Universo (TV channel)
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Network | NBC Telemundo |
Headquarters | Miami Springs, Florida |
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Picture format | SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
Parent | NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises |
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History | |
Launched | October 10, 1993 |
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Links | |
Website | NBCUniverso.com |
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The network was founded by Empresas 1BC as GEMS Televisión. In 2001, the network was acquired by Telemundo and re-branded as mun2. The network was renamed NBC Universo in February 2015 to align it with Telemundo's sister English-language network NBC. As of February 2015[update], NBC Universo's programming was available to approximately 39.326 million pay television households (33.8% of cable, satellite and telco customers with at least one television set) in the United States.[1]
Background
The network was launched on October 10, 1993, as GEMS Televisión, under founding owner Empresas 1BC. Cable television provider Cox Cable (now Cox Communications) acquired an ownership interest in the network the following year. The network's programming was aimed towards women of Hispanic or Latin origin.
As mun2
In 2001, GEMS was purchased by the Telemundo Communications Group (then a joint venture led by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media), and revamped its programming format to target younger viewers; it was renamed mun2, a name chosen to reflect the "two worlds" that Latino Americans live in (the name being a Spanish-language pun on "mundo" and the number 2, which is pronounced like "mundos" or "worlds").[2]
Its initial lineup included programs from Telemundo's then sister company
In 2002, NBC acquired Telemundo and mun2 from Sony Pictures and Liberty Media, and on August 2, 2004, General Electric, then-owners of NBC, acquired an 80% stake in Universal Pictures, merging it with NBC to form NBCUniversal, which was later acquired by Comcast in 2011.
The network's most well known series was the candid reality series
As Universo
On December 24, 2014, NBCUniversal announced that it would relaunch mun2 as NBC Universo on February 1, 2015, to coincide with the network's Spanish-language broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX. The relaunch of the network under the NBC name and peacock logo was designed to reflect the broadcaster's commitment to the Spanish-language television market.[2]
Eight months prior to the relaunching announcement, at NBCUniversal Hispanic Enterprises and Content's upfront presentation at
In February 2017, the channel's name was shortened to Universo as part of a brand refresh.[5]
Programming
Universo's programming consists of sports, original scripted drama series, reality series largely centered on popular Hispanic celebrities, movies, and music videos and music-related magazine programming; it also broadcasts series originating from Telemundo and networks operated as part of sister division
Music programming on the network during its existence as mun2 usually consisted of a mix of
Sports programming
Universo broadcasts Spanish-language sports programming in conjunction with the Telemundo Deportes branch of the NBC Sports Group. Since the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Universo is the Spanish-language cable rightsholder of FIFA tournaments through 2026.[6][7][8]
In January 2010, NBC Universal announced that the channel would continue to broadcast Mexican soccer games (under the brand Fútbol Mexicano); most of the games aired to date were English-language telecasts of matches featured on Telemundo's Fútbol Estelar broadcasts. In February 2010, mun2 debuted mun2 Sports Arena, a half-hour sports news program that aired on Sunday evenings. The network held English-language rights to a
On July 23, 2013, NBC Sports announced that Telemundo and mun2 would broadcast
Through NBC's rights agreement with the NFL, mun2 carried its first Spanish simulcast of an NFL game, airing a Thanksgiving matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers on November 27, 2014; the re-branded channel has served as the Spanish-language broadcaster of the Super Bowl during years NBC holds the rights. NBC had proposed using Telemundo to act as a Spanish-language simulcast partner for years following its 2001 purchase of the network, but this did not occur until the Premier League agreement.[4]
List of programs broadcast by Universo
Current
- Original programming
- El Vato (April 17, 2016 – present)
- I Love Jenni (reruns)
- Larrymania (October 7, 2012 – present)
- The Riveras (October 16, 2016 – present)
- Latinx Now! (October 3, 2018 – present)[14]
- Acquired programming
- 12 Corazones
- Atrapados en la aduana
- El Socio (July 22, 2018 – present)[15]
- Encarcelados
- Escuela para maridos
- Fuerza especial de fugitivos
- La frontera
- La ley de Laredo
- Mi historia de fantasmas
- Motivo para matar (May 27, 2018 – present)
- Narcos: Guerra antidrogas
- Pandilleros
- Paraíso perdido
- Preppers
- Prison Break
- ¿Quién da más?
