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Telemundo

NBCUniversal's Spanish-language broadcaster; holds US World Cup 2026 Spanish-language rights.

Telemundo is NBCUniversal's Spanish-language World Cup 2026 broadcaster; its final broadcast, combined with sister streamer Peacock, drew a preliminary 22.6 million viewers, Nielsen data reported 20 July showed.

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#45 20 Jul

Averaged 8.7 million viewers on its linear broadcast of the final

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#4 2 Jun

Lenovo runs the World Cup AI feed

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#12 26 May

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Background

Telemundo is NBCUniversal's Spanish-language US broadcast network, founded in 1984 and acquired by NBCUniversal in 2001, reaching Hispanic audiences across the United States, Puerto Rico and Latin America from studios in Miami. It holds the Spanish-language US rights to the FIFA World Cup, alongside FOX's separate English-language coverage.

When the 2026 tournament opened on 11 June, Telemundo inherited the Lenovo AI broadcast stack deployed across the tournament's production, including tactical insights, offside-visualisation avatars and sub-five-second IPTV latency, the same production layer FOX also received without either broadcaster commissioning it directly.

Telemundo has carried every World Cup since 2010, making the tournament a recurring centrepiece of its sports portfolio and its main vehicle for reaching Spanish-speaking US audiences on a global sporting stage.

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Reference

When did Telemundo last broadcast the World Cup before 2026?
Telemundo has broadcast the World Cup in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022, in addition to holding the Spanish-language US rights for 2026.Source: entity background
Who owns Telemundo?
Telemundo is owned by NBCUniversal, itself a subsidiary of Comcast. NBCUniversal acquired Telemundo in 2001.Source: Wikipedia / NBCUniversal corporate filings
What channel is the 2026 World Cup on in Spanish in the United States?
Telemundo and its sister channel Universo carry all 104 matches in Spanish. Telemundo is owned by NBCUniversal. Streaming is available via Peacock.Source: Telemundo/NBCUniversal rights announcements
Does the Telemundo audience figure include Fox Sports viewers?
No. The 22.6 million figure covers only Telemundo and Peacock's Spanish-language coverage; no verified figure for FOX's English-language audience or a combined US total has been published.Source: TheWrap
How many people watched the World Cup final on Telemundo?
Preliminary Nielsen figures reported on 20 July put Telemundo's final broadcast, combined with streaming service Peacock, at 22.6 million viewers, up roughly 150% on the 9 million the same pairing drew in 2022.Source: TheWrap
Is Telemundo using AI for World Cup coverage in 2026?
Telemundo, like FOX, inherits Lenovo's AI broadcast stack deployed by FIFA at the International Broadcast Center in Dallas — covering AI tactical insights, AI 3D offside avatars, and camera stabilisation — without having commissioned the technology itself.Source: Lenovo press release, 2 June 2026
Source Material
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