Soccer Tv Coverage

What the Super Bowl is to English-language networks, the World Cup is to Univision.

The Spanish-language network this year plans to offer additional live coverage of the international soccer tournament with live broadcasts of 56 of the 64 games. Sister network Tele-Futura will offer live broadcasts of the remaining eight games and repeats of the 56 games airing on Univision. Galavision, Univision's cable network, will air World Cup highlights.

L.A.-based Univision Communications Inc.'s local stations are KMEX-TV (Channel 34) and KFTR-TV (Channel 46). Univision provided Spanish-language coverage of the past six World Cup contests. The 1998 World Cup final game between Brazil and France attracted more than 4.3 million Hispanic viewers.

The 2002 FIFA World Cup will be held from May 31 to June 30 in Japan and South Korea.

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