TUDN (American TV channel)

TUDN
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerTelevisaUnivision
Sister channels
History
LaunchedApril 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-07)
Former namesUnivision Deportes Network (UDN) (2012–2019)
Links
Websitewww.tudn.com
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)FuboTV, DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV and Vidgo

TUDN (pronounced tu-de-ene; formerly called Univision Deportes Network) is a Mexican-American Spanish language sports channel. Owned by TelevisaUnivision, it is an extension of the company's sports division of the same name, with TUDN the acronym of TelevisaUnivision Deportes Network. It launched on April 7, 2012, along with Univision Tlnovelas and FOROtv.

The network's main properties include major soccer events in the Americas, including per-team coverage of Liga MX, the Copa América, and CONCACAF's Champions League and Gold Cup events. In 2018–19, it also became the Spanish rightsholder of the UEFA Champions League. The channel has ties with the Mexican sports channel of the same name, sharing some of its programming.[1] In 2019, it was announced that TDN and UDN would jointly relaunch as TUDN—signifying a greater amount of collaboration between the two channels.

As of February 2015, approximately 39.7 million households (34.1% of those with television) received the channel.[2] Univision stated per Nielsen ratings that TUDN was the sixth-highest rated U.S. sports channel in 2019 in terms of average primetime viewership.[3] By June 2023, this number has dropped to 23.2 million households.[4]

  1. ^ "¡Y ahora? ¡Más cambios en Televisa Deportes!". Futbol RF (in Mexican Spanish). June 26, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Seidman, Robert (February 22, 2015). "List of how many homes each cable network is in as of February 2015". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "TUDN responsible for 50% of all US soccer viewership". SportsPro Media. December 19, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "How many homes the sports networks are available in". June 4, 2023.