EPL and MLS Neck And Neck In Monday’s TV Ratings Battle On ESPN2
Despite an embarrassingly low viewing audience of just 82,000 Sunday for MLS’s debut on NBC Sports, MLS got a boost Monday with a much more respectable viewing audience of 337,000 for ESPN2′s live coverage of Portland Timbers against Philadelphia.....
Premier League and La Liga US TV Rights Up For Bidding In 2012
In the past few years, FOX Soccer has been accumulating an ever-growing number of TV rights deals to bring most of the best soccer leagues in the world to a US audience. FOX Sports winning the bids to broadcast the …
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ESPN Announces Plans for Euro 2012 Coverage for Viewers in the United States
ESPN today announced its plans for coverage of the Euro 2012 tournament. For the first time, ESPN will have pre-match, half-time and post-match coverage of each of the 31 games. The opening and final matches will each have a 30-minute …
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Who is Your Euro 2012 Dream Team of ESPN Commentators and Pundits?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daTxjzJBRjE I’ll always remember World Cup 2010 for many different reasons. The goal that wasn’t a goal by Frank Lampard against Germany, the incredible feeling when Landon Donovan scored against Algeria, and Spain’...
Al-Jazeera may challenge Sky for Premier League rights, says ESPN head
• ESPN's Ross Hair says al-Jazeera bid is 'realistic prospect'• Qatar-based broadcaster recently won League 1 rightsPremier League clubs could be in for another huge television cash windfall with a serious challenge to Sky's domination of top-fligh...
ESPN Goals app nearing 2m downloads as Soccernet iPhone app goes live
New app will offer global news, scores and stats with localised video contentSports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new global football app for its Soccernet brand, offering news, live scores, audio and video content.The ESPNsoccernet app is initially ...
ESPN2 To Broadcast Potential Premier League Title Decider Between Man United and Man City
ESPN2 in the United States will broadcast the potential Premier League title decider between Manchester City and Manchester United on April 30, 2012. The match could decide who will become the champions of the 2011-12 Premier League season. City and......
What Is It That We Really Want From Our Soccer TV Coverage?
As a daily reader of EPL Talk and sometimes contributor, I generally pay close attention to the comments about articles. It is, after all, a form of entertainment all to itself. One of the things I really enjoy about the …
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Why You Can’t Always Trust The Opinions Of Soccer Experts In England
Early in the 1990′s, when we were deprived of being able to watch a lot of live Premier League matches on television in the United States, many of us (myself included) would look up to the journalists, football supporters and …
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How Loyal Are You to Your Favorite Soccer TV and Internet Provider?
You watch hours of top quality Premier League soccer each week on television, the Internet and sometimes mobile devices, but do you have an allegiance to any or all of the TV networks that provide the coverage to you? If …
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ESPN thinks again after Martin Keown’s dizzy spell | Media Monkey
Sports channel ESPN is reviewing its pitchside previews for live Premier League matches after that unfortunate incident in which Martin Keown was thumped on the side of the head by a stray football. The former defender turned pundit was hit on the head...
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