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/ 2426 days agoLaLiga Segunda División games to air on Azteca America
With the popularity of LaLiga growing in the United States at the same time that promotion/relegation is a factor in Spanish football, it's important for soccer fans in the United States to be able to follow their favorite team no matter whether the club is in the top-flight LaLiga or LaLiga Segunda División. Beginning this […]
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/ 2427 days agoTUDN in talks with Bundesliga to renew Spanish-language rights
With the US rights to the German Bundesliga scheduled to expire at the end of this current season, Spanish-language broadcaster TUDN has expressed an interest in renewing the deal to continue broadcasting the league to viewers across the United States. Currently, the English-language rights are with FOX Sports while TUDN and FOX Deportes share the […]
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/ 2428 days agoTUDN still interested in Chivas TV rights for home games on US TV
With Liga MX TV rights bought and sold on a club-by-club basis, the propensity for change is quite common. And during the last 12 months, we've seen plenty of developments. First, FOX Sports acquired the rights to the home games of Monterrey, Santos Laguna and Club Tijuana matches. Some of those games are shown in […]
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/ 2432 days agoPierre Moossa interview; NBC's EPL coordinating producer
Editor's note: Here's a transcript of a recent conversation we had with Pierre Moossa, coordinating producer for NBC Sports Group's coverage of the Premier League. The audio of the interview can be found on the World Soccer Talk Podcast. Christopher Harris: The first question I have, which is a pretty open-ended question, is what will […]
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/ 2440 days agoLaLiga extends US TV rights with beIN SPORTS through 2024
beIN SPORTS has renewed US media TV rights to LaLiga through 2024, according to several sources who confirmed the details to World Soccer Talk. It means that the home of LaLiga in the United States will continue to be on beIN SPORTS (in English) and beIN SPORTS en Español (in Spanish) through May 2024 for […]
NBC Sports
/ 2445 days agoNBC's closer relationship with Sky Sports enhances EPL coverage
NBC Sports will be hoping that seven is their lucky number as the broadcaster enters its seventh consecutive season of Premier League coverage this weekend in the United States. During those seven years, the American-based broadcaster has evolved its coverage every single season since the debut 2013/14 year. This upcoming season features several major changes […]
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/ 2469 days agoNBC remove EPL replays from app to coerce fans into Gold
If you're used to watching Premier League matches on-demand via the NBC Sports App, that option will no longer be available beginning with the 2019/20 season according to a NBC Sports spokesperson. World Soccer Talk has learned that full match replays will only be available online to NBC Sports Gold subscribers, thus forcing NBCSN subscribers […]
TV Ratings
/ 2475 days agoRecord 29.5 million watched Women's World Cup, Gold Cup and Copa America finals in USA
Sunday will go down in history as the day that the United States Women's National Team won a record fourth Women's World Cup. But while the US women captured much of the limelight this past weekend, the biggest winner on Sunday was the sport of soccer as more than 29 million viewers tuned in to […]
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/ 2476 days ago2019 USA-Mexico Gold Cup Final scores 8.7 million viewers
CONCACAF's 2019 edition of the Gold Cup Final between Mexico and the United States averaged 8.78 million viewers across Univision and FS1 on Sunday night. The final averaged 5.9 million on Univision, making it the most-watched men’s soccer match of 2019 on any network. It outperformed last year’s men’s France-Croatia World Cup final (7/15/18) on […]
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/ 2476 days agoNBC makes big changes to NBC Sports Gold Premier League
Beginning with the 2019/20 season, NBC Sports are making changes to its Premier League streaming service with the launch of a new tier as well as a combination of enhancements, new programming and a price increase to its flagship NBC Sports Gold product. Fans of Premier League clubs will need to pay attention to the […]
beIN SPORTS
/ 2477 days agoPresenter Kay Murray leaves beIN SPORTS
In the second major departure for beIN SPORTS this summer, presenter Kay Murray has announced she's leaving the sports network. Speaking to World Soccer Talk, Murray revealed she's moving to the Northeastern United States to explore new opportunities. While it's certainly a smart move by Murray, her decision to leave beIN SPORTS is another blow […]
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/ 2478 days agoUSWNT-England hits 8.4 million viewers to break several records
In the July 2nd victory for the United States over England in the 2019 Women's World Cup semi-final, the viewing audience in the United States was 8,406,000. The semi-final delivered 7,386,000 viewers across FOX and streaming sources as well as 1.02 million viewers across Telemundo, NBCSN, TelemundoDeportes.com, the Telemundo Deportes app, and the NBC Sports […]
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/ 2488 days agobeIN SPORTS returns to PlayStation Vue streaming service
Sports networks beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español have now returned to the PlayStation Vue streaming service in a boost for the US-based broadcaster. In June 2017, PlayStation Vue stopped streaming beIN SPORTS after a dispute over the fair market value of the network that carries a lot of soccer programming including LaLiga, Ligue […]
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/ 2497 days agoUnivision breaks several Champions League records
For UEFA, the best possible move that could have happened in the United States during the past 12 months is moving television coverage of the UEFA Champions League in Spanish-language to Univision Deportes. At the same time, the worst decision Turner Sports could have made when acquiring the UEFA Champions League rights was not to […]
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/ 2498 days agoUSWNT-Chile hits 6.2 million viewers on Telemundo and FOX
Sunday's triumphant 3-0 win by the USA women's team hit 6.2 million viewers across Telemundo and FOX combined, breaking records for both the English-language and Spanish-language broadcasters. In total, 6,241,000 viewers watched the USWNT win with goals by Julie Ertz and a brace by Carli Lloyd. On Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo, the match scored a Total […]