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/ 3218 days agoNBC Sports in talks to offer Premier League Pass to bars
NBC Sports is in discussions with cable companies to find a solution for Premier League Pass that can be used in bars across the United States, according to a NBC Sports executive in an interview with Sports TV Ratings. Currently, Premier League Pass is only available via online streaming to consumers for a fee of […]
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/ 3219 days agoSchedule of World Cup qualifiers on US TV and streaming
After an exciting weekend of soccer action from around the world, the club soccer business is on hiatus for a couple of weeks during the international break. Instead, the next two weeks will be filled with important World Cup qualifiers, most of which will be shown live on US television and/or streaming. For many nations, […]
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/ 3225 days agoPremier League Pass faces first major test this weekend
NBC Sports' Premier League Pass faces its first major test this weekend when 50% of the EPL games will be on the paid streaming service including Sunday's match between Tottenham and Burnley. The first big test the service, which is part of NBC Sports Gold, will face is how many Spurs supporters in the United […]
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/ 3229 days agoTurner Sports and Champions League FAQ
Turner Sports has revealed more details regarding their coverage plans for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League for sports fans in the United States. And as we predicted in May, there are big changes. In order to try to parse through all of the questions, I've written the following FAQ to help. If […]
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/ 3230 days agoTurner to make 80% of UEFA games available only via streaming
On the heels of NBC's Premier League Pass and ESPN announcing its own paid streaming service, Turner Sports will launch a new, online paid-subscription service beginning in the summer of 2018 to broadcast the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League rights that it owns. The net result to soccer fans is that more than […]
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/ 3231 days agoMan United-West Ham tops 1 million on NBCSN and Telemundo
NBCSN and Telemundo combined their efforts Sunday to attract more than 1 million viewers for Manchester United's opening game of the 2017/18 season against West Ham United. The match from Old Trafford in England averaged 680,000 viewers on NBCSN for the game that was televised live from 11am-1pm ET on Sunday, August 13. The game […]
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/ 3232 days agoFirst impressions of NBC Sports Gold’s EPL Pass service
As a fan of one of "the other 14" clubs in the Premier League (the ones outside of The Big 6), NBC Sports Gold's Premier League Pass service is a must-have by necessity if you want to watch every game that your club plays during the 2017/18 season. In all, the estimate is that more […]
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/ 3238 days agoFOX Sports’ Bundesliga TV schedule revealed: Aug. 2017
FOX Sports will launch its television coverage of the 2017/18 season on FS1 on Friday, August 18 with a live broadcast of Bayern Munich against Bayer Leverkusen. The new season will be FOX's third consecutive season of its five-year TV rights deal with Germany's top-flight league. Compared to the 2016/17 season on FOX Sports, the […]
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/ 3240 days agoDAZN acquires Championship rights in Canada
Legal streaming provider DAZN has acquired the EFL Championship and EFL Cup rights in Canada, as well as adding a ton of other soccer matches in the last week. DAZN, pronounced "Da zone" and part of the Perform empire, has secured deals to bring coverage of the EFL (English Football League) and Carabao Cup (EFL […]
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/ 3240 days agoWhat Premier League Pass includes for $50 per season
Subscriptions to NBC Sports' Premier League Pass are now available at $50 per season. For soccer fans in the United States who are used to being able to stream all of the games during a Premier League season via the NBC Sports App, NBC Sports has decided to make 3-4 games per week only accessible […]
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/ 3243 days agobeIN SPORTS to broadcast Turkish Süper Lig games
After losing the rights to the EFL Championship and EFL Cup to ESPN, beIN SPORTS will be adding the Turkish Süper Lig to its coverage of world sports, a source has revealed to World Soccer Talk. beIN SPORTS will broadcast one Turkish Süper Lig match per round to viewers in the United States. The 2017/18 […]
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/ 3244 days agobeIN SPORTS out and ESPN in for Championship rights
EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning turn of events, BAMTech has acquired the US rights to the English Championship and EFL Cup, and has reached a separate agreement with ESPN to have the live and on-demand matches shown by the Worldwide Leader of Sports. beIN SPORTS will not broadcast the 2017/18 Championship season, and has subsequently removed […]
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/ 3245 days agoNBC US-based talent to broadcast Premier League from England
The show just keeps on getting better. For the opening weekend of the 2017/18 Premier League season, the US-based talent of NBC Sports will broadcast live from England yet again with Rebecca Lowe, Kyle Martino, Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle bringing you the world's most popular sports league. In total, NBC Sports will bring viewers […]
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/ 3245 days agoMLS and Gold Cup overshadowed by International Champions Cup
This summer has been another win for soccer in the United States, but should we be surprised? It seems that every summer in the United States is now positioned as "the summer of soccer," and this year's edition was no exception as many of the best clubs from around the world descended on the United […]
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/ 3247 days agoBayern Munich-Dortmund German Supercup to be featured on FOX
The 2017/18 German soccer season kicks off Saturday with a live broadcast of the German Supercup between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The match will be shown live on the over-the-air FOX network on Saturday, August 5 at 2:30pm ET. Bayern Munich versus Dortmund will also be streamed via Sling Blue, fubo Premier and DIRECTV […]