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Is this Spanish language only or the TV rights in
their entirety?
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CONCACAF ANNOUNCES TV
AGREEMENT IN
USA FOR 2005 CONCACAF GOLD CUP™
NEW YORK (Friday, 29 October 2004)
– CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean
Association Football) announced today that it has entered into an agreement
that will bring the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ to television audiences across the
USA.
The US television rights have been bought by Univision, the
country’s leading Spanish-language broadcaster, which runs TV networks
Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión. Under the terms of the agreement all 25
matches of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup™ will be televised live for the first
time in Gold Cup history. Univision has also secured the US television rights
for the 2007 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™.
Univision has
previously partnered with CONCACAF to bring the Gold Cups of 2000, 2002 and
2003 to TV audiences in the USA and, during this period, the popularity of the
Gold Cup on TV has grown significantly in the USA.
In announcing
the agreement with Univision, CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer said,
“We are delighted to be working with Univision once again to bring Gold Cup
football to viewers in the USA. We have worked with Univision for a number of
years now and as the popularity of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™ continues to grow,
we will be working closely with all of our television partners to ensure we
build on this success.”
The 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold
Cup™ will take place in the USA from 6-24 July 2005 with host venues to be
announced soon.
Discussions between CONCACAF and broadcasters in
other countries continue on an ongoing basis.
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