Christopher Harris

Christopher Harris

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Since launching World Soccer Talk in 2005, Harris has played an influential role in shaping how broadcasters deliver the sport by providing in-depth analysis and reviews of the soccer TV coverage. He has interviewed virtually all media executives at the different media giants to stay apprised of changes in OTT and broadcast television while also keeping up with the latest reports and breaking news about key soccer rights acquisitions and the media landscape. Christopher is a member of the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR). He's the recipient of 18 WebAwards from the Web Marketing Association. Prior to World Soccer Talk, Chris wrote for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as well as The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Illustrated.

latest articles by Christopher Harris

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/ 3175 days ago

FOX Sports suffers $200 million World Cup loss

The worst nightmare has come true for FOX Sports' coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The United States has failed to qualify for the tournament for the first time in 32 years. Earlier this year, FOX Sports President Eric Shanks joked that if the US Men's National Team didn't qualify for the 2018 World […]

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/ 3180 days ago

beIN SPORTS will broadcast all CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers

The race to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will go down to the wire on Tuesday night in South America as an incredible six teams still have a chance to qualify for the final three automatic qualification spots. Plus one team will end in a playoff place. The good news for soccer fans […]

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/ 3184 days ago

Schedule of World Cup qualifiers: Oct. 5-10

During the next week, soccer fans in the United States will have an incredible choice of 81 World Cup qualifiers to watch on television and/or streaming. We're coming down to the matches where the tire meets the road. Those include USA's must-win games against Panama as well as Trinidad and Tobago. Plus, there are tons […]

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/ 3186 days ago

US-Trinidad and Tobago World Cup qualifier to air on beIN SPORTS

October's critical World Cup qualifier between the US Men's National Team and Trinidad-and-Tobago will be streamed live on beIN SPORTS and Universo on Tuesday, October 10, World Soccer Talk has learned. In the final match of their World Cup qualification process, the game could end up being a do-or-die match that will determine whether the […]

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/ 3186 days ago

Facebook is paying FOX Sports to stream Champions League

After streaming four English-language UEFA Champions League games on Facebook Live this month, World Soccer Talk has learned that Facebook is paying FOX Sports to stream the games. So far this month, FOX Sports has streamed four Champions League games exclusively online and has prevented them being shown live on television. Those four games have […]

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/ 3189 days ago

FOX Sports to air more than 32 World Cup games on FOX network

FOX Sports revealed today that it will air more than half of the 2018 World Cup games on the over-the-air FOX network. During an invitation-only presentation to media in New York City Tuesday night, FOX Sports announced that more than 32 of the 64 World Cup matches will be on the FOX over-the-air network, which […]

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/ 3189 days ago

Download free viewing guides for Premier League, LaLiga, Sling TV and fuboTV

World Soccer Talk has published four separate downloadable viewing guides that you can get when you subscribe to our daily e-mail newsletter. The guides are for: • Premier League viewing guide, • LaLiga viewing guide, • fubo viewing guide, • Sling World Sports viewing guide. Each guide is packed with tips, links and all of the details you need […]

Leagues: Liga MX

/ 3190 days ago

US sports networks to broadcast soccer fundraiser

All of the major soccer-related sports networks in the United States will combine their efforts today and tomorrow to help raise money for the communities impacted by the recent natural disasters. The networks are joining forces for the first time ever in support of the victims of the recent natural disasters in Mexico, Puerto Rico, […]

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/ 3191 days ago

NBC Sports Gold apologizes after Premier League Pass outages

NBC Sports has issued an apology to subscribers of their NBC Sports Gold service after the debacle that occurred Saturday, which resulted in a major online outage at the same time that Manchester United played away against Southampton. "We apologize for the disruptions and inconvenience, and appreciate your understanding as we continue to look for […]

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/ 3194 days ago

UEFA Champions League TV schedule for September 26-27

We can now reveal the UEFA Champions League TV schedule for matchweek 2 of the Group Stage of the competition. The two flagship matches that will be televised on FS1 are Borussia Dortmund versus Real Madrid on the Tuesday, and CSKA Moscow against Manchester United on the Wednesday. With Liverpool, Barcelona, Spurs, Chelsea, Atleti, Juventus […]

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/ 3195 days ago

fuboTV upgrades DVR functionality for cord cutters

On the heels of fuboTV adding 49 new FOX markets to its legal streaming service, fuboTV has also recently launched a new cloud DVR service as well as improved player controls. fuboTV subscribers now have the ability to record up to 30 hours of programming and save it for an unlimited amount of time – […]

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/ 3196 days ago

fuboTV expands FOX to cover 59% of households nationwide

fuboTV has expanded the number of over-the-air FOX channels it can stream to cover 59% of households across the United States including 17 of the top 20 areas. That means that if your city is listed below, you'll be able to watch all of the national programming offered by the over-the-air FOX channel, which includes […]

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/ 3210 days ago

Schedule of UEFA Champions League games (Sept. 12-13)

We have the preliminary TV and streaming schedule for the first two days of the UEFA Champions League, which kick off next week. For soccer fans in the United States, the matches will be shown across FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports Net, ESPN Deportes, Sling TV, fuboTV, ESPN3 and FOX Soccer […]

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/ 3217 days ago

Two Premier League matches break one million viewers on US TV

Two matches from this past weekend broke the million viewers barrier on US television. Those games were Manchester United versus Leicester and Liverpool against Arsenal. Man United's game against Leicester was the most-watched soccer game anywhere on US television last weekend with an average of 1.083 million viewers across over-the-air NBC and Universo combined. The […]

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/ 3218 days ago

ESPN3 to stream League One matches to viewers in United States

With no Championship matches scheduled this weekend due to the international break, ESPN3 has decided to stream several matches from League One instead. It's incredibly rare for viewers in the United States to see any matches from League One (unless you subscribe to iFollow), so to have three available from the third tier of English […]