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/ 4999 days agobeIN SPORT Signs Deal With Comcast To Bring Soccer To The Masses
beIN SPORT announced today that the new 24/7 international soccer network will be carried on Xfinity TV by Comcast, one of the country's largest cable providers. Under the deal, beIN SPORT will be available to Xfinity TV customers via TV, on demand, online and on mobile devices. beIN SPORT will be available in English on […]
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/ 4999 days agoESPN's Coverage Of Arsenal-Sunderland Sees 48% Increase In Number Of Viewers
ESPN's live coverage of the opening day of the 2012-13 Premier League soccer season saw a 48% increase in the number of TV viewers compared to its average last season. The live broadcast of Arsenal against Sunderland was seen by 476,000 viewers on ESPN in the United States, which was significantly greater than the 321,000 […]
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/ 5000 days agoGet Your Beat The Manager Game Predictions In For Your Chance to Win an Apple iPad
Now that the Beat The Manager game has launched, hopefully you've had a chance to play it. If you haven't, there's still plenty of time to register for your chance to win one of several Apple iPad tablets that we'll be giving away throughout the Premier League season. But before you dive in, here are […]
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/ 5002 days agoSwansea Sets A Standard For Other Premier League Clubs to Follow
On his Saturday radio talk show this past weekend, Stan Collymore quipped, "You've got to spend big to win big." Ain't that the truth! Or is it, really? Saturday's convincing 5-0 win by Swansea at Loftus Road was a perfect dream start for Swansea's duo of new signings — Chico Flores and Michu — and […]
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/ 5003 days agoPremier League Sunday: Aug. 19, 2012
On the first Sunday of the Premier League 2012-13 season, we have Wigan versus Chelsea (8:30am ET on FOX Soccer) followed by Manchester City against Southampton (11am ET, also on FOX Soccer). On paper, these should be two comfortable wins for Chelsea and Manchester City, but I wouldn't discount either Southampton or Wigan Athletic. While the […]
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/ 5004 days agoPremier League Saturday: Aug. 18, 2012
Whether you call it soccer or football, the season starts today with 7 Premier League matches in store on this glorious Saturday. There's no early kick-off, so we have 6 matches kicking off at the traditional time of 10am ET/3pm BST, followed by the match of the day between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur at […]
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/ 5006 days ago2012-13 Premier League Table Predictions
What's your prediction for how the 2012-13 Premier League table will finish? Which clubs will fill positions one through 20? It's the million dollar question for this, the 21st season of the English Premier League. The bounty for the clubs who stay up this season will be a massive rise in revenue from global TV rights […]
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/ 5006 days agoFOX Soccer News Debuts Tomorrow Featuring Pundits Bobby McMahon & Thomas Rongen
Tonight's episode of FOX Soccer Report will be the final episode before FOX Soccer switches gears and launches the first of what is expected to be many episodes of the network's new show, FOX Soccer News. FOX Soccer News will debut on Friday, August 17 at 10pm ET on FOX Soccer hosted by Brendan Dunlop, […]
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/ 5006 days agotalkSPORT Launches Free Commentary of Every Premier League Game for 2012-13 Season
Beginning this weekend, commentary of every single Premier League match this season will be available live for free from talkSPORT, the UK-based sports talk radio station. Under the new rights deal signed earlier this year, talkSPORT acquired the radio rights outside Europe for the next four years. The radio commentary will be available in English, […]
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/ 5006 days agobeIN SPORT Launches In HD On DirecTV [PHOTOS]
beIN SPORT officially launched on US television Wednesday night when the new international soccer network debuted on satellite provider DirecTV. EPL Talk reader Escaped Convict snapped several photos to commemorate the launch, which reveal what beIN SPORT's studio set looks like, in addition to their on-screen graphics, and shows the beIN SPORT presenters, commentators and […]
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/ 5006 days agobeIN SPORT Adds Temryss Lane and Terri Leigh As Matchday Presenters
After successfully launching on television last night, beIN SPORT — the new 24/7 international soccer network — has revealed details regarding some of its new shows and talent who will be front-and-center on screen. Former FOX Soccer contributor Temryss Lane and former FOX Soccer Report host Terri Leigh have both joined beIN SPORT as matchday presenters. Lane […]
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/ 5006 days agobeIN SPORT Launches On DISH Network: Free Preview Available
Following up on yesterday's launch on DirecTV, the new 24/7 international soccer network beIN SPORT is now also available on DISH Network. beIN SPORT is available as a free preview today through September 11 on channel 408. While beIN SPORT is in HD on DirecTV, it's only available in SD on DISH. In addition to […]
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/ 5006 days agoPlay Beat The Manager, the New EPL Prediction Game From EPL Talk
During the course of a Premier League season, have you ever muttered to your friends or yourself that you could pick a better team than the manager of your favorite Premier League club? We've all done it at some point especially when our club's manager has made a ridiculous selection to the starting 11 or […]
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/ 5007 days agoSay Goodbye to Soccernet: ESPN Launches ESPNFC.com Website
At one point or other, I think we've all been there. We've been lost on ESPNSoccernet.com. Or was it ESPN.com? No, wait a minute, maybe it was ESPN.co.uk? Regardless, the path to navigate our way through ESPN's online soccer presence has been, up until now, complicated. Thankfully, ESPN has decided to officially launch a new […]
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/ 5007 days agoNew Soccer Network beIN SPORT Launches On DirecTV
beIN SPORT, the new 24/7 soccer network that has acquired US media rights to many of the major European soccer leagues, will officially launch on television today via satellite provider DirecTV. At 7:30pm ET today, beIN SPORT will debut on channel 620 on DirecTV, which was previously the channel position held by GolTV. beIN SPORT’s […]