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Bayern Munich make inroads into USA market

Bayern Munich have signed a media partnership in the US with Univision Deportes, reports, www.sportspromedia.com/. Under the terms of the agreement, Univision Deportes will air a spanish-language version of the German champions' FCB.tv, as well as replays of Bundesliga, DFB Pokal, and Uefa Champions League matches.

Univision Deportes is the sports division of Spanish language media company Univision Communications Inc.

Univision Deportes' vice president of sports programming Eric Conrad said: "Univision Deportes is very happy to be able to offer content and formats of world champion club FC Bayern Munich to a very sports-mad public."

The move sees Bayern add to their presence in the US, with the club having recently signed a media partnership with MSN and opened an office in New York.

FC Bayern's head of internationalisation and strategy Jörg Wacker added: "The partnership with Univision is another important step in our global direction.

"Through this cooperation, we are enabling access to our club and our FC Bayern Munich brand to an international and football-mad public in the USA."

Beginning next season, the Bundesliga will be aired by Fox Sports and Fox Deportes.

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