Telemundo secures exclusive Spanish-language rights to CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers for London 2012

Telemundo Media announced that it has secured the exclusive Spanish-language and all media rights (except for CONCACAF Marketing & TV’s co-exclusive institutional website rights on {www.CONCACAF.com} and radio) to the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers for London 2012.Recently the network acquired the exclusive Spanish-language U.S. media rights to FIFA World Cup Soccer across all platforms (except radio) from 2015 through 2022.The new agreement is for U.S. (including Puerto Rico) Spanish-language and all media rights (except for CONCACAF Marketing & TV’s co-exclusive institutional website rights on www.CONCACAF.com and radio) for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers for the men’s tournament from March 22 – April 2. Mexico and the US Under-23 squads will be part of these qualifiers, along with Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, and two teams from the Caribbean yet to be determined. Telemundo Media and Universal Sports will produce the 15 men’s matches. Universal Sports Network’s rights include exclusive English-language telecasts of all United States matches and the finals from each of the two tournaments.“This new deal further expands Deportes Telemundo’s footprint in sports programming and reinforces our commitment to our audience to provide the best and most comprehensive coverage of the most popular and loved sport in the world,” said Emilio Romano, president, Telemundo Media.