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Universo (TV channel)

April 06, 2024

Universo is an American pay television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises subsidiary of NBCUniversal. The network serves as a companion cable channel to the NBCUniversal's flagship broadcast television network NBC and, to some extent, its Spanish network Telemundo.

Universo
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
NetworkNBC
Telemundo
HeadquartersMiami Springs, Florida
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerNBCUniversal (Comcast)
ParentNBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Sister channels
History
LaunchedOctober 10, 1993 (1993-10-10)
Former names
  • GEMS Television (1993–2001)
  • mun2 (2001–2015)
  • NBC Universo (2015–2017)
Links
WebsiteNBCUniverso.com

Aimed at Hispanic Adults between the ages of 18 and 49, the majority of its programming – which is tailored toward bilingual audiences – consists mainly of sports, scripted and reality series, and music programming. The network is headquartered in Miami Springs, Florida, while its master control operations are housed at the CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, which serves as master control facilities for most of NBCUniversal's cable networks.

The network was founded by Empresas 1BC as GEMS Television. 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, 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 edit

The network was launched on October 10, 1993, as GEMS Television, 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 Latina women.

As mun2 edit

 
Logo as mun2, used from 2001 to January 30, 2015.

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 Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television), including repeats of Spanish language adaptations of Charlie's Angels (Angeles) and The Dating Game that had aired on Telemundo as part of a failed programming revamp in 1998 in an attempt to counterprogram its rival, Univision. In addition, mun2 ran blocks of programming from the Home Shopping Network's Spanish language network Home Shopping Español (HSE) daily from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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 I Love Jenni, which featured the life of banda/ranchero singer Jenni Rivera. After her death in a plane crash near Monterrey on December 9, 2012, the final season of the series earned the highest season average of any mun2 original program in its history, reaching a total of 5.5 million people across all of its telecasts during the season's 18-week run. It also ranked as the #1 show among all Hispanic cable networks in every key demographic during its Sunday night premiere. The series on-demand traffic increased, with over eight million video streams on mun2.tv, and over one million video on demand views.[3]

As Universo edit

 
Logo used until January 17, 2017.

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 New York City's Frederick P. Rose Hall on May 13, 2014, the company announced that NBC Universo would be revamping its programming. The new line-up would increase its focus on sports coverage (which included the re-organization of Telemundo's sports division as Telemundo Deportes, a branch of the English-language NBC Sports division), primarily in preparation for its broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics and its assumption of Spanish-language cable rights to FIFA tournaments (such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup), which began with the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4]

In February 2017, the channel's name was shortened to Universo as part of a brand refresh.[5]

Programming edit

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 NBCUniversal Cable, made up of original series from sister networks Syfy and USA Network, which incorporated Spanish subtitles. To reflect its audience, Universo does not exclusively air programming in Spanish, airing a mix of shows presented in English, dubbed into Spanish and incorporating Spanish language subtitles, and programs presented interchangeably in both languages.

Music programming on the network during its existence as mun2 usually consisted of a mix of music videos in English and Spanish from a variety of genres. In early April 2009, mun2 introduced two new music video-oriented shows called Indie y Nuevo (a program focusing more on independent artists, which has since been cancelled) and The Urban Tip (focusing on R&B, rap and reggaeton videos). In late December 2009, the network dropped its overnight block of infomercials that aired daily from 3:00 to 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time, and replaced it with additional music video programming either in the form of Reventon Mix (focusing on contemporary Latin party music) or Morning Breath (featuring a selection of videos from various artists). In January 2010, the network also began broadcasting a weekly block of feature films on Friday nights.

