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/ 6097 days agoNews About EPL On ESPN 360 and HD On GolTV
Keeping track of all of the ways that soccer fans in the United States can watch the sport on television suddenly got very confusing in the past week with the addition of ESPN2 to the Premier League TV rights package, as well as the glittering array of Champions League matches being shown across Fox's TV […]
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/ 6097 days agoSpecial1 TV Is Not Returning Says Setanta Ireland
Special1 TV will not be returning to Setanta Sports in the immediate future, according to a Setanta Ireland representative. The cult hit parody show featuring puppets of Jose Mourinho, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Wayne Rooney will not be returning to the airwaves in the foreseeable future unless the program is picked up by another broadcaster. While […]
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/ 6097 days agoWhy Soccer Sounds Better With British Commentators
It's been one of those weeks when business meetings got in my way of watching the mid-week Champions League playoff games, so I finally had a chance to sit down Wednesday evening to speed through five or more games that were waiting for me on my DVR player. Fox's production aside (I thought they did […]
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/ 6098 days agoChelsea and Kevin Garnett Unveil Limited-Edition Shoe
While most of the major Premier League clubs are transfixed on creating new fanbases in China only, most of the clubs have ignored the United States. Chelsea is one of the few exceptions, so it's interesting to see hear about Chelsea's latest announcement today that it has partnered with Adidas to develop a basketball shoe, […]
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/ 6098 days agoESPN Reveals TV Ratings For EPL Debut Of Chelsea v Hull City
The TV ratings are in for ESPN2's opening game of the 2009/2010 Premier League season, which featured Chelsea against Hull City. And the results are pretty decent especially considering that EPL Talk didn't break the news until 7:46pm ET on the night before the game. Plus, the fact that the game kicked off at 7:45 ET […]
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/ 6099 days agoSoccer On U.S. TV Is Becoming A Chore
I had a discussion last week with a veteran of the soccer television industry, and I asked him whether soccer schedules these days were more or less confusing than how they used to be five or even 10 years ago. His response was a laugh followed by a definitive answer. Things are much more complicated […]
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/ 6099 days agoFox Promotes Champions League Coverage (Video)
We received a pleasant surprise today when a Fedex package arrived from Fox Soccer Channel. Inside was a box of promotional items to help promote Fox's coverage of the Champions League. Presumably the box is being sent to journalists and bloggers across the country. It's a classy touch from Fox, and just goes to show […]
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/ 6100 days agoAttendance Figures From Opening Premier League Weekend
The opening weekend of the 2009/2010 Premier League season was a success on the pitch and off the pitch. More than 350,000 football supporters packed the grounds around England despite the fact that many of the clubs with large capacities played away such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Sunderland. While the number of tickets […]
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/ 6101 days agoSaturday's Premier League Matches: My Observations
The opening day of the 2009/2010 Premier League season felt like a roller coaster ride especially for viewers in the United States — most of whom were more exhausted than usual on Saturday morning after getting little sleep from the night before after hearing about the eleventh hour decision by ESPN to acquire the TV […]
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/ 6102 days agoSky Sports Trailer For 2009/2010 Season
And for fun, here's Special1 TV's parody of the video (thanks to reader Les Deux for the tip). Still no word whether Special1 TV will be coming back, but we'll let you know as soon as we hear a definitive answer from Setanta Ireland.
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/ 6102 days agoESPN To Show Chelsea v Hull City Game
It's confirmed. ESPN2 will show the opening game of the 2009-2010 season between Chelsea and Hull City at 7:45am ET Saturday. On late Friday, ESPN concluded the negotiations with Fox Soccer Channel to sub-license the early Saturday morning kickoff and Monday afternoon games for the 2009/2010 season. The package includes 12 Monday afternoon ET games, […]
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/ 6103 days ago5 Ways To Watch Or Listen To Chelsea v Hull City
We understand that ESPN and Fox Soccer Channel are still feverishly working on concluding the contract so that the early Saturday morning and Monday afternoon ET Premier League games will be available on ESPN2. However, no agreement has been completed as of writing, and we're now less than 24 hours away from the kickoff of […]
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/ 6105 days agoUS Launches Official World Cup Bid Site For 2018 and 2022
The US Soccer Federation has launched a website to promote the United States's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. The site, at www.gousabid.com, features a petition where soccer fans have add their name to the list of people who want to see the World Cup return to the United States. Many football experts […]
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/ 6105 days agoPoll: Surprise Team Of 2009/2010 Premier League Season
In previous Premier League seasons, clubs have come out of the starting gate that have shocked and surprised us. The shock was due to the clubs completely exceeding our expectations of where we thought they'd end up in the table or the cups that they would win. And in some examples, these were clubs that […]