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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 KMEX-TV, "Univisión 34 Los Angeles", is the Univision-owned and operated station in Los Angeles and the network's flagship station; although Univision's production studios are located in Miami.  (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 Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere  viewers.

The 2002 FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association]

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 World Cup will be held from May 31 to June 30 in Japan and South Korea.
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Title Annotation:Univision Communications' World Cup coverage
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Author:Peschiutta, Claudia
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
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Date:Apr 8, 2002
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