Sports programming edit

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 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match between the United States and Mexico on August 12, 2009. mun2 offered a free preview for the day of the match.[9]

On July 23, 2013, NBC Sports announced that Telemundo and mun2 would broadcast NASCAR events in Spanish in beginning in 2015, as part of NBC's new rights deal to cover the second half of the Cup Series and Xfinity Series season. As a prelude to the new contract, mun2 broadcast the opening event of the Toyota Series—NASCAR's Mexican series, at Phoenix International Raceway during the weekend of The Profit on CNBC 500 on February 28, 2014.[10][11][12] Through NBC Sports' contract to televise the Premier League, the network began airing Spanish-language simulcasts of select matches broadcast in English on NBCSN with the 2013–14 season.[13]

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 edit

Current edit

Original programming
Acquired programming
Reruns of Telemundo programming
  • Caso Cerrado
  • Historias de la Virgen Morena
  • Exatlón Estados Unidos (July 17, 2018 – present)
Sports
Telenovelas

Former edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ Robert Seidman (February 22, 2015). . TV by the Numbers. Zap2it (Tribune Digital Ventures). Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Cynthia Littleton (November 4, 2014). "Spanish-Language Cabler Mun2 to Relaunch as NBC Universo". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Amanda Kondolojy (December 4, 2013). . TV by the Numbers. Zap2it (Tribune Media Services). Archived from the original on December 8, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Telemundo Slate Includes New Novelas, Musical Competition Series & More". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. May 13, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  5. ^ "NBC Universo drops "NBC" from its name and logo". Media Moves. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  6. ^ Jeré Longman (October 21, 2011). "Fox and Telemundo Win U.S. Rights to World Cups". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  7. ^ Joe Flint (October 22, 2011). "Fox, Telemundo buy TV rights to FIFA World Cup soccer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Mike Reynolds (August 10, 2009). "Mun2 Free Preview Scorecard: 67 Million Homes On Aug. 12". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "NBC wins NASCAR TV rights, signs 10-year deal to replace ESPN, Turner". Sporting News. Sporting News Media. July 23, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ . NASCAR. February 7, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  13. ^ "NBC wins $250m rights to broadcast English Premier League in US". The Guardian. Associated Press. October 29, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "WWE's ECW ignites mun2". wwe.com. WWE. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Monday Night Raw Move to USA Network Prompts Changes to WWE Programming". corporate.wwe.com. WWE. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  18. ^ Csonka, Larry. "WWE News: Updated WWE Programming On MUN2, Jack Swagger Article, More". 411mania.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

