Lauren Zalaznick, chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media
For the first time in its broadcast history, NBCUniversals Telemundo Media has acquired the exclusive Spanish language U.S. media rights to FIFA World Cup Soccer across all platforms (except radio) from 2015 through 2022, which includes the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup and 2019 FIFA Womens World Cup, among other FIFA events. The agreement includes exclusive U.S. Spanish language all platform media rights (excluding radio) for the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup in Canada the year before NBCUniversal broadcasts the 2016 Rio Olympic Games the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the 2019 FIFA Womens World Cup, the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, FIFA Confederations Cup and all Under-20 and Under-17 FIFA World Cup matches in this time period. Also includes exclusive coverage and promotion of FIFA soccer events across multiple NBCUniversal properties: Spanish-language broadcast and cable TV, Internet, broadband, wireless and VOD. The acquisition of the FIFA World Cup, one of the worlds great sporting events, speaks directly to the commitment NBCUniversal has made in the future of Telemundo and to our diverse U.S. Hispanic communities that we serve, said Lauren Zalaznick, chairman, NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media. We are extremely honored to be the Spanish-language home of the FIFA World Cup Soccer from 2015-2022 and bring this powerful property to our viewers with the high-production value they have come to expect from Deportes Telemundo, said Emilio Romano, President of Telemundo. Andrés Cantor, Telemundo’ sports anchor will now become the play-by-play “face of soccer” for Telemundo’s FIFA World Cup coverage.
