Telemundo Deportes

Telemundo Deportes
Launched1987 (1987)
(as Deportes Telemundo)
May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)
(as NBC Deportes)
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)
(as Telemundo Deportes)[1]
Division ofTelemundo
Country of originUnited States
OwnerNBC Sports Group
Key peopleRay Warren (President, Telemundo Deportes)
Eli Velazquez (executive vice president, Telemundo Deportes)[2]
Robert Pardo (Vice President of Production Operations, Telemundo Deportes)
Claudio Prizont (Editorial Director, Telemundo Deportes)
Christopher Suarez-Meyers (Director of Operations, Telemundo Deportes)
Gary Zenkel (President, NBC Olympics and Operations, Strategy, NBC Sports Group
Mark Lazarus (chairman, NBC Sports Group)
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
Stamford, Connecticut[3]
Major broadcasting contractsFIFA World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympics
Premier League
Sister networkTelemundo
Universo
Peacock
Original language(s)Spanish
Official websitetelemundo.com/deportes

Telemundo Deportes is Telemundo's sports programming division. It is owned by the NBC Sports Group, a unit of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast. It is responsible for the production of sports events and magazine programs that air on Telemundo, NBCUniversal's other Spanish language television networks TeleXitos and Universo, and the streaming service Peacock. Originating as the former's sports division Deportes Telemundo from 1999 to 2015, it broadcasts an array of sports events, including the soccer matches from various international soccer leagues and the Olympic Games, among others.

  1. ^ Kent Gibbons (May 12, 2015). "Upfronts 2015: NBC Deportes Ramps Up". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Veronica Villafañe (January 13, 2015). "Hidalgo out, Velázquez promoted at Telemundo Deportes". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Veronica Villafañe (August 26, 2015). "NBC Deportes moves operations to Stamford". Media Moves. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

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