External links edit

  • Official website


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Universo is an American pay television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises subsidiary of NBCUniversal The network serves as a companion cable channel to the NBCUniversal s flagship broadcast television network NBC and to some extent its Spanish network Telemundo UniversoCountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaNationwideNetworkNBCTelemundoHeadquartersMiami Springs FloridaProgrammingLanguage s English Spanish SpanglishPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerNBCUniversal Comcast ParentNBCUniversal Telemundo EnterprisesSister channelsTelemundoTeleXitosTelemundo InternacionalHistoryLaunchedOctober 10 1993 1993 10 10 Former namesGEMS Television 1993 2001 mun2 2001 2015 NBC Universo 2015 2017 LinksWebsiteNBCUniverso comAimed at Hispanic Adults between the ages of 18 and 49 the majority of its programming which is tailored toward bilingual audiences consists mainly of sports scripted and reality series and music programming The network is headquartered in Miami Springs Florida while its master control operations are housed at the CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey which serves as master control facilities for most of NBCUniversal s cable networks The network was founded by Empresas 1BC as GEMS Television 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 Contents 1 Background 1 1 As mun2 1 2 As Universo 2 Programming 2 1 Sports programming 2 2 List of programs broadcast by Universo 2 2 1 Current 2 2 2 Former 3 Notes and references 4 External linksBackground editThe network was launched on October 10 1993 as GEMS Television 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 Latina women As mun2 edit nbsp Logo as mun2 used from 2001 to January 30 2015 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 Columbia TriStar Television now Sony Pictures Television including repeats of Spanish language adaptations of Charlie s Angels Angeles and The Dating Game that had aired on Telemundo as part of a failed programming revamp in 1998 in an attempt to counterprogram its rival Univision In addition mun2 ran blocks of programming from the Home Shopping Network s Spanish language network Home Shopping Espanol HSE daily from 12 00 a m to 2 00 p m Eastern Time 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 I Love Jenni which featured the life of banda ranchero singer Jenni Rivera After her death in a plane crash near Monterrey on December 9 2012 the final season of the series earned the highest season average of any mun2 original program in its history reaching a total of 5 5 million people across all of its telecasts during the season s 18 week run It also ranked as the 1 show among all Hispanic cable networks in every key demographic during its Sunday night premiere The series on demand traffic increased with over eight million video streams on mun2 tv and over one million video on demand views 3 As Universo edit nbsp Logo used until January 17 2017 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 New York City s Frederick P Rose Hall on May 13 2014 the company announced that NBC Universo would be revamping its programming The new line up would increase its focus on sports coverage which included the re organization of Telemundo s sports division as Telemundo Deportes a branch of the English language NBC Sports division primarily in preparation for its broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics and its assumption of Spanish language cable rights to FIFA tournaments such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup which began with the 2015 FIFA U 20 World Cup 4 In February 2017 the channel s name was shortened to Universo as part of a brand refresh 5 Programming editUniverso 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 NBCUniversal Cable made up of original series from sister networks Syfy and USA Network which incorporated Spanish subtitles To reflect its audience Universo does not exclusively air programming in Spanish airing a mix of shows presented in English dubbed into Spanish and incorporating Spanish language subtitles and programs presented interchangeably in both languages Music programming on the network during its existence as mun2 usually consisted of a mix of music videos in English and Spanish from a variety of genres In early April 2009 mun2 introduced two new music video oriented shows called Indie y Nuevo a program focusing more on independent artists which has since been cancelled and The Urban Tip focusing on R amp B rap and reggaeton videos In late December 2009 the network dropped its overnight block of infomercials that aired daily from 3 00 to 6 00 a m Eastern Time and replaced it with additional music video programming either in the form of Reventon Mix focusing on contemporary Latin party music or Morning Breath featuring a selection of videos from various artists In January 2010 the network also began broadcasting a weekly block of feature films on Friday nights Sports programming edit 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 Futbol Mexicano most of the games aired to date were English language telecasts of matches featured on Telemundo s Futbol 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 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match between the United States and Mexico on August 12 2009 mun2 offered a free preview for the day of the match 9 On July 23 2013 NBC Sports announced that Telemundo and mun2 would broadcast NASCAR events in Spanish in beginning in 2015 as part of NBC s new rights deal to cover the second half of the Cup Series and Xfinity Series season As a prelude to the new contract mun2 broadcast the opening event of the Toyota Series NASCAR s Mexican series at Phoenix International Raceway during the weekend of The Profit on CNBC 500 on February 28 2014 10 11 12 Through NBC Sports contract to televise the Premier League the network began airing Spanish language simulcasts of select matches broadcast in English on NBCSN with the 2013 14 season 13 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 edit Current edit Original programmingEl 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 programming12 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 Paraiso perdido Preppers Prison Break Quien da mas Seguridad de frontera Australia Seguridad de frontera Canada Seguridad de frontera USA Son of Anarchy The Walking DeadReruns of Telemundo programmingCaso Cerrado Historias de la Virgen Morena Exatlon Estados Unidos July 17 2018 present SportsPremier League August 16 2013 prsesent FIFA World Cup June 14 2018 present TelenovelasPasion de gavilanes June 8 2017 present La hija prodiga October 1 2018 present Los herederos del Monte December 3 2018 present Former edit Chiquis N Control Day in Day Out El Show Fugitivos De La Ley Los Angeles Gran Hermano La Novela Guerra de idolos Jenni Rivera Presents Chiquis amp Raq C La Patrona Law amp Order Law amp Order LA Los Thunderbirds Lugar Heights mun2 Shuffle Milagros de Navidad Nino Santo One Nation Operacion Repo Pablo Escobar el Patron 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 edit 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 amp 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 Jere 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 NBC wins NASCAR TV rights signs 10 year deal to replace ESPN Turner 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 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Universo TV channel amp oldid 1203883685 Programming, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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