Telemundo Acquires US Soccer Spanish TV Rights

United States Soccer Federation switches Spanish-language US broadcasts to Telemundo. Univision.

The USSF announced Tuesday that its deal with Telemundo, a division of Comcast Corp.’s NBC Universal, will run through 2026. new zealand All matches will also be streamed on Peacock on Wednesdays (Tuesday at 10pm EST).

Under a deal announced in March last year, the rights to the English version will be owned by Turner Sports, a division of WarnerMedia, starting this year. New Zealand matches are streamed by HBOMax with English commentary, not over the air or cable. It is also the plan for Turner’s first men’s national team match under the agreement, a friendly against Serbia on 25 January.

ESPN and Fox shared the rights to the English version from 2014 until last year, while TelevisaUnivision held the rights to the Spanish version.

Fox and Telemundo own the U.S. rights to this year’s Women’s World Cup and 2026 Men’s World Cup, Fox owns the U.S. English language rights to this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, and CONCACAF Last year, Televisa Univision said it acquired the US rights in Spanish.

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