Telemundo

Discussion in 'Business and Media' started by Turk from Pigs Eye, Feb 21, 2003.

  1. Turk from Pigs Eye

    Turk from Pigs Eye New Member

    Jun 14, 2002
    Pigs Eye (St. Paul),
    Telemundo should either get on Satellite or soccer execs should stop putting games on it. Most of the country can't get it. A case in point is the recent USA vs. Jamaica mens game. Not only did I miss it but Grant Wahl and Marc Conolly missed it as well. Another case in point is MLS games. Shootout subscribers lose one game per week to the Telemundo black hole. At least they could put the Telemundo games on the Shootout. I don't mind the Spanish.

    If the games were on Galavision or Univision, that would be OK because I get those. Telemundo sucks, though, because a lot of people don't get it.
     
  2. monster

    monster Member

    Oct 19, 1999
    Hanover, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Telemundo does not do MLS games anymore. At least they didn't last year.
     
  3. SueB

    SueB New Member

    Mar 23, 1999
    Waterbury, VT
    And Telemundo is "on satellite". You have to pay extra for it via the Dish Latino package, but it's there.
     
  4. lasoccervegas2002

    Jul 7, 2002
    this planet
    Telemundo cares about soccer more than espn don't you think its a good thing for us the soccer fans ?
     
  5. lasoccervegas2002

    Jul 7, 2002
    this planet
    the last game US-Jam was one that we benefited from the existence of Telemundo.
     
  6. geordienation

    geordienation Moderator

    Apr 21, 2001
    Chicago
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    1) If you're a columnist, get a dish.

    2) If you want telemundo, get a dish.

    Or move.
     
  7. _chachi

    _chachi New Member

    Mar 15, 1999
    new jersey, usa
    here in good old neuva jersey, we get telemundo, univision AND telefutura! woo hoo! now if i could only speak espanol......
     
  8. Turk from Pigs Eye

    Turk from Pigs Eye New Member

    Jun 14, 2002
    Pigs Eye (St. Paul),
    I've got Dish. I got it so I could watch soccer. Dish gets Univision and Galavision but not Telemundo. That's the frustrating part, plus I get them mixed up sometimes. For Jamaica I thought I could get it on Dish right up until gametime. Then I realized that Telemundo is the one I don't get.

    I'm not a columnist, unless you call ranting on BigSoccer being a columnist.
     
  9. geordienation

    geordienation Moderator

    Apr 21, 2001
    Chicago
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Connelly and Wahl should get a dish.

    They can get the same one you have and get the Latino Dos package.

    http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/..._dos/index.asp?viewby=1&packid=10099&sortby=1
     
  10. efren95

    efren95 Member

    Apr 20, 2000
    Republic of Texas
    Call your Cable Company or DirectTV or Dish and asked them to carry Telemundo.

    Telemundo is benefiting from the NBC acquisition. Their programming is getting better by the day.

    Norberto Longo is the one who sucks... He always has.. He always will...
     
  11. geordienation

    geordienation Moderator

    Apr 21, 2001
    Chicago
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
  12. patrickdavila

    patrickdavila Member

    Jan 13, 1999
    Easton, PA
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have Dish and get Telemundo on the local stations package. Check to see if your local Telemundo is part of your local channel package.
     
  13. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There's a complete station list here:

    http://www.telemundo.com/static/stations.htm

    Jeff also mentioned in his last column that Galavision and Telefutura will carry the WYC and added, "Don’t ask me how you get these stations, but I promise they are “get-able” if you’re hardcore enough."

    These nets also carry a fair amount of Concacaf action. Right now they're carrying the UNCAF tourney and I think they'll have the GC as well (not sure about that).

    I'm not sure it's really that much harder to get these nets than it is to get FSW, but it's worth your while if you do.
     
  14. Andy_B

    Andy_B Member+

    Feb 2, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I take a different tactic with telemundo on DISH.

