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Telemundo promotes Velázquez to SVP Sports

February 19, 2014 by Veronica Villafañe

Telemundo announced today it has promoted Eli Velázquez to Senior Vice President, Sports effective immediately. He has been Vice President, Sports since 2008.

He is based in Miami and will continue to report to Jorge Hidalgo, Executive Vice President, Telemundo Sports.

Velázquez will continue to oversee all sports programming and operations for the network, in addition to being responsible for leading strategic initiatives related to domestic growth and helping develop new and innovative ways to evolve the Telemundo Sports brand across multiple platforms.

He’ll also take on new responsibilities related to planning and collaborating on major events across divisions within Telemundo Media.

Velázquez joined Telemundo in 1999 as a producer for “Boxeo Telemundo” and was the first to produce “Titulares Telemundo.”

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Eli Velázquez, Telemundo Sports

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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