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/ 3238 days agoPlayStation Vue loses beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español
In a big blow to the PlayStation Vue streaming service, the Sony-owned company has dropped beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Español from its programming. The removal of beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Español and beIN SPORTS Connect goes into effect today (June 8). PlayStation communicated the changes in an e-mail sent to subscribers (see […]
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/ 3240 days agofuboTV adds Look Back feature
fuboTV has added an on-demand feature called "Look Back," which allows fuboTV subscribers on desktop and mobile web to easily go back and watch live sports and entertainment that aired during the previous three days. The feature is available for most channels and can be found by clicking on the electronic program guide. The "Look […]
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/ 3240 days ago2017 Champions League final hits 3 million viewers
More than 3 million viewers watched the 2017 UEFA Champions League final on FOX and FOX Deportes combined, according to Showbuzz Daily. The Real Madrid-Juventus final was shown live on both the English-language FOX network and Spanish-language FOX Deportes channel. The FOX network broadcast averaged 1,762,000 viewers, while the FOX Deportes broadcast had 1,241,000 people […]
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/ 3241 days agoFOX Deportes to air Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
FOX Deportes has announced that Spanish-language broadcasts of Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana will be returning to US airwaves through the end of the year. The Group Stages of the Copa Libertadores competition were aired on FOX Soccer 2GO streaming service earlier this year, but FOX Sports stopped broadcasting the games in February with no […]
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/ 3241 days agoWorld Cup qualifiers, friendlies & AFCON 2019 qualifiers
In the next week, there'll be more than 50 soccer games televised live on television and/or streaming to viewers in the United States featuring a huge variety of matches. There will be World Cup qualifiers such as Mexico against USA and Scotland vs. England. And there'll also be plenty of exciting friendlies including Brazil versus […]
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/ 3245 days agoMost popular Premier League clubs on US television
Liverpool Football Club is the most popular Premier League team on US television. That's according to research generated by @US_Spurs that has averaged all of the viewership numbers from their TV appearances during the 2016/17 season. The Reds averaged 481,943 viewers for the 36 matches that were broadcast live on US television. Every Premier League […]
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/ 3245 days agoTop 10 most-watched Premier League games on US television for 2016/17 season
Now that the 2016/17 Premier League season has been put to bed, it's time to take a look back to see which games were the top 10 most-watched matches of the EPL season. Not surprisingly, the matches featured in the 12:30-2:30pm ET time slot on the over-the-air NBC network ruled the airwaves, making the Premier […]
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/ 3246 days agoSan Jose-LA Galaxy scores best MLS TV viewing audience of 2017
Saturday's broadcast of San Jose Earthquakes against LA Galaxy on Univision and Univision Deportes is the most-watched MLS game of the 2017 season thus far on US television. A total of 692,000 viewers tuned in to watch the game on the over-the-air Univision network, which combined with the 202,000 people who watched the match simulcast […]
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/ 3246 days agoSeattle-Portland MLS game on FOX averaged 554,000 viewers
The first Cascadia Cup of the 2017 MLS season between Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers averaged 554,000 viewers on the FOX network and FOX Deportes combined on Saturday, May 27. With a scheduled kick-off time of 3:10pm ET, the match immediately followed the 2016/17 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea. While the FA Cup […]
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/ 3246 days agoArsenal-Chelsea FA Cup Final on FOX watched by 984,000
Saturday's broadcast of the 2016/17 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Chelsea on the FOX network and FOX Deportes averaged 984,000 viewers combined across both networks. Out of the 984,000 viewers, 836,000 watched Chelsea-Arsenal on the English-language FOX network, while the remaining 148,000 watched it on the Spanish-language FOX Deportes. Compared to last year's FA […]
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/ 3259 days agoBarcelona game bumped to beIN SPORTS Connect
beIN SPORTS has bumped Barcelona from beIN SPORTS en Español to beIN SPORTS Connect in anticipation of Real Madrid winning the title on Sunday in their match against Malaga. Originally, the Barcelona-Eibar game on Sunday was scheduled to air on beIN SPORTS en Español but on late Thursday afternoon, beIN SPORTS made the decision to […]
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/ 3261 days agoNBC Sports finalizes schedule final day of Premier League season
NBC Sports has finalized the TV schedule for the final day of the 2016/17 Premier League season, which will feature 10 games shown live across NBC's network of TV channels. The major game that will be featured on the flagship NBC network is Arsenal against Everton, which will be a decisive game as the Gunners […]
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/ 3261 days agoFOX to broadcast final day of Bundesliga season
FOX Sports will broadcast the final day of the 2016/17 Bundesliga season live across the FOX network, FS1, FS2 and FOX Soccer Plus. The "all in" coverage of the Bundesliga will include the game between Bayern Munich and Freiburg on the over-the-air FOX network, as well as the relegation battle between Hamburg and Wolfsburg on […]
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/ 3261 days agoUnivision shares details about UEFA Champions League coverage
With so much news and attention focused on what Turner Sports will do with their coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League when they take the rights away from FOX Sports in August 2018, there hasn't been as much focus on how much of a big deal the Spanish-language rights to the same […]
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/ 3266 days agoMLS reveals strategic plan to improve TV ratings in US
In an interview with Sports Business Daily last week, MLS executives revealed their plan to improve lagging TV ratings. The plan includes: 1. Putting cameras in the locker rooms before the game, 2. Allowing access to team huddles, 3. Putting microphones on coaches during games, and 4. Increasing the number of media “car wash” tours. While the changes are welcome, […]