    Any time there is a game on Telemundo that I want to watch, I simply treat it like PPV.

    I order Dish Latino the same day of the game and cancel it as soon as the game is over.

    It ends up being slightly more than $5 for any game I want to watch, which is usually only stray US games I can't see elsewhere.

    Andy
     
  15. Sober Tom

    Sober Tom Member

    Sep 10, 2001
    Glassboro, South Jer
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    you live in minnesota...what good would telemundo be?
     
  16. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Telefutura, like Telemundo, is available over-the-air in most major markets, especially in the Southwest.

    And Galavision is part of most basic packages on DirecTV and DISH. You can also get it on a lot of cable systems, particularly in the Southwest.
     
  17. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    sorry, Minnesota...

    Some of us are just spoiled. I get Univision, Telefutura, Galavision, Telemundo, Azteca America, FSW, and FSE all on my basic cable tier. There are all sorts of advantages to living in large Hispanic commuities. ;)
     
  18. rangers00

    rangers00 Member

    Jun 1, 2000
    Re: sorry, Minnesota...

    OMG!!! where do you live? who's your cable carrier?

    BTW, Telemundo and Univision, along with some PAX and UPN, are available if you have an MPEG2/DVB receiver and a 30" dish. The satellite is Anik E1 (at 119W, same slot as Dish Network and DirecTV's Para Todos bird). They are mostly affliates in the Mountain Time Zone.

    In other words, the USA/Jamaica game was shown at 10:30 PST or 01:30 EST on KTEL, the Carlsbad Telemundo.

    http://www.lyngsat.com/anike1.shtml
     
  19. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    rangers00, I live in inner-city Houston and my carrier is something called TVMAX. Never even heard of it until I moved last year, but it's apparently some outfit that only provides service to large apt or condo complexes in big cities.

    Their listings are a little out of date (at least for Houston), but here they are:

    http://www.tvmax.com/Locations.htm

    Of course, this is Houston, so most people get most of the Spanish-language stations in some way.
     
  20. Bambule GK

    Bambule GK New Member

    Aug 16, 2000
    The ATL
    Word. I'll back this as a tried and true method.

    Saw one of the US-Mex friendlies that way a while back (I think the one in Denver).
     
  21. Turk from Pigs Eye

    Turk from Pigs Eye New Member

    Jun 14, 2002
    Pigs Eye (St. Paul),
    I would watch the soccer on Telemundo, like the recent USA-Jamaica friendly that was exclusively on that station or like MLS games used to be. Or Mexican National Team games if they have them. I would have watched Mex vs Columbia.

    Mpls/St. Paul doesn't have a local Telemundo affiliate so we can't get it on our local stations. From a quick look at their list of affiliates we are the second largest US market they don't cover. Looks like Detroit is the largest. We are just slightly larger that St. Louis in metro area population.

    I like the idea of getting the Dish Espanol and then cancelling right away for $5.
     
  22. fdp

    fdp Red Card

    Oct 24, 2001
    Here in the suburbs of Los Angeles I have:

    Rabbit ears: Univision, Telemundo, Azteca America, Telefutura, local KWHY channel 22 who was purchased by Telemundo and will be showing some matches.

    Cable: Galavision, Fox Sports World

    Cousins house a few blocks over: Mun2, Fox Sports World Espanol, and a slew of other channels that show South American soccer.

    Wish list: all new channels that will be showing soccer.

    I love living in Los Angeles

    :D
     
  23. CrewToon

    CrewToon Member

    Jun 13, 1999
    Greenbrier Farm
    Columbus does not have any Spanish-speaking stations on any of its cable systems. However, with the Spanish-speaking population rapidly growing, I don't think it will be too long before stations will be carried.
     
  24. cREWBILLY

    cREWBILLY New Member

    Apr 30, 1999
    Cincinnati
    Wow, I didn't realize how lucky I was to have Telemumdo on my analog cable system here in my fair city.
     

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