Telemundo Unveils 700 Hours Of World Cup Programming And Plans To Air 92 Games

With 100 days to spell until kickoff astatine Azteca Stadium, Telemundo announced connected Tuesday what it describes arsenic nan “most extended sum successful nan history of broadcast tv of nan World Cup,” pinch 700 hours of programming successful Spanish and unrecorded broadcasts of each 104 matches.

The World Cup will statesman connected June 11 pinch nan lucifer betwixt Mexico and South Africa astatine Azteca Stadium successful Mexico City and will proceed until nan last astatine MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey connected July 19.

The 2026 World Cup will beryllium nan first version of nan tourney pinch 48 teams and will beryllium dispersed crossed 3 countries. Telemundo is preparing to broadcast 104 matches successful 3 countries and 16 cities.

The web announced that 92 matches will beryllium broadcast connected Telemundo and 12 much will aerial connected Universo. All 104 matches will besides beryllium disposable unrecorded connected Peacock for Premium and Premium Plus subscribers, arsenic good arsenic connected nan Telemundo app.

“We are offering nan astir broad Spanish-language World Cup acquisition ever produced successful nan United States,” Joaquín Duro, executive vice president of sports and caput of streaming astatine Telemundo, said successful a statement.

“Soccer is amended successful Spanish,” Julio Sonino, vice president of sports contented astatine Telemundo, said during a video convention interview.

Telemundo announced its accumulation teams will beryllium coming astatine each 104 matches, pinch unrecorded sum from nan stadiums. Telemundo Center, nan company’s office successful Miami, will service arsenic nan main operations center, complemented by teams successful nan big cities.

“There are immoderate that we whitethorn [do play-by-play from] nan workplace owed to scheduling conflicts, but those that we do [play-by-play from] nan workplace will besides person a beingness successful nan stadium,” Sonino said.

Telemundo will person 9 play-by-play and colour commentator teams for this World Cup and much than 20 reporters successful cities crossed Mexico, nan United States and Canada, pushing to present nan champion imaginable sum of a tourney played successful nan network’s location territory.

“We are obliged to connection a typical production,” Sonino said.

In summation to unrecorded broadcasts, nan programming will see regular analysis, pre- and post-match shows, arsenic good arsenic original contented connected Peacock and Telemundo Deportes Ahora.

Coverage will item cardinal moments of nan tournament, specified arsenic nan opening match, nan last and matches involving nan U.S. and Mexico nationalist teams. The web besides announced typical programming connected July 4 from nan big venue successful New York and New Jersey.

This article first appeared successful Spanish via L.A. Times en Español.