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/ 3977 days agoPremier League’s 6-year rights deal could change everything
The recent report by Sports Business Daily that the Premier League has asked US broadcasters to bid on separate 3-year and 6-year options to try to acquire the rights to the Premier League is bad news for soccer fans. The Premier League has always sold its US rights packages in 3-year deals, but has added the opportunity […]
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/ 3981 days agoFOX Sports officially announces Bundesliga TV coverage plans
The wait is finally over. FOX Sports has announced its coverage plans for the 2015/16 Bundesliga season, its first of a 5-year deal that FOX has signed with the top flight German league. After many fans of German soccer expressed their outrage across the web and social media about, first, FOX's lack of communication about […]
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/ 3981 days agoFOX Sports makes important changes to Bundesliga TV schedule
Bundesliga fans, your voices have been heard. After German soccer fans expressed their disappointment on social media and this website regarding the original plans that FOX Sports had for its Bundesliga TV coverage, FOX Sports has made some changes. FOX is expected to officially announce its coverage plans for the Bundesliga later on Thursday, but we […]
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/ 3984 days agoFOX Sports signs Ian Joy from beIN SPORTS
beIN SPORTS co-commentator and analyst Ian Joy is moving to FOX Sports to be a soccer host/analyst in Los Angeles, two sources have confirmed to World Soccer Talk. A source revealed to World Soccer Talk that "beIN SPORTS has been fantastic" to Ian, but that Joy decided not to renew his contract and believes now […]
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/ 3987 days agoSportsnet acquires Bundesliga TV rights in Canada
Canadian media company Sportsnet has acquired the rights to broadcast the Bundesliga in Canada for the next 5 years. In 2013, FOX Sports acquired the 2015-2020 Bundesliga TV rights for the USA and Canada. Since FOX doesn't have a presence in Canada, FOX Sports decided to sub-license the Canadian rights to Sportsnet, who will launch their coverage of […]
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/ 3988 days agoFOX will show Bundesliga games across FOX networks
FOX Sports' exclusive coverage of the 2015/16 Bundesliga season will feature games that will be shown live across FOX Sports 2, FOX Soccer Plus and streaming service FOX Soccer 2GO. UPDATE: FOX SPORTS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES BUNDESLIGA TV COVERAGE PLANS. As of press time, here's what World Soccer Talk can reveal so far: about the first season of […]
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/ 3992 days agoMLS unable to generate TV ratings boost from Women's World Cup
On a rare day last month when there were no Women's World Cup or Copa America games played due to rest days in the tournaments, MLS had the perfect opportunity to ride the wave from the record Women's World Cup and Copa America TV ratings and see a boost in its own viewing figures. Unfortunately, they didn't […]
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/ 3995 days agoPremier League TV rights battle in US has begun
The battle for Premier League TV rights in the United States for seasons 2016-2019 has begun. According to a World Soccer Talk source, the Premier League sent out invitation to tender letters during the first week of July. The interested bidders — such as FOX Sports, ESPN, NBC Sports and others — will have an […]
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/ 3995 days agoUS soccer media's response to US Senate hearing on corruption
The timing of yesterday's announcement that Giovani Dos Santos had officially signed for LA Galaxy was impeccable. Less than five minutes after the US Senate panel hearing on corruption in international soccer had ended, MLS' LA Galaxy changed the conversation on social media as fans and soccer media marveled at the signing, and discussed how […]
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/ 3997 days agobeIN SPORTS close to agreeing landmark La Liga TV rights deal
beIN SPORTS is close to agreeing a landmark TV rights deal to continue its coverage of La Liga to viewers in the United States, a source has revealed to World Soccer Talk. The current TV rights deal with La Liga expired at the end of the 2014/15 La Liga season, a year in which we saw Barcelona […]
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/ 4002 days agoReview of beIN SPORTS' Copa America coverage
With so much attention focused on FOX's coverage of the Women's World Cup this summer, it's important that we not neglect the hard work and great expense beIN SPORTS embarked on in its coverage of the 2015 Copa America, which resulted in 1.5 million tuning in for the final as well as millions more watching the games from […]
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/ 4003 days agoNBC reveals Premier League TV schedule for August-September
NBC has officially revealed the TV schedule for the opening two months of the 2015/16 Premier League season. During the first two months of the season, there are several massive matches scheduled including Manchester City vs Chelsea (on Sunday, August 16 on NBCSN), Arsenal vs Liverpool (Monday, August 24 on NBCSN), Manchester United vs Liverpool […]
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/ 4005 days agoReview of FOX's Women's World Cup coverage
FOX's first major tournament of its 12-year TV deal with FIFA has ended with a bang for the network. In its month-long coverage of the Women's World Cup, FOX broke TV records and put on first-class coverage that will go a long way to giving soccer fans confidence that FOX knows soccer. There's still room for improvement, but overall […]
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/ 4007 days agoHappy 4th of July to all of our World Soccer Talk readers
On behalf of the entire team at World Soccer Talk, we'd like to wish you a Happy Independence Day and we hope you have a wonderful weekend with your family and friends. While it's a holiday for most people, we'll be hard at work today. The Beautiful Game is a 365 days a year job, […]
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/ 4008 days agoPremier League US TV schedule revealed for opening weeks of 2015/16 season
Christmas has arrived early for fans of Premier League clubs as we now have our first indications of what the TV schedule will look like in the United States for the opening weeks of the 2015/16 season. With the Premier League announcing the games in August and September that have had their kickoff times and dates changed […]