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/ 3669 days agoOver 1.5 million watched USA vs. Colombia on FOX Sports 1 in Copa America opener
The opening game of Copa America 2016 between the USA and Colombia averaged 1.536 million viewers on FOX Sports 1, according to Nielsen fast nationals. The 1.536 million number is the second most-watched men's soccer game in FOX Sports 1 history, trailing only the CONCACAF Cup final between Mexico and USA from last fall. The viewing number for that […]
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/ 3672 days agoUnivision announces Copa America commentators and studio talent
Univision Deportes, which will be broadcasting every single game of Copa America Centenario in Spanish this summer, has announced its team of commentators and studio talent that will be covering the tournament. Copa America begins on June 3 and Univision Deportes will be present to deliver best in class programming of all 32 matches, which will […]
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/ 3672 days agoESPN announces host and studio talent for Euro 2016 TV coverage
ESPN's talent that will be bringing Euro 2016 into homes across the United States this summer will have a very familiar look. In fact, the talent is almost identical to the team that received rave reviews for its coverage of World Cup 2014. Based in a studio in France, Bob Ley leads a team of English-language studio […]
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/ 3672 days agoCopa America on pace to smash best-ever attendance
Tickets for Copa America Centenario are close to selling out in select cities. According to Copa America organizers, more than 1 million tickets have already been sold for the tournament, which puts it right on the path to be the best attended Copa America since 1979 when 1.1 million attended the games. For Friday's game […]
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/ 3673 days agoESPN's Euro 2016 'More Than Football' campaign exudes class
For the past 8 years, we've been graced by ESPN's superb coverage of world-class soccer competitions on US television. At Euro 2008, it was the birth of a new soccer vision that was focused on providing intelligent discussion and coverage of the Beautiful Game, and importantly not talking down to the viewers. At World Cup […]
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/ 3674 days agoESPN unveils Euro 2016 posters
In its coverage of world-class soccer tournaments, one of the traditions that ESPN began at World Cup 2010 was the creation of a set of posters — one for each team — to promote the event. For the last European Championship, the set of Euro 2012 posters featured a combination of iconographic photos with the flags of […]
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/ 3678 days agoWorld Soccer Talk launches EuroCopa Podcast
World Soccer Talk is proud to announce the launch of the EuroCopa Soccer Podcast, a one-of-a-kind daily digital audio download that will analyze, preview and review all of the teams and games from both the Copa America Centenario and Euro 2016 tournaments. Since 2010, World Soccer Talk has produced a daily podcast for major soccer […]
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/ 3678 days agoESPN Deportes will air 9 hours of Champions League Final
This Saturday, ESPN Deportes will televise the UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The network has the Spanish-language rights to the game, with the kick-off scheduled for 2:45pm ET. As both teams compete for the most prestigious title in club soccer, Real Madrid seeks its eleventh win while Atlético Madrid looks […]
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/ 3678 days agoMLS fails to make positive impression on TV ratings
This past weekend, Major League Soccer and its TV partners pulled out all of the stops to try to boost its fledgling TV ratings. Unfortunately despite the much hyped MLS Rivalry Week, the results yet again failed to move the needle. First, FOX had its first-ever MLS game that aired nationally on FOX broadcast television. Not only that, but […]
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/ 3679 days agoFOX’s 2016 FA Cup Final scores best-ever viewing audience
The 2016 FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Crystal Palace scored the best viewing audience ever for a game on the over-the-air FOX network. The match, which was televised live on FOX from 12:30-3:10pm ET, had a viewing audience average of 1,018,000 people. The number is the highest for the final since it began airing […]
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/ 3679 days agoNew York derby on FOX breaks 500k viewers
Major League Soccer's first game to air nationally on FOX broadcast television was viewed by 595,000 people. The match featured New York City against New York Red Bulls, which was shown live from 3:30-5:30pm. FOX's live coverage of New York City versus New York Red Bulls was a first in a number of ways. It […]
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/ 3686 days agoMost-watched live soccer games: May 13-18, 2016
During the past week, Liga MX and the English Premier League have been monopolizing the headlines with their record TV ratings as can be evidenced below. Elsewhere, the English Championship had their best numbers of the season with several of the playoffs producing decent viewing figures. The anticipation is now building for the Championship Playoff […]
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/ 3686 days agoNBC breaks record for most successful Premier League season
NBC Sports has announced that the 2015/16 season of its coverage of the Premier League was its most successful yet. NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2015-16 Premier League season reached more than 36 million viewers, a record and an increase of 26% over last season (28.7 million). For the third consecutive year, NBC Sports […]
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/ 3687 days agoStrikers U19 team to compete against some of best in the world
This summer, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers' under-19 team will compete in a tournament in China against several of the best clubs in the world. The U19 tournament, named the 2016 Weifang Cup, will be contested between: • Real Madrid (Spain) • Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) • S.L. Benfica (Portugal) • Fort Lauderdale Strikers (USA) • VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) […]
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/ 3688 days agoFOX teams up with National Geographic for World Cup 2018
FOX Sports has teamed up with National Geographic to complement its coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will be shown on US television. National Geographic Channel, which is owned by 21st Century FOX, will collaborate with FOX Sports to help create features, vignettes and bumpers that will try to capture Russia's diversity, culture […]