights show (Galavisión, 1987–2002; TeleFutura/UniMás, 2003-2014; Univision, 2015–present)
  • Lucha Underground – weekly boxing showcase on El Rey Network and UniMás (2013–present) On May 3, 2015, the network debuted a weekly sports magazine program Zona NBA, featuring news and interviews from around the National Basketball Association (NBA).
  • Republica Deportiva – Sunday sports news/talk program (daytime edition, 1999–present; late-night edition, 2015–present)
  • Solo Boxeo – Saturday boxing showcase on TeleFutura/UniMás (2010–present)
  • Univision Deportes Fútbol Club – soccer analysis program on Univision Deportes Network (2012–present)
  • Univision Deportes Extra – sports news program on Univision Deportes Network (2012–present)
  • Former programs

    Association football
  • FIFA Confederations Cup (1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013)
  • FIFA World Cup (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
  • FIFA Women's World Cup (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)
  • Copa América (1993–2011; 2016)
  • Play-by-play

  • Enrique Bermúdez
  • Jesús Bracamontes
  • Félix Fernández
  • Pablo Ramírez
  • Luis Omar Tapia
  • Diego Balado
  • Jose Luis Lopez Salido
  • Anchors

  • Adriana Monsalve
  • Edgar Martinez
  • Alejandro Berry
  • Xavier Sol
  • Lindsay Casinelli
  • Analysts

  • Marcelo Balboa
  • Paul Caligiuri
  • Javier Castrilli
  • Keith Costigan
  • Carlos Pavon
  • Ramon Ramirez
  • Hristo Stoichkov
  • Ivan Zamorano
  • Reinaldo Navia
  • Enrique Borja
  • Nestor de la Torre
  • Field Reporters

  • Gibrán Araige
  • Ana Cathy Hernández
  • Juan Carlos 'Chiquis' Cruz
  • Nathalie Juarez
  • Karina Herrera
  • Rodolfo Landeros
  • Play-by-play

  • Andrés Cantor
  • Norberto Longo
  • Jorge Pérez Navarro
  • Studio hosts

  • Fernando Fiore
  • Rosana Franco
  • Presidents of Univision Deportes

  • Alexander "Sandy" Brown (2011–2012)
  • Juan Carlos Rodríguez (2012–present)
  • Univision Deportes Network

    Univision Deportes Network is a digital cable and satellite channel that was launched by Univision Communications on April 7, 2012; the network mainly broadcasts association football events (from leagues such as Liga MX (through individual teams rights held by Univision Deportes), the CONCACAF Champions League, Ligue 1 and Major League Soccer); related news, analysis and documentary programming (such as its flagship sports news program Univision Deportes Fútbol Club and Univision Deportes Extra); and shows originated by the Televisa Deportes Network through Univision's longstanding programming agreement with Televisa. The network formerly operated a secondary channel, Univision Deportes Network 2, which carries additional sports content including rebroadcasts of sports events originally seen on its parent network and studio programming; Univision Deportes Network 2, which was exclusive to Dish Network and created through a carriage agreement with the satellite provider struck in January 2012, ceased operations in 2014.

    Univision Deportes Radio

    Univision Deportes Radio is an upcoming radio network with a main focus on soccer. It will launch sometime in early 2017 on 10 Univision owned-and-operated stations.

    References

    Univision Deportes Wikipedia


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