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/ 3530 days agoNBC's Liverpool-Man Utd breaks record for most streamed game
Monday's match between Liverpool and Manchester United broke the record for the most streamed Premier League game ever on NBC Sports. The broadcast, a 0-0 draw between the two rivals, ranks as NBC Sports Group’s most-streamed match ever. The match, played on Monday from 3-5pm ET, delivered 10.3 million minutes, up 23% from the previous […]
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/ 3531 days agoNBC Sports honored at US Embassy in London in recognition for EPL growth in US
NBC Sports Group was recognized today at the US Embassy in London at an event celebrating the growth of the Premier League in the United States. The event, held at Winfield House, the residence of Ambassador Matthew Barzun, celebrated the growth of the Premier League in the United States, highlighted by NBC Sports Group’s coverage […]
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/ 3531 days agoMLS playoff race registers 2 least-viewed games on ESPN
The penultimate weekend of the 2016 MLS regular season this past weekend was the league’s worst on ESPN. Sunday’s playoff race matches, which featured Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids (178,000 viewers) and Montreal Impact against Toronto FC (161,000 viewers), were two of the lowest rated programs for the entire day on ESPN. They were also […]
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/ 3533 days agoDortmund vs. Bayern Munich to air on over-the-air FOX network
The upcoming match between the Bundesliga's two biggest teams, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, will be televised live in the United States on the over-the-air FOX broadcast network on Saturday, November 19 at Noon ET. By broadcasting the game on over-the-air television, FOX is making sure that the game can get the biggest viewing audience […]
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/ 3533 days agoNBC Sports to debut ‘Inside the Mind of Claudio Ranieri’ film
It's time to mark your calendars for NBC Sports' upcoming interview and documentary entitled 'Inside The Mind of Claudio Ranieri,' which will debut on NBCSN on Sunday, November 6. Hosted by Robbie Earle, the documentary features an exclusive sit-down interview with Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, where he'll discuss the highs of last season that resulted […]
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/ 3537 days agoPremier League US TV schedule revealed for December and January
The Premier League today announced which matches will be moved in December and January for the purposes of being shown live on British television. As a result, we can now extrapolate the US TV schedule of games for those months — at least for many of the games. NBC Sports typically doesn't reveal the official TV […]
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/ 3538 days agoSwansea can evolve from forgotten club to Americans' second favorite team
True story. Two weeks ago when I was walking toward the bleachers to watch my daughter play her soccer game, I saw one of the parents wearing a Tottenham Hotspur jersey. I asked him if he had watched the Spurs-Manchester City game earlier that morning, but he only had a chance to watch the first […]
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/ 3540 days agoNBC Sports ready for huge weekend of Premier League games after international break
For most soccer fans, time seems to slow down during international breaks as the lengthy qualification process of international soccer drags on at a tedious pace. Thankfully, club soccer returns this weekend to rescue us from the boredom. And for fans of English soccer, NBC Sports has a bumper weekend of matches in store. In […]
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/ 3541 days agoHow to stream soccer for free with go90 [VIDEO]
It's the busy part of the soccer season with World Cup qualifiers as well as key games and derbies in major leagues upcoming that could help or hurt a team's chances. For soccer fans in the United States, we can stream games anywhere through go90. Simply download the app via App Store or Google Play. […]
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/ 3542 days agoFOX to air Bremen vs. Leverkusen game featuring Chicharito
FOX will air the game between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen live on over-the-air network television on Saturday, October 15. The match, which will feature Javier Hernandez (aka Chicharito), will pit sixth-place Leverkusen against 15th-place Werder Bremen. With the game being televised live on big FOX, the executives from FOX Sports and the Bundesliga will […]
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/ 3547 days agoBarcelona invited to play in 2017 MLS All-Star Game
FC Barcelona has been invited to play in the 2017 MLS All-Star Game, a source confirmed to World Soccer Talk. A final decision hasn't been made yet, but if Barcelona does accept the invitation, it's very likely that the All-Star Game will be played next summer at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Barcelona, currently ranked […]
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/ 3552 days agoHow to watch soccer games projected from a smartphone
I had a chance to demo new technology recently that blew my mind. Watching as much soccer as I do and I'm sure you do too, the rate that technology is changing our viewing experience is progressing at a slow and steady pace. Many of us are watching more soccer via legal streams than we […]
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/ 3552 days agobeIN SPORTS debuts Argentina World Cup 1986 film
beIN SPORTS will debut a brand-new documentary about Argentina's 1986 World Cup triumph this Sunday night in a film that features exclusive interviews, fantastic match highlights and the unbelievable story of a World Cup that almost never happened. The Impossible Champion tells the inspiring story of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup Victory and what is considered […]
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/ 3555 days agoWhy I'm loving the Roku Streaming Stick for soccer coverage
This past summer, I finally bought a Roku. Now that I have one, I'm not sure why I waited so long to take the plunge. After all, it's only $42. Plus, it's become so ubiquitous in my family, that it's now the go-to device for most members of my family over the Xbox, Chromecast, Tivo […]
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/ 3559 days agoMeet John Dykes, the host of Goal Rush
If you could pick one man who is the best example of how globalized soccer has become, it would be John Dykes. Don't know his name? That's okay because most soccer fans in his own country of England don't either. But if you live in the United States, you'll know him as the voice of […]