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/ 2550 days agoNBC's Manchester United Treble film is a masterpiece
It's only fitting that one of the main storytellers in the Manchester United documentary that will premiere on Sunday on NBCSN about the treble-winning season is the man who called the game that night, commentator Clive Tyldesley. His words and voice are so intertwined with that memorable day in 1999 when the Red Devils — against […]
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/ 2551 days agoMLS is a TV ratings disaster in New York City
In the same city that Major League Soccer calls home, which is also the number one TV market in the United States, MLS's two teams in the New York region have been a TV ratings disaster. Despite the two MLS teams being accessible in more than 7.3 million homes in the New York area, TV […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies
/ 2559 days agoFrom NASL to USL, Tampa Bay Rowdies passion still runs strong
On a picture-perfect Florida spring evening this past Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rowdies hosted Louisville City at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg. For this, my very first visit to Al Lang Stadium, I found that there's a lot to love about the stadium, and the fans that fill it. Sitting on the edge of […]
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/ 2568 days agoWhich league's TV ratings declined the most after the World Cup?
The name of the game for soccer leagues shown on US television is to figure out a way to take advantage of the hype and interest in a men's World Cup tournament, and to attract those viewers to their respective leagues after the FIFA tournament is over. According to research by World Soccer Talk, some […]
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/ 2574 days agoNBCSN to debut Manchester United treble-anniversary documentary on April 28
NBCSN will debut a brand-new documentary to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of Manchester United's incredible 1999 treble-winning season. Schedule to air on April 28 at 2:30PM ET on NBCSN, The Impossible Dream features interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson, Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer, Gary Lineker, Jim Rosenthal, David Beckham, Andrew Cole, Teddy Sheringham, Dwight Yorke, Ryan Giggs and […]
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/ 2578 days agoNBC Fan Fests forge deeper connections with US soccer fans
For English-language soccer fans in the United States, no league has done a better job in connecting with supporters throughout the country than the Premier League courtesy of NBC Sports. So far this season, NBC Sports has already launched two Premier League fan festivals. And the third one, to be held in Boston this weekend, […]
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/ 2587 days agoESPN+ acquires Copa América rights in English and Portuguese
Popular streaming service ESPN+ has acquired the English-language and Portuguese-language rights to the 2019 CONMEBOL Copa América for viewers in the United States, a source revealed to World Soccer Talk. With Telemundo Deportes already having acquired the Spanish-language rights in the United States, that means that soccer fans will have plenty of choices this summer […]
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/ 2600 days agoHow to stream soccer: A cordcutter's guide
Our goal at World Soccer Talk is to make it easier to find out how to stream soccer so you can watch your favorite soccer team via high-quality legal streams. Here are our pro tips on how to stream soccer. Whether you're new or old to streaming, we've created a guide to help answer your […]
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/ 2602 days agoMLS begins 2019 season with disappointing TV ratings
Major League Soccer has kicked off 2019 right where it finished the 2018 regular season with disappointing TV viewing numbers on English-language television across both ESPN and FOX Sports, and a surprising drop in viewership on the Spanish-language Univision Deportes. Compared to the 2018 opening weekend, the viewing numbers for the nationally televised games this […]
Fanatiz
/ 2607 days agoFanatiz adds beIN SPORTS and GolTV
Streaming service Fanatiz has added beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Español and GolTV en Español to its programming to offer soccer fans even more choices when it comes to watching the Beautiful Game. Fanatiz already had channels TyC Sports International and RCN Nuestra Tele International. But with the addition of the English-language and Spanish-language beIN […]
Soccer On TV
/ 2628 days agoTop 10 streaming services for watching soccer
We've spent hundreds of hours of research to find out the top 10 streaming services for watching soccer. The two biggest misconceptions about streaming soccer are as follows. First, many of the games aren't available via streaming. Second, you can't watch the games on television. Both of these are untrue. Firstly, there's more soccer available […]
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/ 2633 days agoDiscontentment with FOX's Bundesliga coverage continues
If it's not MLS, it seems that FOX Sports isn't interested in giving other soccer leagues it has the rights to much coverage or publicity. That's the message the TV network is sending to soccer fans in the United States. After FOX Sports lost the rights to the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Europa […]
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/ 2634 days agoViewers facing fewer choices in Champions League Round of 16
Turner Sports have followed through on their promise to only broadcast one UEFA Champions League match per gameday for the knockout stages of the competition that begins on February 12. While it's often a dilemma for soccer fans to decide which game to watch in the Knockout Round because they're both played at the same […]
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/ 2638 days agoSky Sports News returns to US TV this Thursday on NBCSN
NBC Sports has agreed a deal with Sky Sports to simulcast the Sky Sports coverage of Transfer Deadline Day to viewers in the United States on NBCSN this Thursday. During previous transfer deadline days, NBCSN televised a Deadline Day broadcast featuring Rebecca Lowe and the NBCSN Premier League analysts sharing their takes on the underwhelming […]
ESPN+
/ 2643 days agoDemo of ESPN+ showcasing soccer coverage and features [VIDEO]
The list of soccer coverage that ESPN+ features is mind blowing. To name just a few — Serie A, UEFA Nations League, Championship, League One, League Two, FA Cup, League Cup, Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italiana, Eredivisie, Danish Superliga, Chinese Super League, Indian Super League, Australian A-League, Sweden’s Allsvenskan, MLS out-of-market games and USL. And that doesn't […]