By Paul Kennedy FC Dallas has reached a long-term agreement with Toyota to name its stadium Toyota Stadium. In addition, its soccer complex with 17professional-grade soccer fields adjacent to the stadium located in Frisco, Texas, will be named Toyota Soccer Center. Toyota also is the name sponsor of two other soccer stadiums: theChicago Fire’s Toyota […]
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Report: NYCFC to hire ex-Rutgers AD as business chief
By Paul Kennedy New York City Football Club, which will begin play in MLS in 2015, will announce the hiring of former Rutgers athletic directorTim Pernetti as its chief business officer, reported Bloomberg, based on information provided by a person with directknowledge of the hiring. Castro said he was convinced San Antonio should be a […]
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NBC's EPL weekend coverage dominates
By Paul Kennedy The second week of the NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the English Premier League continued to produce strong viewership figureswith four live EPL games and three weekend studio shows ranking among the top 10 English-language soccer broadcasts in terms of average viewers for the week of Aug. 19-25. That week sawfor the […]
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Chivas USA, finally, signs TV deal
By Ridge Mahoney and Paul Kennedy So poor has been Chivas USA’s season that the absence of a local TV package might be regarded as a goodthing, yet on the heels of improved performances comes the announcement that all nine remaining games will be televised. Starting Sunday with a match at Vancouver, games will be […]
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Man. United-Chelsea game sets streaming records
By Paul Kennedy NBCSN averaged 536,000 viewers — its best weekday audience since the 2012 London Olympics — for Monday afternoon’sManchester United-Chelsea Premier League match. Among Men 18-34, NBCSN’s Premier League average audience (147,000) topped all Monday sporting events – finishing 18 percenthigher than the second-most watched telecast in the demo (Cincinnati-St. Louis MLB game […]
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EPL Week 1 on NBCSN: what the numbers tell us
By Paul Kennedy The impact of English Premier League programming on NBCSN was evident in Week 1 of the EPL as the seven most-watched programs onthe network the week of Aug. 12-18 were either live EPL matches or the weekend Premier League Live Studio show — and the top six drew more average viewers than […]
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Borussia Dortmund earns record profits
By Paul Kennedy What does a run to the UEFA Champions League final do to your bottom line? For Germany’s Borussia Dortmund, it meant a boost inrevenues and profits to $408 million and $71 million, respectively. That’s an increase of $90 million in revenues from the 2011-12 season when Dortmund won the domestic league and […]
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First five EPL games draw average of 443,000 viewers
By Paul Kennedy More than 3.4 million people watched the opening weekend of the NBC Sports Group’s coverage ofthe English Premier League weekend featuring seven telecasts on three networks (one on NBC, four on NBCSN and two on Spanish-language mun2). The five games on NBC and NBCSN were watchedby a total of 3.2 million viewers […]
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NBC's EPL opener draws 0.8 overnight rating
By Paul Kennedy Saturday’s NBC telecast of Swansea City-Manchester United — its first ever broadcast of the English Premier League — drew a0.8 overnight rating to rank fourth out of eight live network soccer broadcasts on English-language television in 2013. NBC Sports Group aired three opening-day games live — SwanseaCity-Manchester United on NBC and Liverpool-Stoke […]
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NBC goes all out to promote EPL in New York
By Paul Kennedy No soccer launch on television has ever featured such a promotional push as NBC’s countdown to Saturday’s start of the EnglishPremier League. You’ve probably seen the comedic video featuring Jason Sudeikis playingthe part of American football coach Teddy Lasso, a fictional new head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, that has gotten more than […]