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| Country | Mexico |
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| Headquarters | Mexico City,Mexico |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled toletterboxed480i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TelevisaUnivision |
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| History | |
| Launched | April 7, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-04-07) |
| Former names | Univision Deportes Network (UDN) (2012–2019) |
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| Website | www |
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| Service(s) | DirecTV Stream andVidgo |
TUDN (pronouncedtu-de-ene; formerly calledUnivision Deportes Network) is an AmericanSpanish languagesports channel based in Mexico. Owned byTelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports divisionof the same name, with TUDN the acronym of TelevisaUnivision Deportes Network. It launched on April 7, 2012, along withUnivision Tlnovelas andFOROtv.
The network's main properties include majorsoccer events in the Americas, including per-team coverage ofLiga MX, theCopa América, andCONCACAF'sChampions League andGold Cup events. In 2018–19, it also became the Spanish rightsholder of theUEFA Champions League. The channel has ties with the Mexican sports channelof the same name, sharing some of its programming.[1] In 2019, it was announced that TDN and UDN would jointly relaunch as TUDN—signifying a greater amount of collaboration between the two channels.
As of February 2015,[update] approximately 39.7 million households (34.1% of those with television) received the channel.[2] Univision stated per Nielsen ratings that TUDN was the sixth-highest rated U.S. sports channel in 2019 in terms of average primetime viewership.[3] By June 2023, this number has dropped to 23.2 million households.[4]
In May 2011, Univision Communications announced three new cable television channels to strengthen its position in the Latino market and diversify revenues, including one dedicated tosoccer and other sports.[5] It signed a deal with theDish Network in January 2012 to carry the channels via satellite.[6] The channel dedicated to sports was named Univision Deportes Network.[7] On May 11, 2012,AT&T U-verse signed a carriage agreement with Univision Communications to carry the channel, along withUnivision Tlnovelas.[8]
The channel had an output agreement to carry selected programming fromTelevisa Deportes Network (TDN); the network was branded asUnivision TDN during these programs.[1]
At launch, it offered a secondary network known as Univision Deportes Network Dos airing repeats of matches and studio programming, which was exclusively carried by Dish,[9] but is currently defunct.
In May 2019, it was announced that both Televisa Deportes Network and Univision Deportes Network would be jointly rebranded asTUDN. Univision Deportes Network officially rebranded as TUDN on July 20, 2019.[10] The new branding is an abbreviation of both names ("Televisa Univision Deportes Network"), but the first two letters are also pronounced as the Spanish adjective "tu" (your), allowing the name to also be read as "Tu Deportes Network" ("Your sports network").[1][11][12]
TUDN is a multi-platform brand, and has a closer collaboration between the American and Mexican channels, allowing for expanded studio programming in the morning and daytime hours (to bolster its expansion into European soccer with its recent acquisition of UEFA rights, and existing content such asLiga MX soccer).[11][12]
In February 2022,TelevisaUnivision announced that TUDN would launch a streaming channel known as "Zona TUDN" on theVix streaming platform.[13]
On August 23, 2024, it was reported that TUDN had closed its Miami offices and laid off all staff, as part of cutbacks prompted by the loss of broadcasting rights with key clubs such asTigres andChivas. The operations of TUDN in the U.S. were moved to the network's Mexico City headquarters.[14][15][16][17]
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The network's signature program isUnivision Deportes Fútbol Club, an hour-long sports update show hosted by Xavi Sol (as of late 2017) alongsideFélix Fernández andHristo Stoichkov. There was a late-night version of the program hosted by Alejandro Berry, son of former news and sports anchor Jorge Berry, with various rotating analysts. The two editions
ofFútbol Club differed by tone and style, with the early evening version being more lighthearted and comedic, while the late night version consisted of around table discussion regarding the day's action (similar in format toESPN'sAround the Horn).[18][19] The latter version was later renamed "Linea de Cuatro".
TUDN broadcasts home games for 16 of 18 teams in theLiga MX, away matches for the rest of the teams and playoff games.[18][20] The weekly Saturday night program –Fútbol Central hosted byEdgar Martinez – features soccer highlights and previews matches from the Mexican league.[18] Other competitions covered include theCONCACAF Champions League andMajor League Soccer.[18] Rights to MLS games in 2012 are shared with sister networksGalavision andUniMás.[21]
In January 2016, Univision acquired Spanish-language rights to UEFA tournaments beginning in 2018, includingUEFA Euro 2020 and theUEFA Nations League, with the channel planned to be involved in coverage.[22] In 2017, Univision acquired Spanish-language rights to theUEFA Champions League andEuropa League beginning in 2018-19.[23]
From 2013 until 2019, the network held the rights to U.S. Spanish-language rights toFormula One, with ESPN/ESPN Deportes acquiring all American rights with the 2020 season.[24]
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UEFA (2018-2024):
Univision Deportes Network,Univision,UniMás,Galavisión andUnivision Tlnovelas were dropped byAT&T U-verse on March 4, 2016, due to acarriage dispute.[29][30][31][32] This did not affect DirecTV Customers (although being a subsidiary of U-Verse's parent company, AT&T), as this was done in a different contract. All of Univision's channels were returned to the U-verse lineup on March 24, 2016.[33][34][35][36]
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