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/ 2910 days agofuboTV launches 4K HDR coverage of World Cup
FuboTV has launched 4K HDR10 support in Beta, becoming the first sports-streaming platform to offer content in ultra-high definition and high dynamic range. Starting today, main broadcasts of World Cup 2018 matches on FOX and FS1 are available in 4K HDR10 with fuboTV on all Chromecast and Fire TV devices that support the format. fuboTV […]
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/ 2910 days agoTelemundo acquires Copa America TV for Spanish-language
On the heels of a very successful broadcast of the 2018 World Cup, Telemundo Deportes has acquired the Spanish-language broadcast rights to the 2019 Copa America. Hosted in Brazil, the 2019 Copa America will feature Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and invited teams from Japan and Qatar. The winner of […]
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/ 2912 days agoFOX Sports send Derek Rae and Aly Wagner to World Cup in Russia
One of the biggest criticisms about FOX Sports' coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup is that the vast majority of announcers and co-commentators were calling games off a monitor from a studio in Los Angeles, over six thousand miles away from the Russian capital. But in positive news, FOX Sports has decided to fly […]
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/ 2913 days agoWorld Cup surpasses 1 billion minutes livestreamed via Telemundo
With the vast majority of World Cup games kicking off during office hours in the United States, the tournament has surpassed more than 1 billion minutes livestreamed via Telemundo Deportes' streaming through June 25. To date, the tournament has reached 32 million uniques, generating 73.8 million livestreams, and 1.06 billion total minutes viewed. Streaming across […]
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/ 2913 days agoTelemundo’s schedule of World Cup commentators for Round of 16 games
Telemundo has announced the lineup of commentators for the Round of 16 games in the World Cup. Beginning with the exciting first day on Saturday featuring France versus Argentina followed by Portugal against Uruguay, Telemundo will have Andrés Cantor and Manuel Sol calling the first game and then Sammy Sadovnik and Eduardo Biscayart on the […]
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/ 2913 days agoFOX’s schedule of 2018 World Cup commentators
FOX Sports has announced their lineup of commentators for the Round of 16 games in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. John Strong and JP Dellacamera will continue to call games from Russia alongside co-commentators Stuart Holden and Tony Meola, while Derek Rae and Aly Wagner have been flown to Russia to announce their first games […]
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/ 2914 days agoFOX beating Telemundo in World Cup TV ratings
FOX Sports has leapt ahead of Telemundo in generating more TV viewers for World Cup games on English-language television compared to Spanish-language TV for the first 11 match days. The World Cup games on FOX and FS1 are averaging 2,208,563 viewers, while Telemundo's average is 2,048,063. Compared to the first five match days of Russia […]
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/ 2916 days agoNBCSN to air England-Belgium World Cup game in Spanish
Thursday's World Cup match between England and Belgium has been added to NBCSN. The crunch match between both countries will air on both Telemundo and NBCSN in Spanish as the teams battle to determine who will end top of Group G. Adding this game to NBCSN makes perfect sense for NBC Sports given the sheer […]
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/ 2917 days agoColombia-Poland scores 7.9 million viewers on FOX and Telemundo
Sunday's exciting World Cup game between Colombia and Poland averaged 7.9 million viewers across FOX and Telemundo combined. With FOX televising the game via the over-the-air FOX network, which is in 116 million homes in the United States, the Colombia-Poland match averaged 4,384,000 viewers. That's compared to the game on Telemundo, which averaged 3,540,000 viewers. […]
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/ 2918 days agoGermany-Sweden tops 8.8 million on FOX & Telemundo combined
Saturday's exciting World Cup match between Germany and Sweden was the most-watched English-Language soccer telecast since the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final on FOX (22,317,000 on FOX alone for the full telecast in 2015). The Germany-Sweden game averaged 5,397,000 viewers on FOX and 3,430,000 on Telemundo for a combined average of 8,827,000 viewers. For FOX […]
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/ 2918 days agoWhopping 11 million watch Mexico-Korea on Telemundo and FOX combined
Saturday's World Cup encounter between Mexico and South Korea averaged more than 11 million viewers on US television across Telemundo and FOX combined. Mexico beat Korea Republic, 2-1, delivering 4,433,000 viewers across FOX, the second-most-watched match of this year’s tournament on FOX or FS1. Meanwhile, Telemundo averaged 6.6 million TV-only viewers for Mexico-South Korea in […]
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/ 2920 days agoWorld Cup averaging 3.7 million viewers on US TV
After the first 18 games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the soccer tournament is averaging 3.7 million viewers on US television across Spanish-language Telemundo and English-language FOX Sports combined. That 3.7 million number doesn't include the increasing number of people watching the World Cup on streaming (Telemundo Deportes en Vivo had 4.3 million livestreams […]
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/ 2922 days agoFOX Sports removes Lothar Matthäus from World Cup coverage
Billed by FOX Sports' World Cup producer as "one of Germany’s all-time elite players, he brings invaluable knowledge and experience to our telecasts," legendary soccer player Lothar Matthäus has been removed from FOX Sports' World Cup coverage without spending a single minute on set. When FOX Sports announced their studio talent in April, Matthäus was […]
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/ 2922 days agoTelemundo beating FOX in World Cup TV ratings battle
Despite being available in far fewer homes in the United States, Telemundo is generating more viewers across television than FOX Sports after the first five days of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament. Telemundo is in more than 53 million homes in the United States. FOX Sports, who have been broadcasting games on the over-the-air […]
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/ 2923 days agoBrazil-Switzerland scores 8.4 million viewers on FS1 and Telemundo
Sunday's World Cup match between Brazil and Switzerland averaged 8.4 million viewers across FS1, Telemundo and NBCSN in the Seleção's first game of the tournament. The Spanish-language broadcast of the game was watched by 4,350,000 viewers across Telemundo and NBCSN, while FOX Sports averaged 4,086,000 viewers for a game that was televised on FS1 instead […]