- Seguridad de frontera: Australia
- Seguridad de frontera: Canada
- Seguridad de frontera: USA
- Son of Anarchy
- The Walking Dead
- Reruns of Telemundo programming
- Caso Cerrado
- Historias de la Virgen Morena
- Exatlón Estados Unidos (July 17, 2018 – present)
- Sports
- Premier League (August 16, 2013 - prsesent)
- FIFA World Cup (June 14, 2018 – present)
- Telenovelas
- Pasión de gavilanes(June 8, 2017 – present)
- La hija pródiga (October 1, 2018 – present)
- Los herederos del Monte (December 3, 2018 – present)
Former
- Chiquis 'N Control
- Day in Day Out
- El Show
- Fugitivos De La Ley: Los Angeles
- Gran Hermano: La Novela
- Guerra de ídolos
- Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C
- La Patrona
- Law & Order
- Law & Order: LA
- Los Thunderbirds
- Lugar Heights
- mun2 Shuffle
- Milagros de Navidad
- Niño Santo
- One Nation
- Operación Repo
- Pablo Escobar, el Patrón del Mal
- RPM Miami
- Reto superhumanos
- Se Habla Rock!
- Sons of Anarchy
- South Park
- Stan Lee's Superhumans
- Shockwave
- Suelta la sopa (July 16, 2018 – August 17, 2018)
- The Chicas Project
- The Look
- The mun2 Shift
- Vivo
- Welcome to Los Vargas
- WWE ECW (January 9, 2009 – February 19, 2010)[16]
- WWE Raw (October 5, 2005 – 2020)[17]
- WWE NXT (2010)
- WWE SmackDown (October 2, 2010 – September 29, 2019)[18]
Notes and references
- ^ Robert Seidman (February 22, 2015). "List of how many homes each cable network is in as of February 2015". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it (Tribune Digital Ventures). Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ a b Cynthia Littleton (November 4, 2014). "Spanish-Language Cabler Mun2 to Relaunch as NBC Universo". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
- ^ Amanda Kondolojy (December 4, 2013). "mun2 Presents 'I Love Jenni' Marathon Monday December 9". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it (Tribune Media Services). Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Telemundo Slate Includes New Novelas, Musical Competition Series & More". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. May 13, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ^ "NBC Universo drops "NBC" from its name and logo". Media Moves. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ Jeré Longman (October 21, 2011). "Fox and Telemundo Win U.S. Rights to World Cups". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ Joe Flint (October 22, 2011). "Fox, Telemundo buy TV rights to FIFA World Cup soccer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ Richard Sandomir (February 12, 2015). "Fox and Telemundo to Show World Cup Through 2026 as FIFA Extends Contracts". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ Mike Reynolds (August 10, 2009). "Mun2 Free Preview Scorecard: 67 Million Homes On Aug. 12". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- Sporting News. Sporting News Media. July 23, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "NASCAR and NBC Sports Group Reach Landmark Media Rights Agreement". NBC Sports Group Press Box (Press release). NBC Sports Group. July 23, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Mexico Series Returns To Phoenix For Opener". NASCAR. February 7, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "NBC wins $250m rights to broadcast English Premier League in US". The Guardian. Associated Press. October 29, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ^ "TELEMUNDO, E! AND UNIVERSO MAKE HISTORY WITH LATINX NOW!, THE FIRST TOTAL-MARKET ENTERTAINMENT SHOW IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO PREMIERE OCTOBER 3RD". nbcumv.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "CNBC's Hit Reality THE PROFIT Debuts On Universo As EL SOCIO With Business Expert Marcus Lemonis This Sunday". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "WWE's ECW ignites mun2". wwe.com. WWE. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Monday Night Raw Move to USA Network Prompts Changes to WWE Programming". corporate.wwe.com. WWE. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Csonka, Larry. "WWE News: Updated WWE Programming On MUN2, Jack Swagger Article, More". 411mania.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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