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/ 3485 days agofuboTV scores 62,000 views for el Clasico
fuboTV, the soccer streaming service, streamed the Barcelona versus Real Madrid el Clasico live on Saturday, registering 62,000 concurrent views according to a report in Multichannel News. The US-based legal soccer streaming service generated approximately 459,000 US desktop and mobile site sessions for the biggest club soccer game of the year. The match, which ended […]
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/ 3488 days agoEl Clasico not on UK TV; What you can do about it
The fact that el Clasico between Barcelona against Real Madrid will not be televised live on British TV this Saturday is an outrage. Everywhere else in the world — both in the first world and third world — countries will show the game live on television except the United Kingdom. In fact, Barcelona against Real Madrid will […]
beIN SPORTS Connect
/ 3491 days agoHow to watch beIN SPORTS Connect via fuboTV
If you're a soccer fan in the US who wants to be able to watch more games from around the world, beIN SPORTS Connect needs to be a part of your streaming tools. The streaming service from beIN SPORTS makes a ton of games available that are not on beIN SPORTS or beIN SPORTS en […]
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/ 3491 days agoSling TV DVR capabilities coming soon to soccer fans
Sling TV has announced that they will be adding DVR capabilities soon that have the added benefit of recordings not being limited to 28 days, like they are on PS Vue. Available starting in December, the cloud DVR beta program will roll out first on Roku streaming players and Roku TV's. Customers who subscribe to […]
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/ 3497 days agoWatford to be featured in NBC Sports’ Behind The Badge series
Watford will be the next team featured on NBC Sports' critically-acclaimed Behind The Badge series, which takes viewers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of Premier League clubs. Last season, it was Crystal Palace that was the subject of the Behind The Badge series. This season, the four-part series debuts this Sunday, Nov. […]
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/ 3497 days agoDortmund vs. Bayern Munich game scores more than 400,000 viewers on FOX
Saturday's broadcast of the Bundesliga's biggest game of the season between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich was watched by more than 400,000 people on the FOX over-the-air broadcast network. The exact number, 426,000, represents a significant improvement over the 248,000 people that watched Borussia Monchengladbach versus Bayer Leverkusen in August, which was also televised on […]
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/ 3498 days agoSling Blue adds two alternate channels to show more EPL games
Sling Blue, the streaming service, has added two brand-new alternate channels for subscribers to have access to more Premier League games. The addition of the two new NBC Sports overflow channels — named NBCSN Alternate 1 and NBCSN Alternate 2 — are included with Sling Blue and Sling Blue+Orange at no additional charge. On Premier League matchdays […]
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/ 3499 days agoUSSF is holding back growth of soccer
A new report from one of the most respected analyst firms in the world has sent a loud and clear message to the US Soccer Federation — by preventing promotion/relegation from happening in the United States, the USSF is holding back the growth of soccer in this country. The Deloitte report suggests that as the MLS […]
Subbuteo
/ 3500 days agoRolling back the years by playing Subbuteo at a brewery
This past week, I did something I haven't done in 30 years. I played a game of Subbuteo. The last time I played the table soccer game, I had bought a set from Toys R Us in the 1980s. In that game, my cousin and I picked up the generic red and blue teams that […]
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/ 3501 days agoUS Soccer under scrutiny again in investigations on HBO and CBS
With the upcoming release of two new investigative journalism pieces by HBO and CBS, don't be surprised if there'll be some nervous days ahead at the headquarters of the US Soccer Federation in Chicago, Illinois. First up is an interview with several US Women's National Team players, which will appear on CBS' 60 Minutes on Sunday […]
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/ 3504 days agoSpurs-West Ham on NBC face off against FOX's Dortmund-Bayern Munich on Saturday
The Bundesliga's biggest game of the season will be televised on the over-the-air FOX network this Saturday, but Borussia Dortmund against Bayern Munich will face stiff competition against Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, which will kick off at the same time on the over-the-air NBC network. The fact that two soccer games will be […]
GO90
/ 3506 days agogo90 FAQ: Streaming HD-quality soccer games
Q: What is go90? A: go90 is a streaming app from Verizon Wireless that features live and on-demand programming from sports, action, comedy, drama, reality TV, fashion and more. That includes soccer matches — lots and lots of them! Q: Is it legal? A: 100% yes. Unlike illegal streaming sites that put your computer at risk […]
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/ 3506 days agoUS-Mexico nets 5.3 million on FS1 & Univision for qualifier
Friday's broadcast of the USA against Mexico World Cup qualification game on FS1 and Univision was watched by an audience of 5.3 million, according to Sports TV Ratings. During Friday's pre-match coverage on FOX Sports 1, analyst Alexi Lalas proclaimed that the game was the biggest match the USA faced since the World Cup 2014 […]
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/ 3509 days agoFOX acquires Gold Cup TV rights for 2017 and 2019
FOX Sports has acquired the English-language TV rights to the 2017 and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments, the network announced today. The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which will be played in the United States in July 2017, will feature the United States and Mexico as the two automatically qualified nations. It's expected that an additional […]
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/ 3509 days agobeIN SPORTS surpasses 550,000 viewers for most-watched La Liga game of season
Sunday's broadcast of Sevilla against Barcelona on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS en Espanol was the most-watched La Liga game of the 2016/17 season thus far. The match averaged 552,000 viewers. The game averaged 408,000 on the Spanish-language beIN SPORTS en Espanol as well as 144,000 on beIN SPORTS. The game, which ended 2-1 to […]