21 Facts About Telemundo

Telemundo is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast.

The majority of Telemundo's programs are filmed at an operated studio facility in Miami, where 85 percent of the network's telenovelas were filmed during 2011.

Between 1988 and 1993, Telemundo acquired or affiliated with television stations in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Washington, D C .

Telemundo's effort faced an initial setback when Mexico's leading broadcaster, Televisa, purchased production company Capitalvision, which had been producing the telenovelas in conjunction with the network.

Parent company Telemundo Group experienced major financial challenges during this time, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1994, due to a debt load of more than $300 million that the company owed to its creditors.

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In September 1999, Telemundo began transferring the bulk of its programming and marketing operations from its Santa Monica headquarters and consolidated all operations of the network at its offices in Hialeah.

Under NBC, Telemundo brought greater emphasis to original programming and product placement, while the network's owned-and-operated stations in larger markets began producing their own early morning newscasts in an effort to become more competitive in their respective markets; the Telemundo "T" logo received an overhaul, replacing the sphere with a curved outline which similarly represented a globe.

Telemundo announced its intention to sell the original Telemundo station in Puerto Rico, WKAQ-TV, and Spanish independent station KWHY in Los Angeles in order to help finance its acquisition of Oxygen Media.

Telemundo achieved ratings success during 2012, with the telenovela series Rosa Diamante and the Caracol TV-produced Pablo Escobar.

That year, Telemundo debuted the "social novela" Secreteando on Facebook, with comments made on other social media websites.

Daytime programming on weekdays features a mix of consisting of repeats of past Telemundo-produced telenovelas and acquired serials during the late morning and early afternoon hours, while newsmagazine, reality and court series making up its afternoon programming.

Network operates a news division, Noticias Telemundo, which produces a half-hour early evening flagship newscast, Noticiero Telemundo, that has aired daily for most of its run .

The following year, Telemundo outsourced news production to CNN, which produced Noticiero Telemundo CNN, consisting of two Atlanta-based daily newscasts that were anchored by Jorge Gestoso and Maria Elvira Salazar.

In 2014, Deportes Telemundo acquired the Spanish language rights to broadcast the FIFA Men's and Women's World Cup for a reported $600 million.

In September 2006, Telemundo debuted Qubo, a new weekend morning block of educational programming formed as a joint venture between NBC Universal, Ion Media Networks, Corus Entertainment, Scholastic, and Classic Media.

The relaunched MiTelemundo carries Spanish dubs of programming from The More You Know.

Telemundo holds the broadcast rights to several annual specials and award show telecasts.

Since 1999, Telemundo has served as the official U S broadcaster of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, an offshoot of the Billboard Music Awards honoring songs from Latin music artists during the previous year that are chosen by viewer voting.

Telemundo maintains affiliations with low-power stations in a few markets, such as Orlando, Milwaukee, Tampa, Albuquerque and Minneapolis .

In other areas of the U S, Telemundo provides a national cable network feed that is distributed directly to cable, satellite and IPTV providers as an alternative method of distribution in markets without either the availability or the demand for a locally based owned-and-operated or affiliate station.

Telemundo programming is available in Mexico through affiliates in markets located within proximity to the Mexico–United States border, whose signals are readily receivable over-the-air in border areas of northern Mexico.