USA-Mexico World Cup Qualifier Draws Good Overnight Numbers for ESPN
This from ESPN PR maven Mike Soltys: USA/Mexico big overnight (1.6).When final rating comes in, expected to be our highest rated World Cup qualifier. — Mike Soltys (@espnmikes) March 27, 2013 Thanks to...
View ArticleNBC Unveils Its Plans for the English Premier League
In a Hollywood-style production in New York on Tuesday, NBC announced its coverage plans for the English Premier League starting this August. NBC says it will carry all 380 games of the 2013-14 season...
View ArticleESPN FC Becomes A Daily Show
Unveiled at the ESPN Upfronts in New York City is a new daily soccer-centric show. Titled ESPN FC after the website of the same name, the show will air Sunday through Friday, mostly on ESPN2. It will...
View ArticleFox Soccer and ESPN Combine for Their Last EPL “Survival Sunday”
Last year, Fox Soccer gave soccer fans a true smorgasbord of English Premier League coverage on the final Sunday of the regular season. Utilizing Fox Soccer, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Sports Net, Speed, FX,...
View ArticleESPN’s Farewell to the EPL and Ian Darke and Steve McNanaman Complete with...
ESPN2 said its goodbyes today to the English Premier League. In its three years, ESPN2 has had a few good matches and most of them called by the great Ian Darke and Steve McNanaman. In the final...
View ArticleFox Sports Obtains Rights to Euro 2016 and 2018 World Cup European Qualifying...
As it continues to gobble up soccer rights, Fox Sports has signed a multimedia agreement to air European qualifying matches for two soccer tournaments, UEFA Euro 2016 and the FIFA 2018 World Cup. In...
View ArticleSome Weekend Linkage
Ok, I wasn’t able to get to do linkage during the day so in lieu of a Friday post, I’ll make this a weekend post so you can go through these at your leisure. So while I watch some Australian Rules...
View ArticleESPN Unveils Commentators for FIFA Confederations Cup
The biggest soccer tournament of the year begins today. The FIFA Confederations Cup takes place all over Brazil and will culminate in Rio de Janeiro, the site of next year’s World Cup. ESPN and ESPN2...
View ArticleSome Quick Monday Linkage
Lots of stuff to get to and so little time. Here’s the linkage. Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch has his regular Monday sports media column in which he discusses a new hire for NBC’s Football Night...
View ArticleSome Tuesday Linkage
Let’s do some links today. Brian Steinberg of Variety reports that Fox Sports is bundling Fox Sports 1 to potential Super Bowl XLVIII advertisers. That’s one way to get ads on the new network. Brian...
View ArticleESPN Shuffles FIFA Confederation Cup Matches
ESPN has decided to move the two Group A Confederation Cup matches for Saturday. Italy vs. Brazil which was originally scheduled to air on ESPNews will now air on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. ET. Japan-Mexico...
View ArticleA Few Tuesday Links
Let me get these some links out to you. Won’t give out a full set, but this ties you over as I’m all over the place today. Nicole Auerbach at USA Today writes about the late Jessica Ghawi a.k.a....
View ArticleFox Sports 1 Announces New Daily Soccer Show
In the continued battle between ESPN and Fox Sports 1, we learn that the Foxies will launch a new daily soccer show. The show airing on FS1 will be called “Fox Soccer Daily” and launches on Monday,...
View ArticleGrinding Out the Tuesday Linkage
Ok, lots of linkage to get to. Let’s not waste any time. Ken Fuchs, the Vice President of Yahoo Global Media talks about two new programs being co-produced by Yahoo and NBC Sports. John Ourand and...
View ArticleHost and Analysts Announced for ESPN FC on TV
This Sunday, ESPN’s daily soccer studio show will premiere and will take a regular weekday timeslot at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN2. On Sundays, the show will air at midnight on Sundays for an hour. Max Bretos...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead in Sports Media, August 5 — 11, 2013
Time for your look ahead in the week in sports media. It’s going to be a busy seven days. GOLF The final Major of the year in the PGA Tour takes place at the Oak Hill Country Hill East Course in...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead in Sports Media, August 12 — 18, 2013
This is the week sports media observers have been waiting for. It’s going to be a rather busy seven days and it all culminates on Saturday, August 17 when the English Premier League starts its first...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead in Sports Media, September 9 — 15, 2013
Well, let’s take a look at what’s ahead in the sports media for the upcoming week. It’s another busy week and we’ll preview it for you right now. TELEVISION NFL Premieres The NFL continues to dominate...
View ArticleUnivision Deportes Covers Two 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on Friday
It’s a big-time soccer or fútbol doubleheader on UniMás with lots of pregame and postgame coverage on its sister network, Univision Deportes. Both the United States and Mexico are preparing for the...
View ArticleFox Grabs the Bundesliga
Starting in 2015, Fox will air the German Bundesliga all over the world. It’s a five year deal that will involve the rights to all 306 matches each year. What does this mean for US viewers? It means...
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