Out-of-market packages MLS Live, MLS’s subscription streaming service, and MLS Direct Kick, MLS’s cable and satellite premium service, will return for the 2015. MLS’s new television deal withits network partners called for out-of-market games to air online at ESPN3, but that move announced last May has been shelved for 2015. The packages will cover games […]
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MLS sells KickTV to Copa90
Major League Soccer has sold KICKTV, its dedicated global soccer platform approaching one million subscribers on YouTube, to London-based Copa90. KICKTV was launched in March 2012 as one of the firstpremium channels on YouTube, one of the online video site’s key global initiative, and served as an important promotional tool for MLS to reach millennials. […]
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Orlando City SC launches Web site
[ONLINE WATCH]The only MLS team to feature lions on its logo and step out in purple uniforms has launched its redesigned Web site. OrlandoCitySC.com is one of the first club sites to use MLS Digital’s Drupal-based platform, which is heavily laden with interactive elements. The sitewill also be operational in Spanish and Portuguese.
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The Whistle adds KickTV to offerings
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] The Whistle Sports Network, which launched on YouTube in January, has reached a content and distribution agreement with KickTV, adding MLS toits list of content partners along with the likes of the NFL, MLB and NASCAR. The move expands KickTV presence in the growing space of multi-channel networks. KickTV on YouTube […]
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College soccer returns on NSCAATV
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] The “NSCAA College Soccer Special presented by Continental Tire” will return for its second season on NSCAATV, the National SoccerCoaches Association of America’s streaming network. The package will include up to 20 NCAA Division I games and open with the first match of new Division I men’s program Utah Valley. “We […]
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Zabaleta: Bloodied, blue and a proud Argentine
[SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP] Pablo Zabaleta looked worse for wear after a collision with DirkKuyt that left him bloodied, but he still managed to sport a blue wig to celebrate Argentina’s shootout win over the Netherlands. Kobe Bryant saysSunday’s Argentina-Germany final will be great. For more reaction … Proud to be Argentine … Orgulloso de serARGENTINO!!!! […]
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Brazil-Germany blows up Twitter
[SOCIAL MEDIA WATCH] With 35.6 million tweets, the Brazil-Germany match was the most-discussed single sports game ever on Twitter, smashing the previous record of24.9 million tweets set during the 2014 Super Bowl. Sami Khedira’s goal in the 29th minute — a record fourth German goal in six minutes and thefifth goal to cap the fastest […]
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Even 'The Simpsons' predicted Brazilian nightmare
[SOCIAL MEDIA ROUNDUP] Brazilian fans should have known the Seleção was in trouble when an episode of “The Simpson” earlier in the year predicted theinjury to “El Divo” Neymar. As the Brazilian daily Estadao noted, it also had Germany beating Brazil, 2-0. If only the semifinal had been that close. For moreon how Twittersphere reacted […]
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U.S. Youth Soccer will stream National Championships
[SOCCER ON THE AIR] For the first time, U.S. Youth Soccer will stream all 14 finals at the National Championship Series live. The finals will take place July 22-27at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown, Md. Select games in the preliminary rounds and all the finals will air at http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org.
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Brazil tops charts in Twitter support
[SOCCER MEDIA WATCH] Brazil might be struggling so far to win over its fans, but they are certainly tweeting about them. The Brazil-Croatia and Brazil-Mexico gamesrank 1-2 in terms of the number of tweets at 12.2 million and 8.95 million. The USA-Ghana match ranks seventh with 4.9 million tweets. The USA did garner support from […]