MIAMI, Fla. – Jan. 12, 2024 – As the exclusive Spanish-language home of the FIFA World Cup through 2026, Telemundo will present coverage of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 on Monday, Jan. 15 at 4:30 p.m. ET on Universo honoring the most outstanding participants in the planet’s biggest sport including players, coaches and fans.
Hosted in London, The Best FIFA Football Awards for women are based on performances from August 1, 2022, through the Women’s World Cup Final on August 20, 2023. For the men’s awards the qualifying period is between December 19, 2022 and August 20, 2023.
The nine awards being presented include The Best FIFA Men’s Player, The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper, The Best FIFA Men’s Coach, The Best FIFA Women’s Player, The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper, The Best FIFA Women’s Coach, FIFA Puskas Award (Goal of the Year), FIFA Fan Award, and FIFA Fair Play Award.
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Telemundo Deportes is the leading U.S. sports media brand and destination for the biggest and best global sports programming in Spanish language, delivering a comprehensive roster of live and studio programming featuring the most significant and most in-demand sporting events, including exclusive Spanish-language coverage of all FIFA properties and U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams through 2026. In addition to serving as the exclusive U.S. home for Liga MX’s Chivas de Guadalajara home matches, the network offers comprehensive Spanish-language coverage of the Premier League. Beyond soccer, Telemundo Deportes delivers exclusive Spanish-language coverage of NFL’s Sunday Night Football and the Olympics as well as other premier sporting events.
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About NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises:
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises leads the media industry in the production and distribution of Spanish language content for U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. The company serves U.S. Hispanics through its national broadcast network, the cable network Universo, and digital platforms including the Telemundo app and streaming services, such as Peacock, among others. The Telemundo Network offers Spanish-language entertainment, news, and sports content reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic TV households in 210 markets through 30 owned stations and 61 affiliate stations. Telemundo also owns an independent station serving Puerto Rico. Telemundo is the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language home of the world’s two most popular sporting events, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, as well as the Premier League and Mexican soccer team Chivas. The #1 producer of scripted Spanish-language content in the U.S., Telemundo Global Studios includes Telemundo Television Studios, Telemundo Streaming Studios, and Underground Producciones. Telemundo’s new Tplus content brand on Peacock features programming developed for the full spectrum of Hispanics. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Media Contacts:
Eva Mejicanos; Eva.Mejicanos@nbcuni.com; (786) 459-4057
Melissa Lopez; Melissa.Lopez1@nbcuni.com; (786) 889-3914
