0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
ESPN has officially announced its new eight-year deal with Major League Soccer. ESPN has been partners with MLS since Day 1 of the league. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will carry at least 34 regular season games. ESPN Deportes will simulcast all games on ESPN and ESPN2. ESPN3 will stream over 200 out-of-market games that were […]
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Let’s continue our soccer theme today. NBC Sports has announced that English Premier League Championship Sunday during which all 10 fixtures were aired simultaneously across the networks of NBCUniversal received a 1.56 overnight rating. Fox and ESPN went all balls-to-the-wall in 2011-12 and received a 0.87 over five Nielsen-rated networks when it began this type […]
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The official announcement won’t come until later today, but we’re already learning details of the new eight-year TV deal that gives Major League Soccer some much needed cash and more consistent TV exposure. Starting in 2015 and lasting until 2022 (which will run concurrent with Fox’s FIFA World Cup contract), ESPN, Fox and Univision will […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/11/2014
Ok, here we go. NBC has released the broadcast teams for all ten games that will take place this morning on the very last day of the Premier League’s season. All of the games will begin at 10 a.m. ET (3 p.m. British Summer Time if you’re interested in UK time). Two games will have […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/8/2014
Whether it’s Championship Sunday or Relegation Sunday, it’s the same. The final day of the English Premier League will be covered by 10 NBCUniversal networks. All ten games will be aired live. And as Manchester City and Liverpool fight it out for first place plus teams fight for positioning in the UEFA Champions and Europa […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/18/2014
In keeping with a tradition started by Fox Sports two years ago, the networks of NBCUniversal will be all over the final day of the English Premier League season on Sunday, May 11. Utilizing 12 networks to 10 games plus streaming online, NBCU will give fans access to all of the games which will determine […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/14/2014
ESPN has named its hosts for the World Cup in Brazil which begins in June. Two of the hosts are well-known to ESPN viewers and are familiar from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The other is known to UK viewers on BT Sport, the all-sports network that began last year as a competitor […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2014
If you don’t watch international soccer, then you may not be familiar with the American Outlaws. They’re a group of fans who follow the US Men’s National Team to games all over the country and to the World Cup. The Outlaws are some of the most enthusiastic fans you’ll ever come across no matter what […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/20/2014
We know that Ian Darke will be ESPN’s lead announcer for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The network has now unveiled its play-by-play lineup for the month-long tournament that begins in June. Among the announcers, Derek Rae who is familiar to ESPN soccer viewers and has called MLS, World Cup, Euro 2008 and 2012, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/31/2014
As with the MLB Trading Deadline and NHL Trade Deadline shows, one of the more compelling days in sports is the English Premier League Transfer Deadline. It’s today and NBCSN will have a one-hour wrap-up of the day’s transfers at 6:30 p.m. ET today. With Rebecca Lowe in Sochi, the program will be hosted by […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/22/2014
NBCSN saw a record viewership for the Chelsea-Manchester United English Premier League match last Sunday. The game averaged 1.019 million viewers and became the second most-watched EPL game on cable, missing the record set by the Manchester Derby between Manchester United and Manchester City in 2012 on ESPN. NBCSN is definitely seeing some dividends in […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/14/2014
This is the last of four posts regarding Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII. While Fox Sports 1 made a big splash when it launched on August 19 of last year, it hasn’t been making ripples in the sports media pond since. It will during Super Bowl Week when it goes all out to air shoulder […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/11/2014
The critically-acclaimed and multiple award-winning 30 for 30 series will introduce a new set of films in April which will contain various soccer stories in advance of the World Cup. The films will include on on the Hillsborough Disaster which occurred in England 25 years ago and killed 96 people and injured hundreds. While the […]
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This comes from ESPN, the outgoing network of the FIFA World Cup. The network has added two studio analysts for the games which will be played in Brazil starting on June 12. Gilberto Silva from the 2002 Brazilian World Cup-winning team and Dutch legend Ruud von Nistelrooy will appear on pregame, halftime and postgame shows […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/8/2014
Simultaneous announcements from ESPN. The network says the popular Ian Darke who became a breakout star in the United States during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, will be the lead announcer for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. As a result, Martin Tyler who was ESPN’s lead announcer in 2010, has been let […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/3/2014
This being the third consecutive Fox Sports-centric post this morning. We have this regarding England’s domestic soccer tournament, the FA Cup. It also marks the return of several English Premier League clubs to Fox Sports after losing the rights to NBC last year. Fox’s platforms on broadcast and cable will air games throughout the weekend […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 12/11/2013
Let’s combine a couple of soccer notes here. First, the MLS Cup on Saturday was a hit on UniMás. It drew an average of 514,000 viewers on Univision’s secondary network. And it did better than ESPN’s airing of the same event at the same time by 14%. In addition, UniMás’ telecast did better in adults […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2013
Starting in 2015, Fox will air the German Bundesliga all over the world. It’s a five year deal that will involve the rights to all 306 matches each year. What does this mean for US viewers? It means that Fox gets a replacement for English Premier League games which it lost to NBC and could […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2013
It’s a big-time soccer or fútbol doubleheader on UniMás with lots of pregame and postgame coverage on its sister network, Univision Deportes. Both the United States and Mexico are preparing for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The United States Men’s National Team have assured a spot in the World Cup. Meanwhile, Mexico is fighting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/8/2013
Well, let’s take a look at what’s ahead in the sports media for the upcoming week. It’s another busy week and we’ll preview it for you right now. TELEVISION NFL Premieres The NFL continues to dominate the week. Monday has the annual Week 1 doubleheader on ESPN with Philadelphia taking on the DC NFL Team […]
