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Telemundo Deportes Nabs Sponsors, Content Partners For 100-Day World Cup Countdown

Coca-Cola, Sprint, Volkswagen, BuzzFeed and VICE are among the international partners for Telemundo Deportes' coverage of FIFA World Cup 2018. Power brands providing sponsorship and Spanish-language content across multimedia platforms, even without a U.S. team presence in Russia, demonstrates the desire to connect with this audience.

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What: Coca-Cola, Sprint, Volkswagen, BuzzFeed and VICE are among the international partners for Telemundo Deportes’ coverage of FIFA World Cup 2018.
Why it matters: Power brands providing sponsorship and Spanish-language content across multimedia platforms, even without a U.S. team presence in Russia, demonstrates the desire to connect with this audience.

The countdown to FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCupis on for fútbol fans across the globe, and nowhere is that fervor stronger than in Latin America. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay will represent the region in various Groups in Russia beginning on June 14, and for many fans, Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSportswill be the preferred outlet to follow the world’s largest sporting event.

Telemundo has unveiled its top-level slate of partners, including worldwide sponsors like Coca-Cola (@CocaCola), Sprint (@sprintand Volkswagen (@Volkswagen), and content creators NBCU Digital Lab, BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeedand VICE (@VICESports).

“We are kicking off the 100-day countdown in a big way to celebrate this historic moment for Telemundo Deportes,” said Ray Warren, President of Telemundo Deportes, in a statement. “This will be the most consumed and most widely distributed digital event in Spanish-language television history. All of the initiatives announced today support our mission to bring our viewers the most authentic and complete coverage in the history of the tournament.”

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On the sponsorship side, Coca-Cola will present the post-game shows and will appear on the in-game clocks on Telemundo’s coverage. Sprint will serve as the halftime sponsor and will allow its customers access to a portal with exclusive Spanish-language content. VW gains the lead on the primetime show, airing highlights and commentary nightly from 7-8 p.m.

On the content side, in which Telemundo plans more than 1,000 hours, VICE will create short features and stories geared toward the younger soccer audience. NBCU Digital Lab will work with Telemundo on the digital docu-series “Somos el Mundial” (“We are the World”), while BuzzFeed will create other short-form content for its multimedia platforms.

Some of the personalities on Telemundo Deportes’ coverage include Tab Ramos, Diego Forlán, Jesús “Chucho” Ramírez and Teófilo Cubillas.

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cover image: 2014 World Cup Final (Danilo Borges-copa2014.gov.br)

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