beIN Sport to Launch 2 New Soccer Channels This August In USA
Two months ago, EPL Talk exclusively revealed that Al Jazeera was getting into the US soccer TV market with the acquisition of rights to La Liga beginning with the 2012-13 season. We later revealed how they also picked up …
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Wigan Manager Roberto Martinez to Join ESPN Euro 2012 Team As Studio Analyst
EXCLUSIVE: Roberto Martinez will be spending part of his summer as a studio analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament, according to two sources who confirmed to EPL Talk that a deal will be announced soon. Just this …
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US TV Schedule Announced for Final Day of 2011-12 Premier League Season
FOX Soccer has announced its lineup for the final day of the Premier League season, which kicks off at 10am ET on Sunday — with all games being played simultaneously. All matches kick off at 10am ET, and will be …
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Marathon FA Cup coverage suits those with taste for jumping off roofs
In a unique experiment into the extremes of human endurance, ESPN showed six times more FA Cup final buildup than match"Good morning," said the ESPN anchor, Rebecca Lowe, a few moments after 8am on Saturday, "and welcome to Wembley Stadium, where in ju...
ESPN’s Euro 2012 Lead Commentators Will Be Ian Darke, Derek Rae and Adrian Healey
ESPN has announced the lead commentators for its coverage of Euro 2012. For the English-language broadcasts, the commentators will be Ian Darke, Derek Rae and Adrian Healey. Meanwhile, the lead commentators for ESPN Deportes’s Spanish-language...
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EPL Is The Big Man On Campus This Week, Not MLS
TV Sports Ratings shared some very eyeopening numbers yesterday regarding this past Monday’s derby between Manchester City and Manchester United, which was televised live on ESPN to a record-breaking audience of more than 1 million viewers. The most....
ESPN plotting Premier League expansion
The Disney-owned channel will target more games and better picks in the Premier League rights auction but is pleased with its progress in growing its audience and losing its American tagFor either the red or blue half of Wembley, lifting the FA Cup on ...
ESPN Breaks US Cable TV Record As More Than 1 Million Viewers Watch Manchester EPL Derby
ESPN has broken the one million viewers barrier for its live coverage of the April 30, 2012 derby between Manchester City and Manchester United. The live broadcast of the Premier League match now ranks as the most-watched EPL game on …
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ESPN Moves Manchester City vs Man United From ESPN2 to ESPN For US Soccer Fans
The most anticipated match of the 2011-12 Premier League season featuring Manchester City against Manchester United has been moved on television in the United States from ESPN2 to ESPN. Moving the Manchester derby, in a match which may decide who...
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News Corp. Considers Launching U.S. Sports Network to Rival ESPN, Says Report
News Corp., the parent company of FOX Soccer, is considering an idea to launch a U.S. sports network to rival ESPN that could launch as early as 4Q 2012, according to reports in Bloomberg News. “News Corp. is assembling the required …
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Why EPL Games Shown on ESPN3 Should Be Available On Demand Too
If you live in the United States and watch Premier League games on ESPN3.com, this has probably happened to you before. But this happened to me for the first time this season. I got caught in the trap of not …
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Coverage of Muamba was sensitively handled on TV – but not by everyone